Pliers; How Many Is Too Many?
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I have a full size drawer of each; channel lock type pliers, slip joint pliers, diagonal cutters, needle nose.
Private Lugnutz
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On the topic of the H.D. Smith's unique offset pliers. Many have remarked on the utility, for obstruction clearance and knuckle safety - followed almost immediately by expressions of curiousness about them not being duplicated or produced longer.
This won't be a huge revelation to anyone, but I was thinking about it when re-organizing my plier drawers recently - I suppose bent nose pliers, also kind of uncommon, were meant to serve the same or similar purpose.
I don't have any vintage regular combination slip-joints, like the Crescent 926s below, in bent nose form.
But I do have a thin nose (Wilde), and some needle nose (Klein) and long reach needle nose (unmarked) that are all bent form, as well as those offset German-made dykes that @LesserSon and I discussed at length on the Lugzsonian thread.
There are others on the thread.
Just sayin', I guess bending rather than offsetting was the evolution path.
This won't be a huge revelation to anyone, but I was thinking about it when re-organizing my plier drawers recently - I suppose bent nose pliers, also kind of uncommon, were meant to serve the same or similar purpose.
I don't have any vintage regular combination slip-joints, like the Crescent 926s below, in bent nose form.
But I do have a thin nose (Wilde), and some needle nose (Klein) and long reach needle nose (unmarked) that are all bent form, as well as those offset German-made dykes that @LesserSon and I discussed at length on the Lugzsonian thread.
There are others on the thread.
Just sayin', I guess bending rather than offsetting was the evolution path.
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I would agree with your thoughts on the evolution path.On the topic of the H.D. Smith's unique offset pliers. Many have remarked on the utility, for obstruction clearance and knuckle safety - followed almost immediately by expressions of curiousness about them not being duplicated or produced longer.
This won't be a huge revelation to anyone, but I was thinking about it when re-organizing my plier drawers recently - I suppose bent nose pliers, also kind of uncommon, were meant to serve the same or similar purpose.
I don't have any vintage regular combination slip-joints, like the Crescent 926s below, in bent nose form.
But I do have a thin nose (Wilde), and some Needless nose (Klein) and long reach needle nose (unmarked) that are all bent form, as well as those offset German-made dykes that @LesserSon and I discussed at length on the Lugzsonian thread.
There are others on the thread.
Just sayin', I guess bending rather than offsetting was the evolution path.
four.cycle
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As with other designs (like the "Swedish pipe wrench") they've gone full circle.
This is the perfect tool for repairing Waterloo tool boxes that have been overloaded:
This is the perfect tool for repairing Waterloo tool boxes that have been overloaded:
