"The upper jaw on these pliers looks like the beak of a bird of prey — it’s not hard to see why Knipex calls the pliers Raptors. As you squeeze the Raptor’s handles the jaws remain parallel, which allows them to grip hex bolt heads and nuts sized 3/8″ through 1-1/4″ perfectly, without rounding."
3 comments:
Great design, replaces and saves room for all those nut sized wrenches. I specifically like how the handle is easier on the wrists. The slant give the wrench a firmer grip on the nut and can be manipulated with greater ease.
I wonder how practical these things are. I'm sure they will be used a lot in scene shops however I think in terms of lighting I would rather just have ratchet wrenches or a standard wrench. These are too big and you would need to many of them to actually do all of the nuts.
These have a very interesting design. THey are a child of the crescent wrench and the adjustable pliers. They look like they can be handy for those special times. THe other nice thing is they have fairly long handles to allow for more torque to get off stuck nuts or bolts.
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