Needle Nose Locking Pliers

[xroad]

I need a recommendation on needle nose locking pliers. It seems they all looked crappy. Maybe it was just the fit and finish that looked bad. Maybe it functions fine?

Last year I got a very small locking plier that locks to a nut at 3 sides. Works fine. Fit and finish really bad. Lots of sharp edges, the two jaws meets fine but they are aligned crooked, the line where the two jaws meet is not perpendicular to the side face of the jaws.

I don't even need it to be chrome. Many cheap tools have crappy chrome plating I wonder why they bother. Save some money and just leave out the cheap chrome.

 

[Fedwrench]

Here's a link to a Snap on blue point pair. They're made in Spain. They're known as Grip On pliers. Do a search for them as they've been discussed here before. They are nicely finished and very durable. I got a five set off of ebay after reading about them here.
http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/item...group_ID=13164&store=snapon-store&dir=catalog

 

[xroad]

Yes, I saw that. Nice but too big. I am looking for something smaller, like 4 inch total length with approx 1.5 inch jaws. I'll look for the other threads that discuss locking jaw pliers.

 

[35mastr]

Lock Jaw is also another one.I sold quite a few of them with all good results when the first cam out.Self adjusting also.