I was in Lowes today and saw these new Irwin pliers that have handles that look like the NWS made Irwin pliers, but at half the price. In the second picture its hard to read, but says they are made in Taiwan. They also had diagonal cutters.
I saw them as well. But my Lowe's still had the NWS made ones as well. Lowe's seems to be in bed with Irwin big time. I saw the USA made kobalt screwdrivers were replaced by Irwin China screwdrivers.