Klein Tools

[Ultradog MN]

They still make the best wire strippers.

 

[DR. EVIL]

SON had a job years ago assembling Really BIG industrial gearboxes, 2, 3, & 4 stage, and heavy, he'd install more snap-rings in some gearboxes than I've ever installed, and he said Klein snap ring pliers were the only ones that held up.

 

[Bob Harvey]

I concur and have the same ones that I've had for near 50 years.

 

[Janicholson]

And my favorite Malted Beverage. Jim

 

[Tony in SD]

Klein is what is in my electrical hand tool box. Klein is still owned and operated by the Klein family. Still Made in the USA.

 

[Phil Tibbetts]

Klein tools are #1 in my book, never had a bad one.

 

[dr sportster]

Best linemans pliers . No really good warranty

 

[John T]

I have TWO pairs like that. When I practiced about All our electricians used Klein almost exclusively.

John T

 

[Michael Soldan]

...looks like they still make the best bottle opener for your beer ! LOL

 

[rossow (mn)]

I have Klein lineman's pliers in four different sizes, as well as needle-nose pliers, side cutters, two lineman's wire-stripping knives, and a few screwdrivers. I buy them whenever I can find at flea markets and yard sales, sometimes for pennies on the dollar. (I got one of my Klein needle-noses for 25 cents at a yard sale!) They are all top-quality tools.

My late father-in-law was a journeyman electrician and later for many years an electrical contractor. He swore by Klein tools. Back in the 1960s he inherited a lineman's pliers from an old electrician. Years later, he entered it in a Klein contest to find the oldest pliers and tied with another owner for top prize, a trip to Hawaii.

A further Klein story: For many years I went to gunshows everywhere with a retired utility company lineman. I got many of his tools when he died five years ago. He, like my FIL, swore that Klein tools couldn't be beat.

 

[dr sportster]

When I tried to return Klein The counterman Would say c'mon don't bust my b@lls Sorta no warranty on Klein unless factory defect .

 

[Ultradog MN]

Yeah,
That's what I meant to imply.
They work great for a bottle opener.
I should have staged the photo this way.

 

[Billy NY]

Yes, effective alternate use to access the cold beverage contained within !!! I have a pair of later 90's era craftsman wire cutters, hand held size that literally is the best bottle cap remover. I call it a cap digger. It also leaves them unbent or deformed and you get a classic lift off with the sound and launch of the cap. I have a 5 gallon bucket with most of the caps of beer bottles ever opened here. Not every single one, but 98% of them. I wanted to see once this life is near the end, how many caps there would be in volume. Hopefully a long way to go yet, another bucket as it's taken 20 some oddd years to get this many in there by now.

 

[DC Snider]

Bought my first Klein linesman pliers nearly 40 years ago when I started out as a electrician s helper. Still haven t nearly all my Klein hand tools and pouch, in as good a shape as ever. I even have a small collection of older Klein linemen pliers.