AVOID - these guys will dull on first day of use when pulling guitar strings. Every six strings cut a channel in the blade. When I wanted to cut the ends off after stringing I had to deal with that and ended up grabbing a 20 year old very blunt needle nose pliers that cut a lot better than these little abominations. AVOID AVOID AVOID AVOID AVOID AVOID AVOID AVOID AVOID AVOID AVOID AVOID AVOID AVOID AVOID AVOID