IGAN-170 Wire Cutters, Precision Electronics Flush Cutter, One of the Strongest and Sharpest Side Cutting pliers with an Opening Spring, Ideal for Ultra-fine Cutting Needs.

Great quality and super sharp. Makes precision cuts as advertised

I’ve been using these for electronics work and they’re easily some of the sharpest flush cutters I’ve owned. They make really clean cuts on small wires and component leads, which is exactly what I wanted for PCB work. They feel good in the hand and give you nice control when you’re trimming close to a board. I’ve been using them on softer metals like copper leads and small-ish gauge wire and they handle that perfectly. That said, these are definitely not meant for heavy-duty cutting. If you try to use them on thicker pins or harder metals (like some beefy controller board pins), you’re going to dull them out pretty quickly. Ask me how I know… As long as you use them for what they’re designed for, they’re fantastic. Just treat them like a precision tool, not a general-purpose cutter, and they should last you a good while.

As described and works well so far

UPDATE - A rep offered to send a replacement after noticing my unfortunate report on my purchase. The rep from the distributor somehow got my phone number and proceeded to hound me relentlessly in texts to update this review. I THOUGHT I already DID just that yesterday, but got yet another xt this morning. Sheeesh...So when checking back to see if the review had updated - well, it hadn't shown up here. So this is the 2nd attempt to update this review. So they have sent me another one. In the meantime I bought something else to do the job I bought the pliers for in the 1st place, and so have not put the replacement IGAN to any paces yet - and I don't know when I will. Star rating doubled from prior 2-star 'lemon' experience. If I get anymore com from this (or any) rep I'll pull it back down another star; enough is enough. Tough titties if it impacts your sales; the 1st one I bought broke and it slammed the brakes on my job. Life's just not fair sometimes, innit. /UPDATE ORIGINAL REVIEW: Mine broke after two weeks of at best "light duty"; soldering together patch-cables for a guitar pedalboard. While this is a fine and accurate tool for snipping small-gauge wire and plastics, it didn't handle the stress of repeated clipping (of even a moderately hard alloy over 1mm thick; mine broke while attempting to trim an input jack's solder terminal) without imposing stress on the blade joint.

These flat cutters are excellent! They are very sharp, and are an especially good size for trimming small gauge wires.

Perfect for making jewelry

Great built quality on this cutter. I use for small wires and specially my zip ties. The grip is awesome non slip. Very comfortable to use for your small projects and hobbies. Always cut in the middle or the back so it wont snap or large metal objects.

Great product