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'''Lineman's pliers''' (US English), '''Kleins''' (genericgenericized trademark, US usage), '''linesman pliers''' (Canadian English){{citation needed |date=January 2016}} and '''combination pliers''' (UK / US English), or simply '''side-cutting pliers''' (since other versions are more commonly disambiguated with a prefix, such as [[Needle-nose pliers|"needle-nose"]], etc) are a type of [[pliers]] used by [[LineworkerLineman|linemen]], [[Electrician|electrical contractorselectricians]], and other [[tradesmen]] primarily for gripping, twisting, bending and cutting [[wire]], [[Wire rope|cable]] and small metalwork components. They owe their effectiveness to their plier design, which multiplies force through leverage.

Lineman's pliers are distinguished by a flat gripping surface at their snub nose. Combination pliers have a shorter flat surface plus a concave / curved gripping surface which is useful in light engineering to work with metal bar, etc. Both usually have a bevelled cutting edge similar to that on [[Diagonal pliers]] in their craw, and each may include an additional gripping, [[Crimp (joining)|crimping]], or wire shearing (for a flat ended cut) device at the crux of the handle side of the pliers' joint.