I ordered Thexton since I've had good luck with their tools,but the pliers were ground extremely bad,the person that ground the angle has one side much thicker than the other side which is very thin! They still can be used to remove a hose,but I won't put junk in my tool box so I ordered a set of three by Pittsburg Tool from Harbor Freight for $15.00 and they all were in perfect shape. Hard to believe,but true. I would never pick these off a shelf to buy for sure. Also it would be nice to state the size they are which is the bigger hoses such as heater hose 5/8-3/4 or larger since they are made in a set of three sizes for smaller hoses also. The picture looked like they were 1/2". I ordered these from amazon.com which I'm sure they'd take back,but not worth the trouble. I'm also sure that Thexton doesn't have this quality control every time.I'm just the lucky person this time.