I bought a pair of Klein’s seven-inch long T2107 utility shears at Lowe's last year. They cost less than $20 and looked like a useful tool I should keep in my EDC (every day carry) tool bag. Turns out they were so useful that I bought another pair to hang on the wall over my tool bench!
The shears are a hybrid cross between scissors and metal snips. They'll cut thin materials from paper, to carpeting, to sheet metal, and can also serve as surprisingly nice garden pruning shears. The one material I found that they will not cut is a bubble mailer envelope!
The blades are stainless steel with a titanium coating. I wondered if the titanium thing was just marketing hype. It isn't. Titanium coatings for tool steel have been around for 60 years and have a track record for significantly extending the functional lifespan (3x to 5x) of cutting blades.
The application that impressed me most was a length of aluminum carpet trim that I needed to cut to fit in a doorway. I didn't have a hacksaw so I grabbed the Klein shears. To my amazement they cut through the thick aluminum material, and the cutting action wasn't any worse for the experience.
Two of my sons own these shears and use them a lot. One son eventually broke a blade cutting through an auto wiring harness. But he didn't hesitate to buy another pair. For the second pair, he decided to get the Klein T2111 high leverage shears. He likes them better because of they really do provide higher leverage when cutting.
Bottom line: I like these shears and I think you’ll like them too.
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