Feature & Usage:
Chain Nose Pliers/Needle Nose Pliers:
-Feature: rounded, tapering jaws
-Usage: for forming loops in wire, wire wrapping, and creating eye pins
Round Nose Pliers:
-Feature: long, tapering jaws without teeth that is smooth and pointed.
-Usage: for gripping, bending, crimping, opening and closing jump rings, holding small items, and shaping wire.
Side Cutter Pliers:
-Feature: flat and sharp blades.
-Usage: for cutting thin metal wire (up to 1mm) or flexible jewelry string wire.
Bent Nose Pliers:
-Feature: with the bent angle of tips for you can see your work without the handles getting in the way of your line of sight.
-Usage: for getting into and gripping in hard to reach places, as well as for opening and closing jump rings and shaping wire.
Nylon Jaw Pliers:
-Feature: soft jaws that won't have such an intense grip on your work.
-Usage: to straighten out kinks in wire, no damage, mark, or scratch to your work while shaping.
Crimping Pliers:
-Feature: have two actions, the first creates a U shape locking it in place on the wire then the next secures it round to neaten it off
-Usage: for creating a neatly finished crimp
End Cutters / End Nippers:
-Feature: the cutting edges are set at right angles to provide easier access to tight areas.
-Usage: better suited to cutting protruding wire ends than diagonal cutters.
Multi-Sized Looping Pliers / Bail Making Pliers:
-Feature: featuring six different looping sizes makes it easy to create