ignition plier hoarding (mini channellocks)

[stage20]

snapped the picture too soon. i found another set in the bottom of the drawer. brings the total to an even 20.

 

[gdocktor3]

Yet I've gone my whole life without a single pair...

 

[454ragtop]

Wow, I thought I was hoarding them, but I've only got 4 pair. It ***** when you don't want any more but you stumble across a Snap On pair for dirt. What's a man supposed to do?

 

[ssdave]

I really like these, I have a half dozen pair, use them all the time. Some of the most useful pliers made. Especially on guns, which is a large part of what I use tools for.

 

[mikegt4]

Years ago I kept a boat at a small marina where the mechanic always kept a mini channellock in his pocket. It seemed that he could completely rebuild an outboard engine with a screw driver and his channellock. He convinced me, ever since then I keep one in my tool box.

 

[Empty Pockets]

I have a couple pair. There are times they are the only tool for the job

 

[kctyphoon]

I just bought (not really ignition pliers) a set of Wilde 6" pliers to keep in the tail bag of my sport bike. I bought their 6" diagonals, needle nose, and slip joint pump pliers.. I was comparing the small pump pliers to the comparable channellock I have (Wilde does make groove locks in this size, but I was curious about the slip joints). I gotta say the Wilde pliers are pretty nice. The jaws are a lot more aggressive, include a shear at the rear of the teeth, and the handles are thicker and more comfortable. They seem more like a tool then a toy like the channellocks do.

 

[T45]

Yet I've gone my whole life without a single pair...

For normal folks I wonder what the appeal is below about 150mm.

 

[woody 73]

OP you have a very bad problem it would seem you are very sick, best way to cure yourself is to send the excess pliers my way, that way nobody will ever question why you have so many in the first place!

Good job nice collection you got there...

 

[cheechi]

I have a couple pair. There are times they are the only tool for the job

Tell me more. I don't have any but if there's something they are really great at I might go for some. When I was building up my precision pliers I kept going back and forth whether to get some, still haven't yet.

 

[bob from indiana]

I carry a tekton ignition pliers every day. They get used often. I used to carry a channel lock 424 but the tekton is just a bit larger.

 

[Eldogg]

My Father-In-Law carries a set of Wizard brand everywhere. He bought them when he worked at Western Auto in high school and has EDC ever since.

 

[Zeke]

They're all relatively the same size! Where's the selection? I have to have my 20" er's next to the 12".

 

[Derek420]

I have 5 smaller and 3 bigger still want some of the even bigger. I keep finding them for cheap and can't pass it up I got 100 screwdrivers but yet I keep buying I want some wera ones and some of those Marco or Napa ones. He'll I'll buy whatever I find as long as it's German or USA I also keep buying sockets I got 1000 it seems. The tools I got would last me the rest of my life don't get me started on 1/2" sockets or wrenched omg I get 5 a week my wife says I got a problem but at my local pawn shop you can spend 5 bucks and fill a box to the brim I get 20 pounds at a time I need a bigger box or another perio . I got tools still in the plastic bags no where to put them I'm still hunting. It's an addiction tools are.

 

[RedVise]

snapped the picture too soon. i found another set in the bottom of the drawer. brings the total to an even 20.

Dang, it's people like you who make it hard for people like me.... to find more !!
Here's a 16 or so that I keep handy.

Brian

 

[decableguy2000]

While its not a hoard, I have 4 pair 2 Proto and 2 Craftsman. I think they are both forged in the same plant.

 

[66HertzClone]

Having a single pair does not constitute hoarding, but I probably bought these in the late 70's and they appear to have never been used.