Knipex 0201225 High Leverage Combination Pliers, 9 Inch
A tool designed with your hand in mind. Even more power for easier working! KNIPEX quality-engineered and manufactured in Germany. High Leverage Combination Pliers with optimum position of the joint facilitate cutting as well as powerful gripping, bending, and pulling. Requires 35% less effort. Cutting a hard wire of 2.0 mm in diameter with High Leverage Combination Pliers of 180 mm length requires a handforce of only 318 N (31.8 kp) instead of 486 N (48.6 kp) with common Combination Pliers of the same length.  Features gripping zones for flat or round material and induction-hardened cutting edges that cut soft, hard, and piano wire. Also features long cutting edges for thicker cables. 35% savings in power due to new and improved lever action.  Manufactured from high-grade special tool steel that is forged and oil-hardened.  KNIPEX specializes in the development and production of high-quality pliers and is Europe's leading manufacturer of these products. It all started back in 1882 when C. Gustav Putsch set up his own forge shop in Cronenberg (now a suburb of Wuppertal). We are an independent fourth-generation family company. KNIPEX concentrates our knowledge and expertise on pliers. This is the only way to justify our claim that we are the best supplier in terms of quality, innovation and efficiency.  Our success is assured by 800 qualified employees and we attach the greatest importance to their basic and advanced training.