Sure enough, my Irwin Vise-Grip pliers came to the rescue. By sheer coincidence, Amazon’s currently running a few great Irwin Vise-Grip pliers deals. I’m obligated to highlight them ...

and C-clamps just couldn’t bring enough force to bear. And of course, IRWIN Tools has been there, done that. These 12-inch large-grip pliers have all the familiar Vise-Grip features like the ...

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 ...

As for tools using a downward-release lever, we tested the Irwin Vise-Grip 5-10WR ... makes the jaw-width adjustment automatic—simply clamp on an object, and the tool adjusts the jaw width ...

Few hand tools are as versatile as a pair of locking pliers. These tools come in a variety of sizes and configurations to do anything you need to do from grabbing the head of a stripped nut or ...

The Irwin Vise-Grip GV10 GrooveLock Pliers (bottom ... In contrast, the unusual mechanism of the Knipex Pliers Wrench allows its jaws to clamp on the entire sides of a nut, grabbing the object ...

Gene Tyser started working at the former Vise-Grip plant in DeWitt in 1975 ... the company that had bought Irwin Industrial Tools, formerly Petersen Manufacturing Co., in 1993.