The Channellock 369 is a 9.5-inch high-leverage linesman plier with Extreme Leverage Technology — a pivot geometry that multiplies hand force so cutting, gripping, and twisting wire takes measurably less effort over a long day. The round nose works as a forming anvil for looped pigtails and hook terminations, and the flat jaw holds conductors straight for clean twists.
It’s sized for electricians and commercial wiremen working with 10-AWG through 14-AWG conductors and the occasional heavier romex or THHN run. The arc cutting edge keeps cuts clean on harder copper and steel, and the laser heat-treated faces resist the nick-and-dull wear that ruins import linesman pliers after a few service calls.
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.
