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Designed in Sweden, not cheap, but I consider it a buy-once-cry-once deal. Some really smart design choices in there: https://omnifixo.com/en-eu/pages/more-information

PSA, stay away from the Weller WLACCHHM-02 image name goes here

https://omnifixo.com/en-us https://youtu.be/ird1NKMBchE Designed in Sweden, not cheap, but I consider it a buy-once-cry-once deal. Some really smart design choices in there: https://omnifixo.com/en-eu/pages/more-information PSA, stay away from the Weller WLACCHHM-02 [image name goes here](https://poal.co/static/images/7353532b21232b3b.jpg)
[–] • 3 pts (edited )

That does look pretty cool.

USD68 is not expensive for a good tool. I may get one later.

Weller/Ungar/Xcelite/Wall/etc all went to shit when Cooper bought them. Last Xcelite pliers I bought for a job were so shit, so poorly made, that we just immediately sent them back and bought Xuron instead. A fraction of the price, made in the USA, cheap enough that they can be per-job disposable but still well made enough that they will last for years if you give them a bit of care. It's all I use these days.

https://xuron.com/

[–] • 3 pts

These do look nice and (drool) so many special shapes. Bookmarked.

Most of my pliers are from Knipex, I buy Made in Germany, whenever I can. Also liking the ones from Wetec: https://shop.wetec.de/en/tools/pliers/wetec-ecotec/

You won't regret getting that little fixture, I promise.

[–] • 2 pts

I have several tools from knipex now almost 30 years old. Other than some worn teeth on what they call their water pump pliers they're still as good at the day I bought them, even after much use and abuse. 5 starts definitely recommend.

Burning question: how do you properly pronounce the name? In English the "k" is silent in words like knight, knife and knave so I have always pronounced it "nip-ex" but I've heard others pronounce it "ka-nip-ex". Which is correct?

[–] • 2 pts (edited )

K(a)-nip-ex, with the a after the K barely, if at all, audible. Go from the K right to the n, produces a kind of very short, breathy "H" sound. Takes some practice but there's plenty of German words like that: Knauf, Knödel, Knie, Knopf, knabbern, etc.

[–] • 2 pts

I've had some Knipex stuff over the years. Fantastic quality, high price...but well worth it because those are (used to be? Are they still good?) the very definition of "buy it and you may be able to wear it out in your lifetime."

[–] • 2 pts (edited )

Yeah, I'd still buy Knipex sight unseen. They haven't disappointed me yet. It's been about two years since my last purchase. (Large-ish bolt cutters).