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Your cart is empty.4.3 out of 5 stars
- #232,047 in Arts, Crafts & Sewing (See Top 100 in Arts, Crafts & Sewing)
- #488 in Jewelry Pliers
By Grobet USA
Glenn E. Heath
Reviewed in the United States on March 25, 2025
Great tool
Harry
Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2025
They are a little stiff when you first get them.But loosen up with use.
Mary H
Reviewed in the United States on July 7, 2020
Great pliers. Smooth jaw a must for jewelry makers and working with metal. Have several other of this brand and they have held up well.
Thomas Russsell
Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2018
Did not like at all
Customer
Reviewed in Canada on August 12, 2016
Fits expectations perfectly
lchriste
Reviewed in the United States on April 13, 2015
These arrived defective (the parallel jaws were not parallel--I could see daylight between the jaws, which closed at an angle. However, upon phoning Grobet, they found a properly aligned pair and shipped the replacement for free. I will try to remember to update after they arrive. I purchased these because I had used an older pair and loved them. Those were excellent, heavy duty, did not damage my thin metal sheet or wire.
toolness1
Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2014
I use these for working on guns. When you need to grip a small part or pin, and don't want the jaws of your normal pliers to apply an angled force to them and possibly damage the part, this type of pliers is a must.Nice quality, very strong. I love them!!
Nikki Ryan
Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2013
They're not made quite as well as I hoped. They are parallel when you squeeze them closed, but if you look closely when they're not quite closed, the jaws aren't parallel. Maybe it doesn't matter. Maybe I'm being too picky. They are very nice, but I expected a little better.
Stephen Rice
Reviewed in the United States on December 16, 2011
Listen I'll keep this short and sweet for you. I'm recognized by most knife nuts as STR which is my initials. I've done pretty well for myself making pocket clips out of sheet titanium for some years now. While I don't set the world on fire its steady and I do it using hand tools. Recently due to getting old I guess my hands cramp some and I thought to look at new tools to see what I could find. This plier came up. Now I've used something very similar to this plier for many years and thought it was a great tool. All it says on it is GFC and above that T8 and below that England. Its well made and looks almost just like this. You don't see the difference until you get this Grobet 46.512 plier tool in your hand to compare the two. Its apparent both are well made. For what I do though where I'm making a pocket clip for a folding knife that will be exposed and seen its nice to have a tool that does the job and works without marring up the surface you are working and bending.My GFC pliers have worked for years but they always left a line that I would have to work to make disappear before calling my work done which is probably due to how narrow they jaws are so instead of grab the piece and hold it flat, these thinner pliers sort of roll on the piece indenting it slightly. I knew on the first use of these pliers here that I'd been using the wrong tool to make the initial bend in my clips all these years! Not only do the jaws of this plier fit in easier than my other plier but they hold a larger foot print or surface area with the wider jaws and when you bend a small piece of metal or titanium there is no mark due to that nice large flat surface cradling the piece in a wide jaw that supports it to make the bend! I was floored and have to say these are the best I've used and I highly recommend them to anyone doing light to medium gauge metal bending in tight spaces. Either of these pliers are great for jewelry and other wire bending work and such but for my clips out of .045 thickness 6AL-4V titanium the wider ones excel. There is another set sold here that I bought besides these and it was priced at like 18 bucks plus shipping at this writing. These are okay, not as good as my GFC set labeled T8 but certainly heavier duty I'd say since the handle is ample. I wouldn't rebuy them though and they don't compare to these pliers here. These are heavy duty pliers also and they can really hold something securely without damaging it unlike the other pair I've used for many years with narrower jaws.These are the ones you want. Stop looking and buy it.STR
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