This is the Klein D2000-9NE — the standard 9-inch high-leverage side-cutting (lineman’s) pliers. Same forged body and induction-hardened cutting knives as the Journeyman J213-9NE, with plastic-dipped handles instead of the dual-material cushion grip. The flat jaws grip wire for twisting and pulling, and the side-cutting blades behind the jaws cut solid wire, soft nails, and bolts.
It’s the electrician’s baseline pliers — the one that goes in the apprentice’s pouch on day one and the one journeymen still keep in rotation because it does the job without fuss. The high-leverage rivet gives 46% more cutting force per squeeze than standard linemans. Plastic-dipped handles hold their grip in normal working conditions and hold up to tool-bag wear.
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.
