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spooney t1_iw4rozu wrote

If you cut a lot of tin those are trash. Real buy it for life snips would be Midwest or the old Prosnips(RIP) from before Irwin bought them out.

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crclOv9 t1_iw5ft5y wrote

I’ve got three years into my $20 Milwaukee red snips; gotta replace them in about another year I’d say; they are my favorite on the budget side of things.

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VisualKeiKei t1_iw4ueza wrote

Klenk as well on that list unless they've gone downhill like Wiss.

Stahlwille, Gedore, or Hazet snips if you have cash to burn.

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sayracer t1_iw5mk80 wrote

$234 for Stahlwille??????I'm not stranger to paying a premium for tools but this is absurd. I'm a Tinknocker. There's nothing you can do to stop stainless from bearing up snip blades

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F-21 t1_iw651yv wrote

They're 60-70€ here in Europe.

I don't know if Stahlwille, Hazet or Gedore really make them anyway. Bessey is the German manufacturer known for such snips, and NWS also makes them. It's likely the other brands get some of those and have them rebranded (but I'm not 100%...). For many tools, the niche manufacturers are the best. Hazet, Gedore and Stahlwille do manufacture their own stuff, especially sockets and wrenches, but they rebrand lots of stuff like Screwdrivers (I think both Hazet and Gedore supply them from Oplast, while Stahlwille might get them from Witte).

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