Klein is famous among electricians for its tackle-any-job bad boy side-cutting pliers. In addition to their intended purpose, which is mostly to cut electrical cable and wire, they've often employed ...

In 1857, a telegraph lineman walked into the shop of a Chicago blacksmith with a conundrum: the jaw on one half of his pliers broke while on the job, and he needed a replacement. The German-born ...

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