The Channellock 357 is a 7-inch end cutting nipper designed to cut nails, wire, and small fasteners flush to the work surface — right at the jaw tip, with no tail left proud of the cut. XLT (Xtreme Leverage Technology) geometry multiplies hand force at the pivot so hardened pins and framing nails cut without a shop vise or two-handed squeeze, and the laser heat-treated cutting edges stay sharp through repeated use.
It’s sized for finish carpenters pulling brads, upholsterers cutting tack stubs, electricians trimming staples, and anyone who needs a flush cut that a diagonal plier can’t reach. The knife-and-anvil edges mate precisely instead of crushing, and the forged steel body resists springing the way cast-construction nippers do.
Channellock has been forging pliers in Meadville, Pennsylvania since 1886 — the same small American factory, now five generations into the same family. The company is known for the blue-handled tongue-and-groove pliers that defined the category, and every tool in the core line is made in the USA from forged high-carbon American steel.
