Talk:Lineman's pliers

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Whoah.. when did pliers officially get recognised as something you hammer with??

Every electrician I've ever worked alongside uses their lineman's pliers to hammer romex staples and other small fasteners. A decent pair (Kleins, for example) can handle light hammering duty.

Being an electrician myself, I carry a hammer for this sort of thing.Trumpy 11:55, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

Show me a compact, lightweight, multifunction tool that in a pinch can function as a hammer in less that 2 inches of clearance and I'll show you a linesman's pliers, the Colt 1911 of the industry. Trumpy, you're obviously clueless and certainly not an electrician. I'll bet you don't even own a beater driver.

Also, the section on stripping MC cable makes no sense as diagonal cutters or tin snips are typically used, and the procedure makes no sense unless you're an idiot (although it is possible to do with linesman's pliers, it sucks; oh yeah, and noone uses a hacksaw to strip MC. Can you say, KABOOM!). As such, deleted. 216.170.153.151 22:26, 21 October 2007 (UTC)