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If the Orvis pliers hold up like VS pliers then they are without a doubt the best priced corrosion resistant (proof?) pliers on the market.
As for VS pliers, very few things on the market can truly be billed as saltwater proof. By proof I mean if you start using them in spring, submerge them on every trip, never wash them, and use them late into the fall you will still not have any corrosion on them. I simply haven't found anything else quite like that, be it a pair of pliers or otherwise.
I don't have as much experience with the other pliers listed. I do have a couple sets of Abel pliers; OK plier but useless in the surf. Get a good belt and always keep whatever pliers you get on a lanyard. The reason I mention a good belt is because a friend of mine's pliers are SOMEWHERE in the depths off PJ...
Donmars are a good set too; I have seen the center bushing on them fade though resulting in the jaws not meeting perfectly which means they stop cutting braid as well as they used to. Whether that is what has happened with Spence's pliers it's tough to say. I had a set of Abel's tied to the line winder at work and we got a year out of them before they stopped cutting braid well. Once they started fading they quickly reached a point where they wouldn't cut at all. That was commercial service though.
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