May I know what you usually use it for?

I once bought a cheap large pair of bolt cutters to chop up a mattress and couch to fit it into the regular trash service rather than paying more to take it to the dump. The cost of the bolt cutters was less than the $20 or so dump fee. I then gave them away to someone else for roughly the same purpose. I hope that is their mission in life, to be used hard and given away.

I don’t know why you like the crap knipex mini bolt cutters where you can use a bolt cutter size between 14 inch to 42 inch bolt cutters and cut through bigger metal bits with less effort and not get sore hands with putting hand force with using the Knipex. With big bolt cutters you got the leverage and you use your arm power with squeezing them to cut metals I don’t get why they evented the knipex where big bolt cutters are much more powerful

You could, they’d be overkill but feel very nice in the hand!

I know folks who carry them to cut wolf snares in case a dog gets caught.

Would be great on steel leader or to dislodge an embedded hook!

Seems like an easy thing to make. Choose your steel tubing. Cut to length, do a plastic dip, and test to perfection.

But keep in mind, the handles have a set lenght for a reason. If you find it hard to cut a material, that means, it is beyond the design and that you risk damaging the tool.

Start with a pair of 250 Cobra's

@@harveysmith100 second that!

Cobra pliers are quite possibly their most versatile and popular tool. They’re so useful and you’ll wonder why you haven’t had them yet.

Check in on December 31 to find out. But don't get your hopes up....

Yes, that Project Farm video, like most of his, was a wonderful inspection into tools. I'm just not set up to test to destruction.

The surprising thing from that video was that Capri Tools cutters outperformed the Knipex by some margin. I was certainly not expecting that.

@@SriramKarra The Capri did do well. But in defense of the Knipex, in the first test which is arguably the most important, the Knipex was one pound behind Capri which was probably within the margin of error. And both were a full 15 pounds less than third place. And a few competitors were more than double the Capri and Knipex performance. On the drill bit cutting test, the Knipex was at a disadvantage in that it's smaller jaws could not grab the drill bit close to the pivot. I bet they would have performed much better had the recessed version been used for that test which is exactly what the recessed version is for. But still, the Capri knocked it out of the park.

Last Best Tool Thanks for introducing me to the small solo stove for backpacking…would love to see more tools related to hunting, backpacking, first aid etc type load outs. Thanks

@@toddthomas5957 Any specific requests? I have more outdoor gear than pliers.

If you can get it in the jaws, it should be possible to work your way through it. Why do you want to know? Nevermind. I don't want to know.

@@lastbesttool first, amazing that you took the time to respond. I just asked because my coworker forgets his key to his lock like every other week. He buys his locks in a 12-pack now. I am tried of walking to the maintenance shop to get their 24" bolt cutter for this guy. So if I could have a little cutter in my locker, I could just hand him that when he forgets his key.

​@@benjaminjwilson6694 Lol, it's time to learn to lockpick

I assumed their blade performance was similar to my other Knipex Co-bolts. I use these now because my Snap On versions (no longer made) chipped rather quickly. No warranty if no longer available. In the end, I figure cutters should be high performance but a lower life expectancy than less other pivot tools. Serious pro cutters have replaceable knives made of a different steel rather than just a hardened edge. Metal fighting metal always has a loser, but usually both metals are beat up during the fight.

I've got 3 sizes of traditional bolt cutters and all three have damaged blades, which says something about my judgement, possibly. Time to try the Knipex!

Fanboys 👎

@@Mastermindyoung14 DONT HATE,APPRECIATE!

Have you tried them knipex ones?

Wire fence should not have chipped them. I wonder if there was a problem with the heat treatment? But the handles is another story. I have some pliers that are absolute painful to use. There is something about the handle angle that even makes my hand ache just thinking about it while writing this. Not sure if its a gender thing. Probably more a metacarpal thing.

Lol “overpriced trendy tools” * laughs in electromechanic * Knipex has been making pliers for 125y now, they know a thing or two. We do some serious work with their stuff and I can’t complain about it. We had Facom, Stanley and other brands of pliers pass through. The only gear that remain sharp, doesn’t wobble or has its handles come apart are the Knipexes, old W.-German stuff from Hazet and Heyco. They are slightly more expensive that Stanley or Force tools. But since the old W-German stuff is no longer made and harder to find. Knipex is our go to. Everyone gets a cart of Force tools with some Facom and Gedore add-ons, once a pair of pliers dies we replace it with a Knipex one. These last and they fit in the inserts that Force uses 😂

What? I have never heard Knipex bolt cutter loses to another metal. Never heard our mechanics complain about getting hurt using Cobolt either. We are O&G company operating in remote area, so we stock many hand tools, mostly German and American (snap on) made tools for own use. You must have a very strong hand to cause the damage!

There is something people forget. These are designed to cut, not wiggle and bend the wire. If you try bending, while cutting, or put sideways stress on the blade, it will chip them. For fences, if you will involve sideways forces to blades, there are cheaper end nippers for fence, and knipex also has a R version of bolt cutters for fence, Those blades are less hardened, but that makes the blades flex more and not chip, while bending forces are aplied. So context matters.