After 15-plus years in the game, I’ve pretty much got what I carry with me in my tool-pouch dialed in. It’s important to me to have just the right hand-tools as I move around a site, but I don’t keep every hand tool with me. I like to stay light and lively if you know what I mean.
I am, however, going to make room for one more: Klein’s eminently useful and versatile J-248-8 diagonal cutting pliers.
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