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Knipex pliers

neuromodulator

I recently received a nice package from E14:

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Of all these items my favorite items are the Knipex pliers. They are mostly cutters and so far I'm very happy with them as they appear to be very high quality and well built. Lets take a closer look at them.

 

These cutters have a longer handle, use a coiled spring and have an opening limiter mechanism. Cutting with them is effortless, these are the kind of pliers I would first chose to cut electronic component leads. The only difference between these 4 cutters is that gray ones have ESD protection, and that the bigger ones can cut through bigger diameters.
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Then we have the rest of the pliers with shorter curved handles:

 

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Here are some close-ups of their jaws:

 

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This one is really nice, it contains a "lead-catcher", which is a mechanism that keeps the cutted lead stuck until you open the grips:

 

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This one is interesting, the cutting piece is made of a different material, which I suspect is tungsten carbide. The hard cutting piece cut even piano strings (which are very hard):

 

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Of all the pliers these two are the only one that are not cutters, and are what I would use to bend wires:

 

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  • Wow! image Thank you very much for this review, neuromodulator!

    We are very happy to see that you are satisfied with our tools.

    As James said, we are also curious about your upcoming projects with them. Feel free to share your experiences with us image

  • in reply to knipex

    Thanks Kinpex, I wouldn't call it a review though, it was more like showing what I received and my impressions of the pliers.

    I have 2 question for you:
    What are the advantage/disadvantages of softer cutters compared to harder cutters?
    I've never payed attention to the material of electronic component leads, what are they usually made of? In one of your web-pages you stated that "diode leads" should be cut only with hard cutters, is there any rule of thumb on how to identify the hardness of the leads to know what cutter one could use?

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  • in reply to knipex

    Thanks Kinpex, I wouldn't call it a review though, it was more like showing what I received and my impressions of the pliers.

    I have 2 question for you:
    What are the advantage/disadvantages of softer cutters compared to harder cutters?
    I've never payed attention to the material of electronic component leads, what are they usually made of? In one of your web-pages you stated that "diode leads" should be cut only with hard cutters, is there any rule of thumb on how to identify the hardness of the leads to know what cutter one could use?

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