What Is a Flush Cutter

Flush-cutters – provide an unbroken, even cut to the material for a clean design look. Quite versatile, there are a variety of flush-cutters to choose from for cutting different size wire.

What's the difference between side cutters and diagonal cutters?

One of the key differences is that diagonal cutters are often better suited to smaller, more delicate cutting tasks, whereas side cutters are ideally suited to larger-scale applications. While this isn’t always the case, it is useful to know as a general rule.

What are side cutters?

Diagonal pliers (or wire cutters or diagonal cutting pliers or diagonal cutters or side cutters) are pliers intended for the cutting of wire (they are generally not used to grab or turn anything).