Rock Solid Pliers

[hobobob]

Simply look at what your last 3 pair of pliers have in common and avoid those flaws in your new pliers. Aluminum check, flimsy jaw check.  

 

Or you could simply fish barbless with a single hook at the back. 

[greenleaf79]

Sargent Sportsmate are awesome. Serious pliers.

[Cpalms]

I hate these threads.

[Fishy4335]

6 hours ago, striperondafly said:

second the Donmar one of the best investments in gear I've made after going through many 20-40 pliers. 

Which donnmars.. there is stainless and titanium and so many

[glos]

I bought these HIBO pliers

they cost 3 €, slightly wobble and not tip shaped perfectly but they are good enough

 

Edited July 12, 2017 by glos

[glos]

On 27.6.2017. at 0:53 PM, Baitbucket said:

Glos, im curious and mean no offense, but do you ocean fish? I only ask because a pair of pliers like that would seize up after 1 trip.

no I don't fish in the ocean

I have done it as a kid on vacation and caught one small fish that they ( locals ) thought is a spider fish

which stings like hell and makes people want to cut their arms off

but it was just a "glavoč" fish

harmless, and very similar

Edited July 12, 2017 by glos

[glos]

maaan, they reacted as if I hold a bomb on the line, in hand

 

[Jerseypride]

On 7/12/2017 at 1:02 AM, glos said:

 

but it was just a "glavoč" fish

harmless, and very similar

Top fish sure looks like a stargazer  to me..  

My opinion on pliers would be for people to get the best ones that they can afford. I know I use and abuse a lot of my gear so I try to buy the best and hope it holds up like a quality tool should. I have the VS titanium for my belt when fishing with lures and I keep a $40 pair of long needle nose berkley pliers in my beach buggy tackle box for bait fishing cause you never know what your gonna catch on a bunker chunk or a clam.

[glos]

good point

google offers some bad results

here it is

[glos]

40 bucks is to much for pliers

you can buy a small kids bike with that amount

it is not so much about buying cheap because you can`t buy expensive

it is about how much makes sense

Edited July 14, 2017 by glos

[glos]

here are some pics for closer look

they are great, strong

I`ve sprayed some wd 40 into that joint, and some serious amounts of rust dissolved and leaked out, which I wiped out some 6 times, and now they are good to go

 

 

 

[striperondafly]

On 6/27/2017 at 7:16 PM, Fishy4335 said:

Which donnmars.. there is stainless and titanium and so many

 

Donnmar Checkpoint CP850EX Stainless Pliers 

[Mangrove Jack]

Sure catch stainless steel pliers, with the occasional WD40 shot in the hinge, have lasted me some years. 

[Mike S123]

Glos could put his pointer and middle finger together call them pliers. They would work great for him. He doesn't catch fish.

[55555s]

21 minutes ago, Mike S123 said:

Glos could put his pointer and middle finger together call them pliers. They would work great for him. He doesn't catch fish.

LOL! Man, that's cold!  

I have a set of knock-off hansom's from China that I amazoned for $6.76.   So far I prefer my harbor freight $3.00 pliers, rust and WD-40 and all.  

Vintage Manleys, at least that what I assume they are, stay home now.  They were well used for a very long time and handed down, and frnakly I dont want to lose them.  

Cool thread.  I like these sort of quasi-gear reviews.    Filet knife and headlamp threads were good too, last year.