Knipex 250mm High Leverage Diagonal Cutters. Designed for the toughest continuous use, these pliers are made from forged, vanadium electric steel and are multi-stage oil-hardened. The precision cutting edges are additionally induction-hardened to approximately 64 HRC. They offer high cutting performance with minimum effort due to their optimum cutting edge angle and transmission ratio, requiring 20% less effort compared to conventional diagonal cutters of the same length. The handles are coated with non-slip plastic. Cutting capacity for medium wire is 4.6mmØ, for hard wire is 3.5mmØ, and for piano wire is 3.0mmØ. The length of the cutters is 250mm. These high leverage diagonal cutters from Knipex are designed for tough, continuous use. These pliers are black atramentised, head polished, with plastic coated handles. With forged joint axle for the hardest loads, they are suitable for cutting soft wire as well as piano wire. They offer high cutting power with low application of force and are made from chrome vanadium heavy-duty steel, forged, and oil-hardened. Manufacturer's part number is 74 01 250.