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two levers and a hinge that turn your hand into a vise with opinions.
means A hand tool with two hinged jaws used to grip, bend, or cut wire and small objects by squeezing the handles together.
from Straight from the verb 'ply,' meaning to bend, fold, or work at something — itself from Old French 'plier' and ultimately Latin 'plicare,' to fold (the same root hiding in 'pliable' and 'apply'). So pliers are, quite literally, the bending things: a tool named for what it does to whatever it clamps.
ancient designBronze Age blacksmiths used them over 3,000 years ago
leverage mathLong handles multiply your grip force dramatically
needle-noseBorn to reach where fat fingers surrender
side cuttersHardened jaws sever wire your scissors only dream of
lever classThey are a textbook first-class lever pair