GOOD rod nippers?

[bumble_beads]

Okay... I have rod nippers... bad... cheap... dull rod nippers. I'm trying to find a pair of decent ones suitable for cutting murrine but having not used much of this type of stuff I have no clue what's good. Has anyone found a website selling good nippers that are reasonably priced?

Many thanks!
Karen

[Cosmo]

Mine came from Arrow Springs, and they work great. I have both kinds - the ones with the circular cutters, and the ones that are end nippers. I can cut thin slices off rods or canes pretty consistently with them.

[PaulaD]

I found them in Home Depot...Paula

[DreamMuse]

Which do you think works better? The kind with the circular blades or the end nippers?

[Cosmo]

Depends on what I'm doing. For just cutting rods, the circular works best. For cutting canes down to thin slices, I like end nippers. I put a washer or two (whatever thickness I want for the murrini) on the table, then stand the rod up inside them. I put the nippers down on the washers and cut. That way they are all consistent size.

[Anakin's Glass Eye]

I use tile nippers from Sears Hardware. They were cheap and they work fine for murinni or cutting rods up to 8mm.