currencyjon01 what do you use in its place?

Not a Kiwi, he's an Aussie. That's like calling a Yank a Canuck lol.

@@brewsterly2927 : Oh, bugger... whooops,,, yep, that'll set the antipodean fur flying. lol. 👍

@@cuhurun Lol.

They're Gallagher pliers. I think they're made in England.

the reason for the video is for the knot the rest of it is not relevant

or should I say it's not knot relevant. but I agree snapped of is better

sreihart it's called a wire strainer. hayz or strainrite fencing websites shall lead your way

Thanks a bunch!

Hi S reihear, they are called Spring Grip WIre Strainer and we would love to show you how it works. We think this is the best way to tie a knot with high tension. Give us a call and we can show you how it works!

Are you in North America? I did some time on Canadian farms and they used those bars with the 2 big "hooks" on each end and a short handle. They called them "wire stretchers". The big difference on high tensile wire, is the bar-stretchers have straight jaws, which are ok for twisted barb wire, but suck on smooth wire. The Hayz or Strainrite wire strainers have curved jaws which can give a huge amount of tension without slipping.

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@Tstan 28 it's where you keep your wraps tight and with the excess wire you finish with have it pointing straight up & make a crank handle out of it by bending a hand width of the excess down at 90 degrees & pointing away from the main wire. Using the hand width crank handle to push forward parallel & close to the tight wraps previously made until the crank "breaks off" clean nice & tidy with no snags flush with the tight wraps.