Unconventional uses of a Knipex Pliers Wrench

I'm pretty sure these are one of the most useful tools I've ever used. And I've never used it for the job I bought it for, which was removing a fork air cap, and now my air cap removes with a cassette tool.

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Do you need the full size for shoplifting, or will the smaller ones be enough?

Depends, if it's plastic like this one, probs the minis, metal probs the big dogs.

As wrenches go they do look quite swish

They are very handy as smooth jawed grabbers as they exert so much clamping force.

Yeaaah, I bought the small ones. Then I bought the big ones. I immediatly grew my hair back, my biceps grew by 70%, and hot singles near me wont stop calling me.

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Do these lock or do you need to grip harder the more you torque?

The don't lock per se, but they won't slip if your putting pressure on the rear handle, and they'll slip if you reverse the direction, so you can kinda ratchet with them.

I bought my first vice grips recently and still can't get them to work properly. I'm properly shit on the tools. These look great, very simple to operate. 🤡

These are awesome. Great as a spanner, but also for gripping or crimping things.

These are good too.

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I’ve got a plier wrench from one of those £9.99 bubble packs which my uncle bought for me when I was 18 or 21. All the tools in that set are long dead or gone except that plier wrench and I use it all the time, minus the rubber originally moulded on the handles. 25-30 years later, take your pick, maybe it’s time to invest in that Knipex one.

Those teeth. The over-centre clamp. What’s not to like?

Obviously they're a tool of last resort; you have to resign yourself to making a mess with them.

Couple of tricks, generally you'll want to make sure whatever you're gripping is in the widest part of that nasty opening in the jaws, or it'll probably end up there all shredded, and the other thing is you have to twiddle your knob a lot.

It's always a bit of trial and error to get the clamping force right. If you need maximum clamping, turn the knob as tight as you can get it while still being able to lock the tool, and then carefully unlock it without allowing it to shift on the fastener - then add a bit more on the knob. You can usually repeat this a couple of times, depending on the shape and hardness of the fastener. Or you can do a quicker version where you incrementally bite the jaws in without locking as you tighten the knob before finally locking.

It'll leave a mark, to make an understatement

Best tool I've ever bought. Crimping cable ends with them is unbelievably satisfying, and having to use pliers instead feels like a caveman smashing rocks together.
I used mine today to clamp a suspension footstud assembly, because cone spanners chew the flats up.

For everything these do, I just use my hands.

HTFU.

:-*

🤣

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Max Bygraves fan by chance?

EDIT He sang a song you need hands

Hey look at the size of my Swedish pipe spanner

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No, they are not.

They are terrible worse than an adjustable.

Show off

It only works on Swedish pipes? How rude.

Do they do mini versions of these fancy Knipex that would fit in an EDC pouch?

Not cheap tho
https://www.zoro.co.uk/shop/tools-and-machining/plier-sets/002072v04xs-mini-pliers-set-xs-in-belt-pouch-2-piece/p/ZT2601929S?

Oh aye, quite spenny. Ta

Any Scandinavian.