I love this little nigga like you wouldn't believe

>>2609213 (OP)

The only person who should use linesman's are... Linesmen.

Other than that, you are pretty much a hack for using them.

They're good for barbed wire. The little cutting slot in fence pliers can be annoying to line up

>>2609213 (OP)

Love those utilitarian bastards. Good for so many things, and insofar as a "carry tool" for a road tool kit, it's hard to beat. Great for working with thin steel and wire. I use them for leatherwork too to pop/cut snaps and rivets along with cutting some ends, just ones with no car grime on them.

I also use them for fencing work. Fencing pliers have their place but for grabbing pulling barbed wire linesman's do just as good while being better at cutting.

>The little cutting slot in fence pliers can be annoying to line up



Yeah that can be the shits sometimes. I still carry fence pliers though. The curved top on them can just leverage the wire around a post when building a gate or slip over the wire and pull the other end of the wire around it so nice and tight when tying off to a railroad tie... 



I unironically use my gerber pliers when tying wire to t-posts with the pre bent clips. They just plain werk.

>>2609213 (OP)

Upgrade to a pair with the rounded area for twisting things



I got 3 pairs of these lying around and abuse the shit out of them.

Mine is all rusty and really stiff, might look into restoring it with cola or something

Are electricians allowed to have them?

these are combination pliers, not linemans pliers

I'm an electrician, we call them lineman's, all electricians and all linemen have them. The reason they are not called electrician's is because linemen are cooler (no electrician will argue this) and it's too hard to spell

>it's too hard to spell

Yeah, maybe for an electrician.
