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I try to come here for relaxation therefore I avoid the debates. The Union Building Trades are way different than the others Unions debated here.
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Highfalutin names aside Channel Locks are good stuff.
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All we ever see in pouches are Klein cutting pliers and Channel Lock 430's and 440's. It is amazing no matter what Local you are in those two brands are universal in their respected areas. Actually everyone calls them Channel Lock regardless of brand.
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Campfire Ranger
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Union Electrician for 27 years , one word KLEIN!! + a bunch......... work for an electrical utility.........every grunt sack has a pair + yet another
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I use both Klein and Knipex tools. I do prefer the bigger handles on the Knipex, but I have big hands. You can get them on the Klein, but they cost more. Only two brands I will even consider.
Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most. - Mark Twain.
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Knipex is sho'nuff properly hardened tool steel. Yeah, I kind of suspected the Germans would be OCD about that. Do you know anyone reputable with good prices? I'll never find a store that stocks them around here. Klien http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_3_5?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=klein%20pliers Knipex http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_6?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=knipex%20pliers
"There are three kinds of men
Those who learn by reading
The few who learn by observing
The rest have to pee on the
electric fence and find out
for themselves."
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I have a pair of 12" Knipex angle head dikes and they are by far the best cutters that I have ever had. Lowes carries some Knipex. Speaking of Knipex, if you get a pair of Knipex smooth jaw plier wrenches you wont know how you got by without them. http://www.knipex.com/index.php?id=...etail&parentID=1368&groupID=1500
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Union Electrician for 27 years , one word KLEIN!! You just had to mention the U? word didn't you!
Well we're Green and we're Gold, and we play better when it's cold. All us Cheese heads have our favorite superstar. We love Brett Favre.
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