Long nose plier wrench

[bryant 24]

Reddit user "Infinite_Trick6895" posted a very interesting design generated by GPT, plier wrench with needle nose which is very suitable for restricted area,I was thinking if they could make the nose more parallel like a duckbill plier,which is more helpful? needle nose or duckbill shape?

 

[Nobody-named-Olli]

Wouldn’t care for either. And for Knipex, both would be an absolute warranty nightmare.

They look cool, though.

Kind regards,
Olli

 

[KnurledNut]

MusicMedic already offers a duckbill pliers wrench.
https://www.musicmedic.com/knipex-duckbill-pliers.html

There is also a cone wrench modification some bike guys did.
https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/cheap-and-thin-wrenches.509805/#post-9964991
https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/cheap-and-thin-wrenches.509805/page-2#post-11218218

 

[neophyte]

Reddit user "Infinite_Trick6895" posted a very interesting design generated by GPT, plier wrench with needle nose which is very suitable for restricted area,I was thinking if they could make the nose more parallel like a duckbill plier,which is more helpful? needle nose or duckbill shape?

This design (the GPT), would not work properly, because the guide groove is not perpendicular to the jaw faces.
A long nose version could work if the jaw faces were at the same angle to the jaw groove and jaws, as on the original Knipex Plier Wrench.
A modified version, with the guide groove at closer to a right angle to the handles vould also work, and this would be similar to the Eifel Plierench, that almost certainly inspired the design of the Knipex Plier Wrench, although the Knipex uses a different method of adjustment and jaw drive, which is how it could have its own Patent.
Maun manufactures a long nose Parallel plier, that also has parallel jaws, although it dies not have a ratchet adjustment for maximum jaw opening.

 

[YesIHaveAHammer]

Reddit user "Infinite_Trick6895" posted

https://www.reddit.com/r/KnipexOfficial/comments/1u44pjo

Maun manufactures a long nose Parallel plier, that also has parallel jaws, although it dies not have a ratchet adjustment for maximum jaw opening.

Maximum jaw opening 13mm in size 200mm, or 10mm in size 160mm - so quite limited.

Also note it's a long/needle nose rather than a flat or duckbill nose.

 

[mikey03]

I can’t imagine this would work well and I can’t imagine what I’d use it for, but if it showed up on my Amazon recommended items tab I’d probably buy one. And y’all would too, you can lie to me but don’t lie to yourself

 

[neophyte]

https://www.reddit.com/r/KnipexOfficial/comments/1u44pjo

Maximum jaw opening 13mm in size 200mm, or 10mm in size 160mm - so quite limited.

Also note it's a long/needle nose rather than a flat or duckbill nose.

Regular Maun parallel jaw pliers have a wider jaw.
The jaw width varies with the length.
The jaw width on the 200mm size is listed as 12.5mm.
200mm is usually the metric conversion for an 8 inch length plier, and 12.5mm is basically 1/2 inch.
The opening is listed as 17mm on the 200mm size.

Flat Nose Parallel Plier Return Spring Comfort Grips 200 mm

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The 200mm long nose plier, is a version of the 160mm regular plier, just with longer pointier jaws.
The 13mm opening is also basically 1/2 inch.
This is a new plier design for Maun released within the past year or so.

Long Nose Parallel Plier 200 mm

Discover Maun's Long Nose Parallel Plier for gripping, manipulating and securing components in tight spaces. Buy your Long Nose Parallel Plier 200 mm online today.

www.maunindustries.com

The Maun plier designs go back to the 1890s, and were designed and patented by a William Bernard of Connecticut, who transferred the designs to the William Schollhorn Manufacturing Company, when he was made a stockholder, and Schollhorn manufactured the pliers till the late 1940s, when the Schollhorn company was bought by Sargent, who continues to manufacture a few of the parallel jaw designs to this day.
Few other manufacturers have continuously jumped on the Bernard plier design for long, other than Sargent, or Maun, and various miscellaneous Pakistani manufacturers, and some medical tool manufacturers.
A bunch of manufacturers have tried to, but dumped the design after a few years or so, with with Medical and Military suppliers being the main other manufacturers.
Basically nobody else jumped on the Eifel plier design either, until Knipex reverse engineered the design into their Plier Wrench, and the plier wrench became popular.

 

[rust in the eye]

FKN AI rubbish! Note the "photo" captioned "smooth parallel grip"