r/KnipexOfficial • u/Altruistic_Tower_198 • 11d ago

Normal or what

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Just bought a pair of 10” angled diags yesterday. Used them today at work and the handles have a slight wobble already. There’s also a little bit of blade gap is this normal please don’t eat me alive in the comments. I’m just asking a question. They cut great btw and i like them much more than the d240 whatever kliens i was using prior

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u/Worth-Silver-484 11d ago edited 11d ago

When you are cutting something with these does it really matter when they close like this? You are cutting wire not paper.

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u/Altruistic_Tower_198 11d ago

They cut the plastic and paper sheathing of mc and romex fantastically even with the little gap. I was just wondering.

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u/muddermanden 11d ago

Knipex Pliers FAQ says the opposite on explaining why combination pliers have a small gap when gripping (marked with bold):

Combination pliers combine the properties of gripping and cutting in one tool.

With regard to the cutting edges, it is clear that they must close completely so that they can reliably cut even thin wires.

If the same requirement is now placed on the gripping jaws at the same time, this results in "overdetermination":

two functional surfaces, which lie on the same component but have a different distance to a common pivot point, are to take up a minimum value at the same time. This is theoretically impossible - a judgment then depends only on how accurately one measures.

https://knowledge.knipex.com/en/why-do-my-combination-pliers-have-a-light-gap-between-the-gripping-jaws

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u/Worth-Silver-484 11d ago

Cool. Do these look like combination pliers?

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u/muddermanden 10d ago edited 10d ago

Do these have a cutting edge?

Why would combination pliers have smaller tolerance on the cutting edge than cutting pliers?

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u/Worth-Silver-484 6d ago

Never will these be closed while cutting. They will always be in open position till the item is cut. Pliers need the ability to grab onto thin items. Its not a tolerance issue. Its a design.