The knipex 70 06 traditional range of diagonal cutting pliers are made from a top quality vanadium electric special tool steel forged and oil hardened to approximately 62 hrc for added strength and durability and come in two sizes 160mm and 180mm the cutting edges are ideal for hard and soft wire they are oil hardened and tempered and then separately induction hardened these knipex 70 06 diagonal cutting pliers have chrome plated heads for smooth operation and handles with heavy duty insulatio