This is the Klein 11057 — a standard electrician’s strip-and-cut tool with precision-ground holes for 8-16 AWG solid and 10-18 AWG stranded. The holes are sized so the insulation comes off cleanly without the blade touching the conductor, which is the difference between a termination that lasts and one that breaks at the set-screw six months later.
It’s the everyday pouch tool for residential and commercial electrical work: stripping romex at a junction box, shortening stranded at a device, or cutting the excess lead off a fixture pigtail. The cushion grip handles keep the tool comfortable for repeated cycles through a full service day.
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.
