This is the Klein J213-9NE Journeyman — the 9-inch high-leverage side-cutting (lineman’s) pliers that’s been the standard electrician’s tool for generations. The flat jaws grip solid wire for twisting, bolt heads and nuts for tightening, and box-knockouts for pulling. The side-cutting blades, set just behind the jaw, cut solid wire, soft nails, and bolts flush.
It’s sized for electricians, maintenance techs, and anyone whose day involves pulling, twisting, and cutting wire at a pace. The high-leverage rivet puts the pivot closer to the jaws for more force per squeeze, and the Journeyman cushion grips reduce hand fatigue on a full work-day in the pliers. Induction-hardened cutting knives, forged steel body — the USA-made standard Klein line.
Klein Tools has been making hand tools for electricians and tradespeople since 1857, headquartered in Lincolnshire, Illinois. The Journeyman and Standard pliers lines — along with many of Klein’s cushion-grip screwdrivers — are forged and finished in the United States, and clearly marked as such, so you know exactly what you’re buying.
