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This product is more properly a heavy duty wire cutter rather than a bolt cutter. It cuts a ten penny common nail easily with 1 hand, and cuts a 16 penny nail with good pressure from two hands. (For comparison: I squeezed my bathroom scales and found that with both hands I can hold the scale at 150 lbs without bounce.) It cuts all types of insulated wire commonly used in houses easily and cleanly. I am unable to use it to cut cattle panel wire. The jaws open wide enough but it would not cut 1/4 inch round material unless it was exceptionally soft. This is a quality wire/nail cutter. It is a very handy size and comfortable to use. The lock mechanism is great. It serves well for most home/hobby wire cutting needs and will last most non-commercial users decades. If you need a wire cutter buy it. It is a good value.

Bluntly put, up until last week I had not had much experience with bolt cutters and knew limited information about them as well. Knipex certainly is the the number one company to purchase mini bolt cutters that are 8 inches as well. Wow, these Knipex bolt cutters are terrific and are also 100% made in Germany as well. I've cut several types of screws with this and I even have cut a wide variety of metal with as well. Nothing too thick, but they did an exceptional job. I really like the fact that the cuts are even virtually every time. Provided though one uses these bolt cutters at an 90 degree angle precisely. Essentially you want to make the object your cutting as even as possible. Also what a difference a spring provides instead no spring attached. Not only has this provided a much easier time cutting multiple items repeatively, however this also provides better control in when cutting smaller items. Additionally, with a spring attachment there also in this case is a means of locking this tool when not in use and or for safety reasons as well. The handle is comfortable to use as well, even after extended usage as well. Should your grip be compromised, the handle ultillizes a non slip material as well. This is a fantastic mini bolt cutter and while this may cost more than your average mini bolt cutter, I am fairly certain this tool could easily last an exceptionally long time and Knipex has a life time warranty on most their tools as well. This tool is no exception to that warranty either. Overall, I do highly recommend this product and would and have already recommended this tool to anyone.

I use these daily working on conveyor belting in a food manufacturing plant...like all knipex tools I have, these things are great. Cut well and are durable

Excellent quality

I bought the Knipex cutters to trim the bolts on about 50 cabinet knobs I was installing. I researched the various tools out there to make my life easier and found just the right one. For trimming cabinet bolts don't look any further, the nomenclature of the various models are confusing but these are what you want. Yes, they are over $50 but they are so far removed from the ubiquitous Chinese use once and throw away type of tool that $50 does not seem at all unreasonable, they are awesome. Honestly, these cutters would last a professional installer many years of daily use. For home use they should last pretty much forever. I have enough hand strength to cut cabinet hardware with 8" wire cutters or end cuts but it is not at all enjoyable, especially for the amount of knobs I needed to do. I am happy to report that the Knipex cutters will allow most anyone to cut thick wire and small bolts with ease. My wife gave it a try on some cabinet harware also and had no problem. This is the first Knipex product I have purchased but the quality of these cutters is so outstanding I will now seek out other Knipex tools when I need something special, or a tool to keep for the ages.

These are usually knipex quality and beautiful German made bolt cutters. The spring and lock work great and operate smoothly. The edges are sharp and cut cleanly, and the comfort grip is comfortable as well. However, for about 1/2 the price (if ordering directly from Amazon Japan), or about 30% less if ordering from a US seller, you can get the comparable Fujiya bolt cutters. The fujiya pair is also spring loaded with a lock, and are made in Japan. They are also very very highly quality Japanese made bolt cutters with a comfortable comfort grip as well. In my opinion, and as someone who owns and has used both, I personally believe thar the Fujiya pair is better. They cut cleaner, are easier to cut, the leverage is stronger, and are 30% to 50% (depending on where you purchase them) less than the Knipex pair. They are both high quality, great bolt cutters, but in my opinion, the Fujiya pair takes the win!

very durability, the best cutters out there.

I make chainmail in my free time out of high carbon steel piano wire with a .071" diameter. When I make coils they are only around 5/16" so bolt cutters are typically too big to fit into the coil when you are cutting it into rings. My original solution was using a Dremel with a cutting disc, but the wire is so strong that it would eat down the discs really quickly (not to mention the mess the disintegrating disc would leave behind), and it would take forever to cut a full coil. I tried a few different high leverage cutters (all of which were made in China) but the piano wire indented the lot of them. That is when I was browsing around and found these. Expensive? Yes. But I decided to give them a try because of the high rating and thank God I did. KNIPEX has found a loyal customer from now on! I'm already looking at getting more KNIPEX products. These are such solid, well made tools that they totally worth the investment. They take me back to years ago in my Grandpa's workshop with all of his old but solid tools from the 1940s/50s made out of good ole American steel. Unfortunately the American market doesn't care about quality anymore... THANK GOD the Germans do! Totally worth the money! Do yourself a favor and invest in one good tool instead of tearing through 10 cheap ones... you'll save money in the end!

Knipex est une marque de très bonne qualité.

Another outstanding bit of kit by knipex. I chose to pay a little extra, and went for the sprung pair of these quality mini bolt/wire curlers. Great choice if your going to use these repetitively! Cuts strong piano wire easily, thin steel rod, copper wire, nails, staples thick gauge fishing hooks and most other things within reason. I haven’t came across anything up to now it wouldn’t cut. But bear in mind if your planning to buy them specifically for bolts you would be better going for something a bit bigger. They have a handy catch that locks them closed so they take up less space among your tools, and it also stops them from wearing the cutting edge too I suppose! I managed to get them for a decent price by trawling Amazon (£30 ish as opposed to over £55 some were charging). They weren’t on special offer and I’m not getting any form of payment or discount for writing this review. Yes I’d buy them again, they’re Knipex quality!

La Knipex Cobolt è una tronchese eccezionale, per adesso ho tagliato soltanto dei chiodi di 2,5 mm di diametro e delle viti di 4 mm di diametro e li ho potuti tagliare con una sola mano senza sforzo, è una tronchese maneggevole che pesa circa 350 grammi, la qualità costruttiva è eccellente come tutti i prodotti di questo marchio, perfetta per professionisti e hobbisti; in sintesi una tronchese affidabile e potente.

KNIPEX 71 12 200 CoBolt Compact Bolt Cutters I have very weak wrists and hands so cutting wire is hell for me. I get lightening pains up through my wrists and arms using my old normal wore cutters. These still take some pressure with the larger stiff, little more than I thought it would however they are amazing. No more pains up my arms. I can cut about 9 times the amount in one day than I used to with the normal wire cutters. Picture of the new and old cutters attached. I cut barbed wire and cattle fencing wires, also chicken wire (which is such a brease to cut with these). Well worth the money, I highly recommend them. Update: I have now been using these for 9 months, they all of a sudden became really really stiff, they were not springing back open on there own and I had to really pull them open and squash hard for them to close (the spring is perfectly fine). I tried pouring some chain saw oil over them which did not help at all. So I took them to a tool repair shop who sprayed them with a lubricant that had smaller particles (chain saw oil is too thick and heavy to penetrate into the tiny gaps). When your cutting a lot of wire it creates a miniscule metal dust (like a powder) that gets stuck in the moving parts and causes it to jam. They recommended that I use WD40 to spray on it each time I use it to clean out the hinges. It is now as good as new, working perfectly again. So keep them clean and lubricated :) If this review has been informative for you could you please give me a helpful vote below : ) Cheers

CoBolt, Zwerg mit ordentlich Kraft. Benutze die Dinger gerne. Knipex ist immer super von der Qualität und sehr haltbar.