For context: I'm an HVAC mechanic trainee. I use Snips fairly regularly. I've been happy with all other Midwest shears, but of course the one I bought from AMZN had one glaringly huge problem: the blades would get stuck when you closed the handles. A copious amount of gun oil later and the snips open and close flawlessly, but the fact remains that if I'm paying 3x the price for a pair of metal snips, they should come out in perfect condition. It's not like this. I could fix it but didn't have to. Five star product minus one star because they got it wrong somewhere.