VISE-GRIP GROOVELOCK PLIERS are now available with two new jaw configurations, smooth and straight. The pliers feature a press-and-slide button allowing the lower jaw to be quickly adjusted for a ...

Pliers might not always be the right tool for the job, but they’ll save your skin more than any other. Last night, I got into an engine project where some rounded-off nuts and hot parts were a little ...

For many artists and hobbyists, there comes a time when a project demands close-in work with difficult-to-manage materials. Manipulating jewelry wire, for example, or monofilament line by hand can be ...

The world would be a far less efficient place without Vise-Grip locking pliers. A Danish immigrant blacksmith named William Petersen patented the concept in 1924 and started a family business that ...

Unlike the short, stubby noses of typical pliers, needle-nose models feature narrow, tapered jaws with a pointed tip. This extended design means that while they’re less effective at powerful gripping ...

Locking pliers are the indispensable hand tool that loosen bolts with stripped heads, clamp two pieces of metal together for any reason. They most often come into play whenever you’re trying to repair ...

Gene Tyser started working at the former Vise-Grip plant in DeWitt in 1975 as a tool and die maker. Over the years he worked all the way up to be general manager of the plant in 2002, the same year ...