The knipex 73 02 160 x cut is a multi talented all rounder cutting plier with soft grip handles it has a box joint design and is compact light and simultaneously powerful and highly precise with its wide range of cutting abilities it offers versatility in industry trades and crafts the x cut cuts through the finest strands with great precision has the force required for easy cutting hard piano wire and features a large jaw opening for multi stranded cables when cutting a medium hard wire 3 mm