Drop forged, hardened, and tempered construction
Pliers halves are matched side to side, jaw to jaw, and hot riveted
Jaws lock into place by engaging tongue in groove
Series of channels give wide range of jaw openings
Jaws cannot slip
Diagonal cutting knives meet at the tip and meet at least 1 half of the knife length
Precision machined, mating surfaces and design dimensions, to extremely close tolerances
2-layer insulation tested to 1000-volts.
