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David wrote:
I used to have a really useful set of very small wire snips - a Swedish
make (Lindtrom). Good for getting into tight spaces for cutting thin
wires. [Note: just found a small pair of needle nosed pliers and managed
to look up the maker. Then Googled. Mainly US hits, but £plenty!]

To the best of my knowledge, Lindstrom are still the make to go for.
Although I have also got RS own brand which are close. May well have been
made by them. But both refer to some years ago.

I now look at those available on line and I can't tell the difference
between good quality precision engineered and cheap ones from crap steel.

Impossible to do so without using them for some time. Mine have survived
heavy use and are still as good as new.

I bought a set from Lidl (red and yellow handles) - small cutters, snipe
nose pliers and ordinary. Good enough for most things and cheap enough to
lose. ;-)

It seems easier to get decent electrician's size side cutters at a good
price than the smaller ones. Economy of scale, I suppose. My favourites
are an ancient set of CK ones.

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