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Great idea - Was using my Bogagrip for that but it’s too fishyView attachment 158008 These are real good tongue pliers.
Large Tongue and Groove Pliers: Channellock vs. Knipex
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Went with the 480’s - could not justify the cost of the Knipex for occasional use. Looks like they barely fit my pliers drawer. 
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Those Snap On needle nose pliers to the right of them are getting a lot of use around here. IMO they are one of the most useful pliers I own.Went with the 480’s - could not justify the cost of the Knipex for occasional use. Looks like they barely fit my pliers drawer.
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Channellock . the original and still the best. I remember back in the day my wife attempted to do something nice for me so she bought me some of those self tightening Craftsman Channelock style pliers that Bob Vila was promoting... I found them useless compared to the old type..
back when I was working as a mechanic, my favorite tool was a leatherman... sometimes I could go a whole day without going to my toolboz, if I was doing little jobs.
I already own the 87 51 250, what am I missing?Yo Critic! They're on special! Only 31 smacks! You haven't lived until you've tried Knipex Cobras.
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I suppose that'll work. They're just not traditional Cobras though.
The 560 if you need really large ones.
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Was talking about 20" Channelock pliers the other day in another forum where in a former life I worked in the heavy petrochemical/refinery world.
[...]I can remember removing some studs from a Haveg 66 pipe which carried highly corrosive chlorinated hydrocarbons and had been in production for about 15 years.
The nuts on the studs had long since lost their flats but had enough metal remaining that they would not just break off and we could not cut them with grinders or a torch due to the explosive atmosphere. I was able to remove the remnants of the nuts with a couple of pairs of 20" channelock pliers without breaking the Haveg piping which is a casted fiberglass style piping.[...]
I don't believe another brand existed back in the early 1980s and Channelocks served us well.
[...]I can remember removing some studs from a Haveg 66 pipe which carried highly corrosive chlorinated hydrocarbons and had been in production for about 15 years.
The nuts on the studs had long since lost their flats but had enough metal remaining that they would not just break off and we could not cut them with grinders or a torch due to the explosive atmosphere. I was able to remove the remnants of the nuts with a couple of pairs of 20" channelock pliers without breaking the Haveg piping which is a casted fiberglass style piping.[...]
I don't believe another brand existed back in the early 1980s and Channelocks served us well.
Those types of pliers have been made by a lot of companies since the 30's.
It’s patina.
Was telling my plumber brother in law about the knipex cobras, and he almost slapped me. I'm surprised he doesn't have a channelock tattoo. So I said why not the v jaw channelocks, he swears by the straight jaw. Then he bought me a set of 440s and 426s! Fine with me!
