Unconventional uses of a Knipex Pliers Wrench

Agreed - I have a pair that I found in the woods with a discarded toolbox, when I was 11-12 years old - in retrospect it was probably the discarded remnants of a burglary, but I still have the pliers wrench and I use it almost every time I'm working on bikes.

re: adjustable cone spanners, I've seen some that have the edges ground down. Edit: Dave Rome wrote an article about them in 2023

What brand are those? The ones I have seen and used are usually cheap, and quickly have lots of flex and become useless as tools.

Stanley. It seems alright, certainly not toy grade but nothing fancy.

The Makita one my old man got me for my birthday (after he heard me musing about grinding one down) is a fair bit nicer; bit less slop in the jaw and metric and imperial measurement on it.

...Although now I look at it, the Makita has lightly serrated jaws and a very slight clamping action, which is a bit annoying

Big Knipex bodging tool and small Knipex bodging tool

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^ I'm thinking there's more weight in these

Aldi specials only 1.99 each!

Lots in catford Aldi

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could shod a horse with them

https://bikepacking.com/gear/knipex-pliers-wrench-review/

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