Tattoo, The jaws on the Donmar pliers can be changed. I used to have a pair of the 850's, (Stainless), and really liked them alot, especially liked how easily they cut the braid. They are around $80. agian for the stainless. The replacement line cutters are around $21. or so. The 900 series is a step above and looks to have the same line cutter as the 850 the 900 is around $100..agian for the stainless. I currently own the 950's which are around $110., bought them because I was interested in the heavy duty wire cutter which I really haven't abused yas of yet. The 950's are nice, however I dislike the fact that they don't cut braid as well as the 850's did. Now the Titanium Donmars are an extra $100.00. I don't know, but these things do not rust! I leave them on the belt with no maintanence for days when I take a multi day trip, in and out of the salt all night long. They hold up great! I do spray them down but sometimes go many weeks. They will get a little bit of a rust color right around the cutter/jaw areas, but it does not build up, just kind of stains and comes off with WD. Agian, When I go fishing, I go fishing...I go away days at a time and don't want to be bothered with equiptment maintenance, scrubbing, cleaning and so on..i fish all night, sleep all day, and start up agin the next day. I always wanted to try the VS pliers, don't know if they made any improvements with the cutters, I did hear the same thing that Ditch said a while ago.

Best of Luck!

By the way, I lost my 850's because I was stupid and left them on the bumper of my truck after rigging! Alway had a habit of losing stuff on the water .I now have everything attached to my belt like I had posted in the earlier post. I was good for loosing pliers, scales and so on until I attached everything to the belt like I stated...

tattoo, i've used the same pair of manley's for 6 years now. they rusted very lightly after a few times of missed wd, but have not rusted anymore really since. i've used them to cut 2/0-4/0 trebels on more occasions than i can admit, including cutting a trebel out of a friends' hand this past year. the cutter just started to dull for cutting line this past year and i put a new edge on them w/ a file. but, they are now my backups as i got a new pair of manleys for this year. 6 years w/ the same pair and i cannot complain. can't be $30 for what they can do. just rinse them in h20 when you get a chance if they've been in saltwater and fish oil and a good spray of wd40 and they are good to go. i have a nylon holder for them. just buy the large, spring tensioned ones and the ones w/ the rubber handle grips. less slippery. the larger ones have more torque for cutting hooks. i'd rather drop a $30 pair into the drink than a $100+ pair. i hear they are making a newer version w/ a bottle opener on one side too...

The VS pliers are in fact made from titanium forgings and will NOT rust. The carbide side cutters are at least according to my experiences and our testing the best cutters on the market today in terms of cutting braided line. They will cut hooks on an emergency basis but that portion of the cutter may become compromised. The cutters are user repalceable for approx $ 28.00.
The pliers themselves carry a lifetime guarantee.
Hope this info is helpful
Regards
Rick

Welcome Rick

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