Let’s talk about an unsung hero of the tool world. Bolt cutters. Ever since their development in the 19th century, they’ve maintained an indispensable role in garages, trucks, and toolboxes everywhere. Most commonly used to remove bolts, cut chain, or gain emergency access, they’re extremely useful. In a nod to lessons from your high school trigonometry teacher, they use long handles and compound hinges for leverage to cut. However, historically these tools have been two-handed to use, and fairly bulky. Through some innovative engineering, the newest Knipex Compact Bolt Cutters put this compound leverage in the palm of your hand. We’ll learn about the latest release in this edition of Tool News Nirvana. Read More
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Knipex Cobra vs. Irwin GrooveLock Pliers – Channellock Killers?
At last year’s STAFDA trade show we spent some quality time talking with the reps at Knipex and Irwin about their respective lines of push-button style locking pliers. As Knipex prefers to say, they’re “selbstklemmend!” That’s “self-locking” for the few of you that don’t speak German. As a longtime Channellock user, I was intrigued by what I saw. Read More