This is the Klein 1010 — an 8-inch long-nose pliers that consolidates four electrical-work functions into one tool: tapered long-nose tip for reaching into tight spaces, side-cutting knives at the jaw base, stripping holes for 10-22 AWG, and 6-32/8-32 bolt-shearing holes. The tapered nose is what makes it usable where a standard multi-tool is too wide.
It’s the belt-tool for service electricians whose work moves fast through strip-cut-crimp-bend sequences — pulling wire into a device, stripping the lead, crimping a terminal, and bending a loop, all without swapping tools. Made-in-USA tool steel construction holds edge and jaw alignment through repeated cycles.
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.
