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 ...

A decade later, his firm, Petersen Manufacturing, was busy turning out its patented locking Vise-Grip pliers by the hundreds. This is impressive when you consider that his success was unfolding in ...

The Vise-Grip was the trick ... I've found other uses for locking pliers, too. They can work when you don't have or lost a wrench or socket. They can also help you with pesky fittings like ...

It’s pricier than most locking pliers. The Grip-On 111-10 typically sells for around $30, which is a lot, considering that the original Irwin Vise-Grip pliers retail for half that. But we’re ...

All of these features are superior not just to the Vise-Grip but to other locking pliers we have tried, most of which are either over-designed or are throw-away commodity products. Eagle Grip ...

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Malco Products, which bought the plant in 2017 and reopened it in 2019 to make Eagle Grip locking pliers, a product similar to Vise-Grip, announced this week that it plans to exit that business ...

Just as Vise-Grip has come to mean any locking plier, Channellock now refers to any pair of pliers that have adjustable jaws. Channellock pliers have roots in a blacksmith shop run by George ...

Vise-Grip pliers make great nail pullers ... The trick is to use two tools together: locking pliers to grab the nail shank, and a pry bar to do the pulling. When the blade in your utility knife ...