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I certainly haven't seen one as far as I can recall. I would likely just shove a small pair of cutters in my back pocket if I wasn't wearing a tool belt.
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Nor have I. When I had a day job, my company thought "purchasing" was a trade of it's own. So anytime you placed a PO to buy something, it was scanned with meticulous detail b our "buyers". When I ordered some Lethermans for our techs, I swear they reviewed every one made....even some things they found at HF. None had the diagonal cutters as opposed to the needle nose style. Side note, I got the Leathermans but on;y after our afety guy had the buyers ask if we could get them without knife blades (for safety reasons, don't want anyone to cut themselves).
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Thanks for the replies, I've been carrying a small ( compared to modern large versions) Sog multi tool for over 2 decades now and was hopeful of doing the same with a diagonal plier version. I am quite disappointed in the overwhelming import version that Sog offers now.
For now I'm going to carry the small diagonal as mentioned since using my pocketknife last week on a zip tie dealt me 7 stitches in my finger- wrong tool for job.
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Does the Swisschamp (Swiss Army have some that are more to your liking? They aren't really needle nose.
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Scott, Thanks for the lead on the Swisschamp as the video promoting the knife does show a very interesting knife.
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My pleasure. I plan to add that one soon.
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Back in the day, I used to always carry a Leatherman tool on the job. Many of them have side cutters at the base of the long nose pliers and I have used them to cut hundreds of zip ties over the years.
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Take a look at SOG Powercut or if you are rich, you can check out a Gerber Cabledawg.
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Thanks for the reply, the CableDawg might take a support belt to carry but there's some real thinking involved in that one.
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