I couldn't agree more. The old greybeard who helped me assemble my ECi kit engine tossed my safety wire pliers in the trash. He taught me how to use the duckbill pliers to start my safety wire and hand wind it to completion.They are the go-to pliers for safety wire, in addition to safety-wire pliers, and let me get into all sorts of places while holding things more securely than a needle-nose pliers will do.
They are among the ten most-used tools I own.
Dave
The old greybeard who helped me assemble my ECi kit engine tossed my safety wire pliers in the trash.
What makes them better though.
So what makes them function better for these things you use them for?
Maybe we should buy a pair and find out. I never owned a pair and until I saw this thread I didn't know I couldn't live without them
.....and I have a LOT of specialty tools.