The facom cpe series pliers are made from high performance materials that are chosen for their resistance to workshop chemicals such as skydrol chlorothene acetone petrol etc these diagonal cutters have cutting edges which cleanly cut all types of wire including piano wire soft wires and modern materials their long lever arm and offset axis means that minimum cutting effort is required the pliers are made from high durability chrome molybdenum vanadium steel and have very hard cutting edges 6163