Best pliers

[sewlow]

My current favorites are Hagerty RL-1 Snap Ring Pliers, but I'm building a 700R4, so I'm biased. http://www.wkhagertymfgco.com/RL1.htm/

I got a set of these at a garage sale.
Antique Proto 'Convertible' snap ring pliers.
Each one can be used for opening or closing.
Squeeze 'em & they open. Twist the dial & one jaw drops down, swings back up and around to the other side of the second. Squeeze & they close.
$20.00.

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[Supercharged111]

I got a set of these at a garage sale.
Antique Proto 'Convertible' snap ring pliers.
Each one can be used for opening or closing.
Squeeze 'em & they open. Twist the dial & one jaw drops down, swings back up and around to the other side of the second. Squeeze & they close.
$20.00.

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Isn't Proto a lower brand made by one of the professional tool companies?

 

[stutaeng]

Proto? No, not really. They are more tailored towards the industrial (drillers, oil and gas, etc.) segment, similar to Wright Tools. Proto and Mac I believe share the same parent company. Mac is sold though tool trucks, right?

I've got some Proto tools and they are top notch....but I don't own any Snap-on, so it's not like I can compare it to that stuff. I'm just a DIYer.

 

[kennythewelder]

I have been using proto for years. Its good tools. There cressent wrenches are some of the best in the tool world. Another fantastic tool brand is Kline. Kline has a huge line of electricans tools. Very good stuff. Both are rite there with snap on, matco, and mac tools.

 

[PlayingWithTBI]

Another fantastic tool brand is Kline. Kline has a huge line of electricans tools

Yeah, I've had Klein tools for years, including slip-joint pliers and a spud wrench - never an issue with them. But, they are fairly expensive. You can get Ideal electrician's tools cheaper even at Lowe's.

 

[LTC_]

My Knipex wire cutters are over 30 years old and still work great. Cut anything from 24 guages wire to #8 screws with them. I like Klein also, but Knipex are superior IMO.

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[97C1500TJ]

Klein for me. I use their Journeyman series.

 

[Wilecoyote]

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[Wilecoyote]

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the big, old channel lock pliers in the last pic has never met a stuck oil filter it could not remove.

 

[Supercharged111]

Proto? No, not really. They are more tailored towards the industrial (drillers, oil and gas, etc.) segment, similar to Wright Tools. Proto and Mac I believe share the same parent company. Mac is sold though tool trucks, right?

I've got some Proto tools and they are top notch....but I don't own any Snap-on, so it's not like I can compare it to that stuff. I'm just a DIYer.

I guess I worded my post poorly, or misunderstood myself. At the end of the day, Mac and Proto are in bed to an extent. I knew they had some sort of affiliation with one of the good auto tool companies.