The most-produced style—and the one no tool drawer should lack—is the straight-jaw locking pliers. The straight, toothed jaws can grip round, flat, square, and hexed surfaces with all the grip ...

DeWalt has replaced that model with the DWHT74427 Push-Lock Pliers, but the 10-inch size appears to be available only with a straight-jaw design. The Klein Tools D504-10B Quick Adjust Klaw Pump ...

Other typical uses for locking pliers are to turn bolts and pipes loose or to hold them firmly in position so that you can more readily cut them off. Curved-jaw pliers are ideal for this.

Look for an upward-facing release lever. To us, the release lever is the most important part of a set of locking pliers. Because the jaw mechanism is so tensioned, the sudden release of the pliers ...

After driving to local tool and auto parts stores, we purchased eight pairs of 10-inch curved jaw locking pliers and put them through several stringent tests, including: jaw clamping force ...

straight serrated jaw plier. Got that? Okay. You can also call it a tongue-and-groove plier. It's shorter. Wrong again. A sharp eyed electrical inspector will flag such a connection because it was ...

THE VISE-GRIP, CURVED JAW LOCKING PLIERS feature a self-energizing lower jaw that delivers three times more gripping power than traditional locking pliers. They will not strip or slip and are offered ...