Cobra Pliers by KNIPEX Tools

Headquartered in Wuppertal, Germany, Knipex is an independently-owned family enterprise steeped in tradition and specializing in the manufacturing of high-quality pliers. The world's leading brand in pliers today, Knipex is focused on the performance, service life, and ergonomics of its tools in order to meet the high expectations of professional users.

Made in Wuppertal-Cronenberg, Germany, Knipex pliers are constructed from chrome vanadium electric steel, an innovative high alloy, oil tempered steel that ensures longevity. In addition to quality, innovation and performance, other important cornerstones are sustainable actions and value-guided orientation.

The unique self-locking adjustment and induction hardened gripping teeth on Knipex's Cobra water pump pliers mean that once set, the size stays. There's no slipping and no need to waste strength squeezing the pliers — ensuring operator safety and more efficient work. The Cobra's newly redesigned adjustment provides 30 percent more gripping capacity than previous models, and its simple push-button mechanism maintains the jaw size setting, giving the correct opening every time. This allows the user to just position the upper jaw to the workpiece, push the button, adjust the opening, and close the lower jaw, all with one hand for trouble-free operation in confined spaces.

The Cobra's unique jaw configuration can grip any shape object — flat, round, hex, or square. It also eliminates nut burring to avoid stripping pipes, nuts, or bolts. The thin head design helps get into spaces other pliers can't, so there's no need to change tools when working in tight confines.

Knipex takes a long, careful look at the small details of their pliers. The angles, the sharpness, the hardness, the toughness of the cutting edges. The precision and smooth movement of the joint. The handle design and the finish. They keep reviewing these subjects, researching, testing, and improving their tools.

The rivet of Knipex's high-leverage diagonal cutter is forged straight onto the pliers, giving it extra backup to stand up to a lot of stress. This requires precision milling of the rivet to a few hundredths of a millimeters, but satisfied users are worth the effort.

Knipex pliers are the Number 1 choice of tradesmen worldwide. They are comfortable in use, quality-assured in design, and fit to match the needs in the shop, at home, or in the service field. Each tool is proven and tested for durability and function in real-world use and conditions.

Sometimes we give our pliers a really hard time. We try to destroy them to find out what makes them good and long-lasting. Because we don't want to leave anything to chance, we take a long, careful look. The steel Knipex uses is precisely hardened with a maximum of 0.8 percent carbon and defined parts of chromium and vanadium, guaranteeing optimum cutting performance and service life — even though it requires special production and costs a bit more. But our high product demands require this.

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