Channellock 358 8-Inch End Cutting Plier
- End cutting pliers
- Perfectly mated cutter, heat treated to hold its edge
- Polished high carbon drop forged steel
- Channellock blue comfort grips
- 100% guaranteed against breakage and failure
Product Description
Hand-honed, perfectly mated cutters, heat treated to hold their edge. Precision made of the fine polished forged steel. Channellock Blue dipped plastic comfort grips. Meets Government Specifications GGG-N-350A, Type I, Class 2, Style A…. More >>
Channellock 358 8-Inch End Cutting Plier
You can’t go wrong with Channellock. I have been using these pliers for a couple of months now to pull and cut nails. They are comfortable to use and provide fantastic leverage when pulling nails. I highly recommend.
End cuting pliers are one of the most useful tools on the planet. Someone needs to give them a better name, something a little sexier. I use mine mostly for pulling nails – they’re the only way to go.
I agree with other reviewers here. These end-cutters are particularily well suited to pulling/leveraging nails. They are not as well suited to end-nipping. There are slightly better manual end-cutters for nipping where the pivot is closer to the jaws and the handles flare more widely resulting in better mechanical advantage. There are also ones with double-pivots which generate even better mechanical advantage and work well, but they can be unwieldy.
These however are perfect for nail pulling in that the jaws open wider, the head curvature is just right for the cam-action of leveraging a nail out and the narrower handles enable easy one-hand operation. As a carpenter I use these every day to quickly remove large stubborn nails with minimal damage to the lumber. Paired with a small Japanese prybar (Dogyu or others) they also work quite well for more delicate trim work.
By far, the easiest, quickest and least damaging way to pull nails.
This is an excellent tool.
I have two sizes, but use the 8″ most often. It works well to pull nails, cut wires, nibble metal, and bend, break, cut, or remove all manner of materials.
The nipper gets into tight spots to pull nails when a hammer or pry bar won’t fit.
I used this tool last night. I was removing an old fireplace for a basement remodelling project. I used it to pull nails from the wooden framing. Then I cut the thick wire in the reinforced fabric ducting connected to the blower assemblies. I used it to cut the 12 gauge Romex to the blower (diag cutters or lineman’s pliers may be the purist’ choice-but I had this tool in hand…)Finally, I used it to bend sharp, nasty sheet metal edges into less dangerous shapes/positions when I was ready to carry the firebox outside.
I have also used it in the past to grab rounded screw heads and extract them.
Dependable tool. Frequently and successfully used. Highly recommended.