I like aviation snips because the tiny serrations don’t let the metal slip the way smooth jaws do. I almost always fold the edges over, so the serrations are inside. I don’t do what some of you guys do.

@@melgross If they work for you, excellent! They are good tools, just not for aviation metal. Aircraft Remover paint stripper is similar. The first warning:"do not use on aircraft". Aircraft "quality" doesn't really mean much. We have standards but quality varies greatly.

@@upsidedowndog1256 aviation snips, if you search the history were developed, with that tiny, and it really is tiny serration, to speed up cutting, and make the cut more reliably follow the line. It’s fine if you don’t like them, but there is a reason they’re that way.

@@melgross Maybe so in google history. In over 30 years of actually doing aviation sheetmetal for a living, I only say that it is laughable that they call them aviation snips. Anyone using them in the field is obviously not experienced and may be better suited for something else. I use my grandfather's Wiss shears from WW2. He built C47s with them. No serrations. Still sharp and true. I am saying that "aviation snips" is a misnomer. Call them "aluminum siding snips" or whatever. Nobody in aviation uses them. EVER!

@@upsidedowndog1256 not Google history. History.

Wiss is now made overseas!

Who cares where it’s made? I’m just interested on how good it is, and being made overseas doesn’t mean it’s made worse. I’ve got tools that have become better since they went overseas.

@@melgross I found some US made ones on the shelf a couple months ago and they were not that great. THe only good thing about them was the price.

@@DKNguyen3.1415 it’s not surprising. We name some great tools here, as well as some that aren’t great. But then, that’s true everywhere.

Sorry about that