As informative as it is concise. In so many ways, the epitome of what a KZread video should be (but so rarely is).

I have never built or maintained a wire fence but have seen many in my travels and wondered what tools were used to make them. This video helps me understand. Thanks.

I have only recently found out about this tool, and have been stretching fences (on my own land) for only about a year.

I’ve had pair of these for over 30 years and used to use them on the job almost every day as an electrician. They’re kind of like a Dremel tool, once you have them for awhile you start to wonder how you ever got anything done without them lol. Many times I’ve been in a situation where I could only take a few tools with me and these were always the first tool I would grab. They’re super useful and can do so many different things. I’d choose these over my leatherman any time.

Simple and straight to the point, awesome video and thank you. I knew a carpenter who used these but he could never explain them in any way. I tried using them for carpentry myself but they didn't seem to fit the seen. This tool has done some odd stuff for work in many odd ways but now I know thanks to you and few other youtubers. This video was the best out of the 3-7 intel videos I watched. Yours being the last and the best so 1 in 7 in my life as a youtuber. Again, thank you for this.

Using top to hold staple = mind blown. Thanks for this!

Good video! I too grew up with these and some days you hate them. There are several designs out there but the Diamond Tool design is most common. What you were showing us was a Chinese copy. The tool was invented in the late 1870's when the open ranges of the west were being fenced. The tool evolved with the various patterns of barbed and woven wire. It was light and incorporated the function of several other tools so that a man on horse could carry it and ride miles of fence making repairs. Usually two such tools were used in tandem to make the long wire splice or telegraph splice as it was called. As you point out you can drive and pull staples, cut wire, twist wire and hold a staple. You missed the jaws up in the crotch of the handles which can grasp two wires together allowing a second tool to twist one around the other like a vice. You can grasp the end of a wire in the two openings of the jaws as a loop but close to a post then roll the rounded pick around the post to pull a wire tight. Your partner with his tool then drives a staple to hold the wire you pulled. So, it replaces a hammer, bypass cutters, crowbar, vicegrips, staple pick, and more. When I am working from a truck today I carry about 30 pounds of fence tools, but if I am on foot walking fence I just take two pair of these tools which weigh about 3 pounds. You trade tool functionality for weight.

I grew up on a dairy farm and used these A Lot during pasture season. Still use them to this day tying forms for concrete, etc. The original and best multi tool.

The hammer side has another function, which is to serving as a hitting surface when using a standard hammer to drive the horn under a buried staple. You often cannot grip a driven staple nor swing the horn into the buried staple, but you can aim the horn behind the fence and staple and drive it through with a hammer. This is why old fence pliers generally have flattened and even mushroomed hammer sides; they've been beaten to death with hammers for decades ;).

Have an old pair that once belonged to my great grandfather in 1940s. Always come in handy mending fence. Never thought of starting a staple that way. Makes it a lot easier. Thanks!

I've had pairs of these for years and never figured out the trick for starting staples. Thanks

My search is done!!! Thanks for describing all of the functions! Spent years away from some of my tools and needed a good refresher, thanks very much.

Thanks for the video. I build concrete swimming pools and just bought a pair cuz they looked useful. Now i realize they will be really useful for some applications with my work.

Awesome explanation. Simple, concise and to the point!

Thank you for taking the time and making the effort to create this video.

Just bought one of these pliers today. Thanks for the useful tips.

This is just the tool I need! Thank you so much for sharing!!

At the place I work i can take home tons of heavy duty bailing wire scraps and this info is useful to me thanks. Picked up an old pair of used craftsman wire pliers at a thrift shop and they still are holding up after all these years. Hope to put the 2 together.

Cool! I was given a pair of these and did not have a clue what they were for!