Igarashi Plyer IPS SH-165S Soft Touch Slim, 6.5 inches (165 mm), Made in Japan, Tsubame Sanjo

Very high quality tool. Operates smoothly, no play in the mechanism at all. Hidden spring in handle keeps the pliers open, quite handy. I got these to work on wire-rim eyeglasses without damaging the metal. They worked beautifully. Comes with an extra set of soft tips, but I have not worn out the first set yet.

I appreciate the spring function on many IPS pliers. These line up well and are comfortable to use. Being a slip-joint is a good touch. The black coating should guard well against rust. The pads can be a little slick when dealing with some materials like smooth metal, but a little double-sided sticky tape on them will solve that. They come with one set of replacement pads, but Amazon also sells them separately in packs of 2 pairs. Any play in the joint can be adjusted out with the nut on one side of it, which I like. It doesn't stick out enough to get in the way of anything.

Doing soft wire overlay on glass. Needed a plier that didn't mar the wire. These did the job. Much better than the clunky "jewelry" plies. And they came with extra nylon jaw covers. Narrow enough jaws to make small coils and long curves. Love them.

Was specifically looking for a plastic covered, but thin profile set of pliers to meet a very special need.Seems my new Trane AC compressor came with a free dented louvre - not serious, but something that always caught my eye when walking past it. See photo to get what I mean.Well, the tech didn’t have a solution other than trying to bend it with his hand, so started looking for something that would be scratch resistant yet strong enough to bend some fairly thick metal.While not Chinese tool cheap, these IPS covered pliers did exactly what I needed without damaging the finish of my new compressor.These are middle weight construction pliers w vinyl covered, spring loaded handles. Can be made to clamp together flat or extended to hold something bulky.Even comes with extra set of plastic pads and screws to secure them. Very impressive!

Firstly, this product was delivered days late. Secondly, the product on Amazon shows a lovely lavender color ( no option to choose color). Well I received a red one. I received a red one for the wider pliers so I was really hoping for a different color to differentiate the 2. Not to mention most tools are blue or red and having the calm lavender color would have been nice. I will say these pliers are exceptionally well made though and happy I made the discovery as a jeweler. My recommendation to the company is to allow for color options or simply show the color to be expected.

Just what you’d expect. Well made, feels good in the hand and included are extra soft jaws and screws.

Switch to the wider setting a bit too readily. Otherwise great.

love these! quick delivery! nice grip. the weight of these are great too. best feature of the non marring tips is the small groove in the tip going parallel so that you can squeeze your jump ring closed correctly without slippage. also another groove lower down the jaws going the opposite direction. as of now I've only used them 1 day but I would buy em again. came w 1 set of extra nylon tips too!