I bought these to separate thin metal dies. Although the tips are small enough to fit between dies, the tips will not cut through thin metal. The cutting pliers must be inserted up to the base of the pliers (necks?) in order to be able to cut craft punches effectively. There seems to be NO wire cutters cutting at the tip of the wire cutters. They were sent back because they didn't work the way I wanted them to. They can work if you just cut the widest part of the wire cutters. The packaging is very beautiful. Possibly a lot better than pliers!