My new favorite pliers

[lardy1]

https://www.amazon.com/Igarashi-Plier-straight-HLS-300-4953880166235/dp/B002PK0JOK/?tag=atomicindus08-20

I bought these on a whim last October and put them away in the pliers drawer. I took them out a couple time for various tasks and am so impressed with their versatility and usefulness that they aren't going back in the drawer. They're staying out on the bench where I keep a few often used tools. Great for pulling pins and clips. Capable of gripping round objects. Very heavily made. Two positional. They aren't a life changing thing but I'm so impressed I thought I would pass it along to the rest of the tool crazies here on GJ.

EDIT: They also come in bent nose configuration which I'm pretty sure will be in my possession before too long.

 

[Big Bad Jon]

Those look interesting… I’m going to buy one to try out.

These are my favorite

 

[lardy1]

Those look interesting… I’m going to buy one to try out.

These are my favorite

I've always wanted a set of the Snap-On's but out of my budget. Very nice pliers.

 

[Big Bad Jon]

I've always wanted a set of the Snap-On's but out of my budget. Very nice pliers.

These do everything well and really don’t compromise much.

 

[kyrbz]

You can get the same pliers $10 cheaper from a small family owned store for $19.95. They also have the bent nose for $22.50

IPS Hyper Long Straight Nose Combination Pliers (HLS-300)

Long reach for easy access! Powerful grip! Highly rigid hyper pliers.・Made with chrome vanadium steel, the highest quality material equivalent to JIS standards. Exceptional durability thanks to completely oxidation-free heat treatment.・Two notched grooves and large and small serrated teeth at...

www.harryepstein.com

 

[1Bad55Chevy]

I will have to pass... I am not a USA made snob but this company didn't even bother to translate the letters...

 

[JeepYJ]

I've always wanted a set of the Snap-On's but out of my budget. Very nice pliers.

HF Icon slip joint needle nose can be had for less than $20 when they run 40% off sale. I picked up a pair a few weeks ago. Not sure how I would like them. They worked great for the spring clamps on the lawnmower fuel filters. And worked nicely to pick the plastic bits out of the oil filter housing on my Jeep 3.6 Pentastar when the relief valve grenaded. So far they’ve been good.

https://www.harborfreight.com/9-in-long-nose-slip-joint-pliers-70612.html

I will have to pass... I am not a USA made snob but this company didn't even bother to translate the letters...

Uh they’re Japanese pliers. The packaging is in Japanese too. It’s translated to English in the parentheses (I assume, didn’t double check it with Google translate)

 

[kbuhagiar]

You can get the same pliers $10 cheaper from a small family owned store for $19.95. They also have the bent nose for $22.50

IPS Hyper Long Straight Nose Combination Pliers (HLS-300)

Long reach for easy access! Powerful grip! Highly rigid hyper pliers.・Made with chrome vanadium steel, the highest quality material equivalent to JIS standards. Exceptional durability thanks to completely oxidation-free heat treatment.・Two notched grooves and large and small serrated teeth at...

www.harryepstein.com

That's all well and good, but when you add shipping it's pretty much a wash.

 

[isr2kba]

You can get the same pliers $10 cheaper from a small family owned store for $19.95. They also have the bent nose for $22.50

IPS Hyper Long Straight Nose Combination Pliers (HLS-300)

Long reach for easy access! Powerful grip! Highly rigid hyper pliers.・Made with chrome vanadium steel, the highest quality material equivalent to JIS standards. Exceptional durability thanks to completely oxidation-free heat treatment.・Two notched grooves and large and small serrated teeth at...

www.harryepstein.com

Gee thanks for that. I went over to HJE to save $10 and $150 later am not feeling so flush, lol.

 

[tarbellb]

I will have to pass... I am not a USA made snob but this company didn't even bother to translate the letters...

Poor silly fools! all they did was make exceptional set of pliers at a great price.

But to be clear, are you boycotting the brand or Amazon, not sure who royally fux up and didn't translate this for you????

 

[JeepYJ]

Poor silly fools! all they did was make exceptional set of pliers at a great price.

They’re metric pliers, er “plyer”
Those won’t work here in the USA.

 

[FigN⋅m]

Those look interesting… I’m going to buy one to try out.

These are my favorite

Not bad, but real talk - if SO made a bent-nose version, I'd be on it like a fly on sh!t

 

[1982fxr]

HF Icon slip joint needle nose can be had for less than $20 when they run 40% off sale. I picked up a pair a few weeks ago. Not sure how I would like them. They worked great for the spring clamps on the lawnmower fuel filters. And worked nicely to pick the plastic bits out of the oil filter housing on my Jeep 3.6 Pentastar when the relief valve grenaded. So far they’ve been good.

https://www.harborfreight.com/9-in-long-nose-slip-joint-pliers-70612.html

Uh they’re Japanese pliers. The packaging is in Japanese too. It’s translated to English in the parentheses (I assume, didn’t double check it with Google translate)

When does hf do a 40% off?

 

[rust in the eye]

I will have to pass... I am not a USA made snob but this company didn't even bother to translate the letters...

The translation is right there and they aren't pretending to be anything they are not.

 

[lardy1]

I have a few different Japanese made pliers from different companies. The ones that come on a card all had their text in Japanese. It seemed odd to me too but it doesn't affect the quality or the usefulness. I personally think the Japanese pliers are excellent tools.

 

[NightSky]

That's all well and good, but when you add shipping it's pretty much a wash.

If it's a wash, then go with the small family business. Besides, the box art is free.

 

[JeepYJ]

When does hf do a 40% off?

The last parking lot sale. They were 35% off, not 40. Not much difference between the two discounts on $30.

I have a few different Japanese made pliers from different companies. The ones that come on a card all had their text in Japanese. It seemed odd to me too but it doesn't affect the quality or the usefulness. I personally think the Japanese pliers are excellent tools.

Is it weird that Knipex or Snap-On sold in Japan uses ISO basic Latin alphabet letters on the packaging?

 

[boxy30]

Is it weird that Knipex or Snap-On sold in Japan uses ISO basic Latin alphabet letters on the packaging?

Great question.

Ignorance is a voluntary misfortune.