Struggling to find any history on these pliers. Have not found any comps on eBay for price comparison. Would like to know the rarity value and history if possible. The the grips are made by Klein tools.
I’m aware that there is a Channellock thread in the general tool discussion but it seems to generally focus on more modern Channellock tools. I feel that a vintage Channellock thread would be of interest here. I would propose that the cutoff between vintage and modern would be when Channellocks...
A few weeks ago I posted in a thread concerning "binge" tool buying. During the last couple months, I've been on a Channellock kick that I think has subsided for the moment. For years, prior to my recent "BHB" (Blue Handled Binge), I owned only two Channellock tools, the #442 (far left) and...
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Those are relatively common later production pliers that probably came with light blue handles originally and I bet there are a number of them posted up there.