Yes, it is a strong key with a nice finish. The 5/16 end looks good, but the slit cut at the 1/4 end is wide and very asymmetrical and also looks a little lopsided. It can work with pipe or wire but due to the wildly sharpened slot it actually only has 4 "flat" keys instead of the usual 5. I double checked and the seller's photo shows it as a regular pipe wrench so it's me just unlucky. I also bought the GearWrench version for a few bucks more and it looks good.