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"Cutting pliers and cutting nippers have a pair of knife edges so arranged as to work exactly opposite to one another, the handles, on being tightly grasped, affording sufficient leverage for these edges to be forced to a short distance into the two opposite sides of a nail or wire, which, if of small diameter or of soft metal, can thus be cut asunder." — Encyclopedia Britannica, 1893

Cutting Pliers

"Cutting pliers and cutting nippers have a pair of knife edges so arranged as to work exactly opposite…

Pliers are a hand tool used to hold objects firmly, or for cutting and bending tough materials such as wire. Generally pliers consist of a pair of metal first class levers joined at a fulcrum positioned closer o one end of the levers, creating short jaws on one side of the fulcrum, and longer handles on the other side.

Cutting Pliers

Pliers are a hand tool used to hold objects firmly, or for cutting and bending tough materials such…

A kind of pinchers, by which any small object may be seized and bent.

Pliers

A kind of pinchers, by which any small object may be seized and bent.

A variously shaped hand tool having a pair of pivoted jaws, used for holding, bending, or cutting

Quick Grip Pliers

A variously shaped hand tool having a pair of pivoted jaws, used for holding, bending, or cutting

A pair of tongs used to grab and hold items.

Pinch Tongs

A pair of tongs used to grab and hold items.