Not true
Not true at all
I know guys who can move the world with these pliers.
This -is- the standard size, btw.
I can do some damage with a pair in my pocket, myself.
I have, I don't know, maybe 6 pair or even 7 if you root around real deep.
I have a most favorite pair but they wouldn't look much different in a picture than any one of 4 or 5 other brands.
They are a little different though.
Oddly, they were the first pair I ever found. They look pretty normal, but they are just one gauge thicker steel. Same length and about the same size, but just one little gauge thicker.
Man that is an important gauge of steel, to me.
Forget leatherman. If you work on machines,
these.... pliers... rock.
yours Scott
PS I also have a small pair of 4" slip joint pliers to go with.
These two pliers see the lions share of all common problems and procedures.
Try it for yourself. Get these two pliers in a reliable place where you can ALWAYS find them (this mean you have to put them back when you are done. Rules of the road sorry.)
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Wait and see if you don't head for these little pliers, and kick the crap out of whatever is bothering you, time after time.