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Review on 6-Inch Flush Cutter Pliers - Side Cutting Wire Cutter Pliers for Electronics and Jewelry, Diagonal Cutting Pliers (Black) by Brian West

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Odd angle but very sharp

I have two other pairs of flat knives on my desk, a set from Harbor Freight and a set from Lindstrom. I use them for different purposes. Port freight is very cheap, almost disposable. I use them to clean up my 3D prints. I use Lindstrom cutters for electronic work, they have a much nicer edge and I don't want to accidentally ruin them considering they are $30 apiece. re is great for tidying up my 3D prints, especially flex filament prints as they cut cleaner. The only issue I have with them is the angle of the head. It's not uncomfortable or unusable, just weird. As far as I could, I measured the angle of the heads of all three sets relative to their handles. For Harbor Freight and Lindstrom I got 10 to 15 degrees. For them it's more like 25 degrees. I believe it may actually be useful for some applications. When used as a flush cutter, they keep your fingers farther from the surface you are cutting on. Now that I've gotten used to it, I can alternately switch back and forth. There's nothing wrong with them, except that they're not necessarily standard, and I wasn't ready for that.

Pros
  • Hand tool
Cons
  • Slightly torn