[LWJ]

So I picked up some 9” long-nose Vice Grip brand locking pliers at a garage sale sometime in the distant past. They were pretty well used up and I have served to just about finish them off. I seem to use these to do all sorts of tasks that were never intended but non-the-less work very well.

And now, I want to buy some “good” ones.

And everything I see looks really poorly made.

Who makes good locking pliers? I really like that I can clamp a high load in the tips. This is exceeding the design engineering but it is how I mostly use them.

Ideas?