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1st December 2010, 04:38 PM #1
Fencing pliers
For quite some time now Ive been on the lookout for some quality fencing pliers, new or used, didn't matter. A job came up where some were needed so took the plunge an bought a new pair of IRWINS, $40. They have the necessary bits and shapes including horn and anvil and appeared the best I could get, certainly the dearest. Today, after only a few minutes of use both handles started to slide off the metal shafts. It is not worth it me travelling back from a rural property to return the things only to get another pair just the same. There was nothing for me to do but to remove both handles and reglue them with a new ubeaut-stick-anything glue I have and wait for them to set. No fencing in the meantime. I thought I bought the best I could but clearly I am mistaken.
Where the friar tuck can one get decent tools nowdays, specialized or otherwise? The amount of #### out there depresses me.
The #### are not mine, I wrote the real thing as that's how I feel.Last edited by dakotax3; 1st December 2010 at 04:41 PM. Reason: Censoring clarification.
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1st December 2010, 04:44 PM #2
I inherited my fathers fencing pliers and he never had handles (Grips?) on them.
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1st December 2010, 04:46 PM #3
We,ve been using Linesman pliers (yellow handle, name escapes me) and Knipex for fencing for years. No one I know uses the style that you purchased, too big and cumbersome. The linesman pliers provide good service and never had a handle come off. They don't last forever, but give good service. I'm told that Knipex has slipped in quality in the last year or 2, but I bought 3 pairs a good few years ago, will take quite a while to get to the bottom of those.
If you find you have dug yourself a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging.
I just finished child-proofing our house - but they still get inside.
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1st December 2010, 05:15 PM #4
Thanx for the quick replies guys. Loose grips. I wanted this style because they are better suited to working with staples and wooden posts; that's what they're designed for. I've used others without grips plenty of times and they are hard on the hands, hot in the summer sun and very cold and unfriendly in the dead of winter, been there done that. The long handles give extra force in wire cutting, particularly high tensile wire.
What I would really like to know is where can these specialized things be bought? Where does one buy Knipex for example?
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1st December 2010, 05:45 PM #5
Do a search on Amazon.com for Channellock fencing pliers and you should come up with some suppliers that will send them to Aus and probably for about the same price you paid for the Irwin rubbish.
I bought six various pairs from Ace Hardware on Amazon and had them within 10 days.
Doesn't really help if you want them now though.
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1st December 2010, 06:10 PM #6Senior Member
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Fencing Pliers
Hi
There is a seller on Ebay who specialises in used tools. He is from Geelong and his Ebay seller's name is 'good_old_tools_for_you'. If you go on to Ebay and type in 'Kelly Axe Head' in the search box that tool will come up and his site. It has five days to run. You can then send him a message and ask if he has any fencing pliers. There are none on his site at the moment but he does list them often. I have bought many tools from him over the years and have found him to be most reliable. Best of luck.
Cheers
5T
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1st December 2010, 07:27 PM #7Intermediate Member
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crescent make good fencing pliers to!
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1st December 2010, 08:04 PM #8
I have noticed other brands with identical looking tools, Crescent and Trojan come to mind; for all I know they could all be from the very same factory, not for me to know. The handgrips, whichever type or brand, have got to stay on. Thought I got the best ones.
Years ago I heated up some half inch and then three quarter garden hose and pushed them over the handles of my old wire cutters; the rubber had perished. It's still there a million years later. Might go into the tool business.
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2nd December 2010, 10:16 AM #9Senior Member
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Try here Shifters
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2nd December 2010, 11:43 AM #10
Many thanks Five Thumbs, one could spend days on that site just browsing. Look at all that old stuff we once took for granted.
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