Comments on: Reader Finds: Channellock’s Fence Pliers http://toolmonger.com/2007/02/26/reader-finds-channellocks-fence-pliers/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Sun, 06 Jul 2008 08:42:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Scott http://toolmonger.com/2007/02/26/reader-finds-channellocks-fence-pliers/#comment-350921 Sat, 14 Jun 2008 19:41:03 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/02/26/reader-finds-channellocks-fence-pliers/#comment-350921 I grew up on a cattle ranch where fixing fence was never ending. As a kid I d these things. As I grew and actually actually learned how to use them, I found that they were indispensible. They are the best things going for a repairing a barbed wire fence. I'll give you they make a pretty poor hammer, but thats why you carry a hammer in your fencing bag. I grew up on a cattle ranch where fixing fence was never ending. As a kid I d these things. As I grew and actually actually learned how to use them, I found that they were indispensible. They are the best things going for a repairing a barbed wire fence. I’ll give you they make a pretty poor hammer, but thats why you carry a hammer in your fencing bag.

]]> by: ryan http://toolmonger.com/2007/02/26/reader-finds-channellocks-fence-pliers/#comment-259088 Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:58:47 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/02/26/reader-finds-channellocks-fence-pliers/#comment-259088 still haven't used em for what they were intended for and after searching the net for 10 minutes still can't find out exactly how the wire stretching part works. Interesting and heavy though. Probably will rust before they wear out. i give em' a solid 5. still haven’t used em for what they were intended for and after searching the net for 10 minutes still can’t find out exactly how the wire stretching part works. Interesting and heavy though. Probably will rust before they wear out. i give em’ a solid 5.

]]> by: Rush http://toolmonger.com/2007/02/26/reader-finds-channellocks-fence-pliers/#comment-32409 Fri, 09 Mar 2007 23:42:10 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/02/26/reader-finds-channellocks-fence-pliers/#comment-32409 i don't own a pair of these either but i work at channellock and wonder what other ppl are thinking when they buy a pair of pliers that that passed under my nose. it's rather interesting! keep honest and keep posting. i don’t own a pair of these either but i work at channellock and wonder what other ppl are thinking when they buy a pair of pliers that that passed under my nose. it’s rather interesting! keep honest and keep posting.

]]> by: Old Donn http://toolmonger.com/2007/02/26/reader-finds-channellocks-fence-pliers/#comment-27689 Wed, 28 Feb 2007 23:26:04 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/02/26/reader-finds-channellocks-fence-pliers/#comment-27689 Got a pair of these several years back for all the reasons stated above, never used them. Got a pair of these several years back for all the reasons stated above, never used them.

]]> by: nrChris http://toolmonger.com/2007/02/26/reader-finds-channellocks-fence-pliers/#comment-27285 Tue, 27 Feb 2007 14:09:49 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/02/26/reader-finds-channellocks-fence-pliers/#comment-27285 I used these to remove tackless and staples after we ripped the old carpet out of our living room. Really useful for this application as you wind up using the pliers to pull and cut, the tail to pull, and the hammer to knock stuff out of the way. I used these to remove tackless and staples after we ripped the old carpet out of our living room. Really useful for this application as you wind up using the pliers to pull and cut, the tail to pull, and the hammer to knock stuff out of the way.

]]> by: Roscoe http://toolmonger.com/2007/02/26/reader-finds-channellocks-fence-pliers/#comment-27259 Tue, 27 Feb 2007 12:52:37 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/02/26/reader-finds-channellocks-fence-pliers/#comment-27259 I spent a summer dismantling old fences with these as a teenager and am convinced that for full-time fence work, individual tools would be better. I can see how these would be handy to keep with you if you had an occasional bit of fence mending to do, but I still cringe when I see them from my own experience. I spent a summer dismantling old fences with these as a teenager and am convinced that for full-time fence work, individual tools would be better. I can see how these would be handy to keep with you if you had an occasional bit of fence mending to do, but I still cringe when I see them from my own experience.

]]> by: joe http://toolmonger.com/2007/02/26/reader-finds-channellocks-fence-pliers/#comment-27119 Tue, 27 Feb 2007 03:09:32 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/02/26/reader-finds-channellocks-fence-pliers/#comment-27119 They're one of my favorites. Partly for utility, partly for sentimental reasons. I spent a lot of time watching my dad use them/using them myself when I was growing up. Nothing's better for twisting wire. They’re one of my favorites. Partly for utility, partly for sentimental reasons. I spent a lot of time watching my dad use them/using them myself when I was growing up. Nothing’s better for twisting wire.

]]> by: eschoendorff http://toolmonger.com/2007/02/26/reader-finds-channellocks-fence-pliers/#comment-27063 Tue, 27 Feb 2007 00:51:47 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/02/26/reader-finds-channellocks-fence-pliers/#comment-27063 I'd buy them... mostly 'cause they're made by Channellock. I love their stuff! And the Channellocks aren't that much more expensive that the Chicom crap next to them in the store.... I’d buy them… mostly ’cause they’re made by Channellock. I love their stuff! And the Channellocks aren’t that much more expensive that the Chicom crap next to them in the store….

]]> by: T http://toolmonger.com/2007/02/26/reader-finds-channellocks-fence-pliers/#comment-27024 Mon, 26 Feb 2007 22:57:52 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/02/26/reader-finds-channellocks-fence-pliers/#comment-27024 They're kind of an oddball creation. I've actually used mine for fencing, and for cutting big wires that the dykes just gag on. They also work pretty good for pulling headless nail or staples out of things. In a pinch, they make a half assed hammer as well. Mine came from Sears and were bought specifically to do the fencing. They really do work good for that. They’re kind of an oddball creation. I’ve actually used mine for fencing, and for cutting big wires that the dykes just gag on. They also work pretty good for pulling headless nail or staples out of things. In a pinch, they make a half assed hammer as well. Mine came from Sears and were bought specifically to do the fencing. They really do work good for that.

]]> by: Paul http://toolmonger.com/2007/02/26/reader-finds-channellocks-fence-pliers/#comment-27022 Mon, 26 Feb 2007 22:49:35 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/02/26/reader-finds-channellocks-fence-pliers/#comment-27022 I got a couple of pairs of these, heck I've even got a wire fence, but yep you guessed it, pliers and fence have never met. Being as I have a pair of 10-WR Vise Grips in front of the pair of fencing pliers I have out you know what I'm grabbing! Fencing pliers are pretty much toolbox ballast as far as I'm concerned. Now I have another mondo bizzaro pair of pliers next to my fencing pliers that I actually use now and again. A pair of Safety Wire Twist Pliers. The Yankee screwdriver of pliers! Every cool Toolmonger should have some Safety Wire Twist Pliers, and a few pairs of fencing pliers too, just for weight, so their toolbox is way too heavy for anyone to try to steal. I got a couple of pairs of these, heck I’ve even got a wire fence, but yep you guessed it, pliers and fence have never met. Being as I have a pair of 10-WR Vise Grips in front of the pair of fencing pliers I have out you know what I’m grabbing! Fencing pliers are pretty much toolbox ballast as far as I’m concerned.

Now I have another mondo bizzaro pair of pliers next to my fencing pliers that I actually use now and again. A pair of Safety Wire Twist Pliers. The Yankee screwdriver of pliers! Every cool Toolmonger should have some Safety Wire Twist Pliers, and a few pairs of fencing pliers too, just for weight, so their toolbox is way too heavy for anyone to try to steal.

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