The Channellock 526 is a 526 6-inch slip joint pliers — high-carbon drop-forged steel with comfort-slip handles, classic mechanic’s slip-joint pattern. Forged from high-carbon steel at Channellock’s Meadville, Pennsylvania plant — the same plant that’s been producing the brand’s pliers since 1886.
Right plier for plumbers, mechanics, electricians, and serious DIY users. Channellock invented the modern tongue-and-groove plier; their pliers are the brand most likely to be in a pro plumber’s bag in the United States.
Channellock has been making pliers in Meadville, Pennsylvania since 1886 — over 135 years of American hand-tool manufacturing. The brand invented the modern tongue-and-groove plier (the original ‘Channellock’ design), and the same Meadville plant still forges the 420, 426, 430, 460, and 526 series classics. Channellock pliers are the default reference for plumbers, electricians, and serious DIY users.
