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shredsickpow t1_iw4prh0 wrote

No you did not. I worked at Milwaukee as a product designer from 2007-2009 and the hand tools were just starting in the early development / ideation sketches . Those came on the market in maybe 2010-12 somewhere at the oldest.

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texansfan t1_iw4q3x8 wrote

Lol, so OP is off by at least 7 years?

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shredsickpow t1_iw4q734 wrote

Yup. We didn’t even start w snippers

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G05TheBox t1_iw4rcjh wrote

Aviation snips and midwest-channellock body châssis from Milwaukee soon? 😇 3 blade crimpers.

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VisualKeiKei t1_iw4u8x1 wrote

I'd suggest Klenk for OG aviation snips. Stahlwille, Gedore, or Hazet snips if you're really burning to buy once, cry once.

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G05TheBox t1_iw4usrd wrote

Thanks for the reply, never heard of any of those 👍 stock with wiss snips/Lenox crimper at the moment hehe.

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VisualKeiKei t1_iw4v2d2 wrote

Klenk and Midwest Snip are some of the OG American snips. The others I mentioned get you into the (painfully priced) world of German tools.

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F-21 t1_iw638st wrote

Those are very likely not made by those brands. Hazet, Stahlwille and Gedore sell top end tools, but they mainly focus on manufacturing those basic forged handtools like the sockets and wrenches, a lot of other stuff is rebranded from other more niche brands.

I think Knipex does not make them either.

The most well known top end snips from Germany are made by Bessey and it is very likely they supply them to those top brands (Hazet, Gedore and Stahlwille). NWS also makes them.

Buying Bessey snips is cheaper than buying Hazet, even if they're the same just different branding...

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G05TheBox t1_iw6tn0o wrote

Malco and Knipex, only high end tools I can actually touch in a store lol. Hilti also at Home Depot lol.

I hear back in they days (from How it's made, best show ever en passant!) that Mastercraft Maximum wrench key were produce in the same shop as Mac Tools! 🤫🤥

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G05TheBox t1_iw4vaou wrote

European, one of my teachers was always hard on European tools lol heard of the Klein Tools snips?

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madmax_br5 OP t1_iw53fny wrote

Maybe I'm mistaken, but I definitely bought these long before I moved cross-country in 2011, Since I used them extensively on a loft buildout in 2010. Of that I can be sure. So it's possible I bought them in 2010 and got them confused with a previous pair I purchased earlier.

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GreyHexagon t1_iw6h9ws wrote

What's with the mismatched handles? Could it be that they're not actually Milwaukee, but that handle was replaced at some point?

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sideboobdaily t1_iw6qbuw wrote

I have the same pair, that's just how they look. Red handles for right snips, green for lefts, yellow for straights, bulldogs got red and yellow or sometimes I've seen blue

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leafdisk t1_iw6hu6h wrote

Looks like Milwaukee and Stanley Frankensteined together

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andre3kthegiant t1_iw578q7 wrote

These seem to have the smallest “beak” of all the snips I have seen. What is the true name of this model?

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UnintentionalIdiot t1_iw5o7fv wrote

These are bulldog snips. Better for cutting thicker material. In the hvac industry you’d use these to cut through seams of ductwork where there’s multiple layers, or heavy gauge slip and drive which are used to connect and hang ductwork. They’re good for their purpose, but not great for making long cuts because they’re short. So good short cutters get good leverage for strong short cuts

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andre3kthegiant t1_iw5pe5p wrote

would it make quick work if a 316-SS hose clamp?

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cloaker1308 t1_iw6uti1 wrote

Absolutely! Not the person you were replying to before but I've used these exact style of snip for that exact thing and yes they will cut right through it!

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riffdex t1_iwlcs3w wrote

What do you use these snips for?

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ThatDarnScat t1_iw55kwb wrote

Just want to give you props. Milwaukee makes some legit good stuff that (a lot of) is made in the US. I took a lean manufacturing workshop with a couple of guys from the Greenwood facility (Sawzall blades) and got to hear about the fab and heat treat process.

Good stuff

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F-21 t1_iw64lh2 wrote

I just don't like the style they go for with any plastic hand tools. The wrenches and the socket set looks really nice though.

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timmycosh t1_iw698gi wrote

Would you really trust a handyman who uses straight snips though? Honestly

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adventure_dog t1_iw733am wrote

i'd expect them to have the left and right ones as well, each one does best at it's own job

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groovy604 t1_iw5e0x0 wrote

Yeah what like Milwaukee didn't even have its lithium ion line out yet, never mind any real hand tools

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handen t1_iw5la5i wrote

Yeah, Milwaukee hadn’t even birthed its prodigal son Alice Cooper yet, and OP claims to have owned these shears in advance of Billion Dollar Babies? Un-freaking-believable.

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Cibico99 t1_iw6slly wrote

Looks like Milwaukee and Dewalt grips slid over some other pliers.

Someone, potentially before OP, replaced the warn grips.

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DrBucket t1_iw7pkpf wrote

I was gonna say, I don't remember this style being like that back then.

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