Pliers Wrench

It replaces a drawer of spanners, and it does the job better than the spanners did. The jaws are smooth and stay perfectly parallel, so they grip flats across the full face instead of biting the corners. Ten-to-one leverage turns hand pressure into vise pressure, and the push-button adjustment sets the size directly on the workpiece.

Plumbers use it on chrome fittings because it leaves no marks. Mechanics use it as a second spanner for counterholding. It has quietly become the tool people mean when they say Knipex. These are the bi-material grips; your hands notice the difference by the fiftieth fitting of the day.