The irwin gilbow g950 is a straight shear with no crank to the handle and slightly longer jaws as with the entire gilbow range the blades are hardened and tempered ensuring a keen long lasting cutting edge these irwin gilbow g950 12 inch straight cutting shears have no crank to the handle and accurately ground edges that ensure the material being cut does not slip out of the jaws and become damaged the jaw faces are hollow ground to preserve the life of the cutting edge gilbow g950 are jointed w