The Channellock 369 is a 9.5-inch high-leverage linesman plier with a rounded nose, arc-shaped cutting edges, and Channellock’s XL Extreme Leverage technology. Forged from high-carbon U.S. steel; cutting knives are laser heat-treated.
Extreme leverage means the rivet sits closer to the cutting edge, which multiplies the force at the knives relative to the handle grip. On 12-gauge solid copper, hardened staples, or a mid-gauge roofing nail, that leverage advantage is the difference between a one-handed cut and a two-handed squeeze with a wrist-lock. The rounded nose is the shape electricians prefer for pigtails — wraps a tight loop around a screw terminal without the binding a square-nose creates. Arc cutting — the curvature of the cutting edge — pulls the wire into the center of the knives as the jaws close, so the cut is cleaner and the wire doesn’t slide out under load. Laser heat-treated edges hold their sharpness well past what a standard heat treatment delivers.
A production-electrician’s plier for panel work, pulls, device boxes, and the daily pigtail-and-cut cycle — one of the most-used tools in a journeyman’s pouch.
Per the Amazon listing, the 369 is proudly manufactured in the USA from high-carbon steel. Channellock has forged pliers in Meadville, Pennsylvania since 1886.
