Snips are wire cutters with a diagonal cutting surface and handles like pliers.
Whether you call them snips, wire cutters, nippers or anything else, you need this tool in your toolbox. They are great to use for what they were designed to do - cut wires - but you can also strip wires, open packages, or use them to cut other things like vacuum tubing or tape.

Don't let yourself be tempted to use them to cut thick metal.

It might work, but you'll ruin your snips in the process.

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