How does you Knipex Pliers Wrench jaws look like?

I am interested in info on any of the Knipex Pliers Wrench series, basically the ones that have flat jaws, in the photos I have the 86 05 250.

that may be intentional for better gripping

the amazon description doesn;t mention smooth or rough jaw finishing

This model is not intended to have any grip. The smooth jaws protect sensitive surfaces.

Might be a quality issue. I’m a bit dissapointed about Knipex quality (I have 2 pliers and one insulation removing tool). Never had any issues with Wiha tools.

I have several of them. But all at home. Can check tomorrow.

FWIW, not the same model but the Knipex 86-03-250 I have has both surfaces “unground.”

The jaw surfaces are “smooth” and are textured consistent with the rest of the pliers-wrench surface, a sort of sand blasted surface with no seams visible. I use them as large open-end adjustable wrenches (owing to parallel jaws) and for my applications the lack of ground surfaces has not impacted effectiveness.

@Hikelite, on your pair, I wonder if the one side was ground to improve achievement of parallel after assembly?

It is the same series, so it’s great, after all I am interested how they all look in this series of flat jaw wrenches.

I do not know why one is ground and another not, but definitely I would like to know how are these sold in general.

That is what I have thought too, that the smooth surface on both jaws should actually protect the surfaces, since you actually want it to slip on the nut then press on the handles once parallel is achieved.

That would be great.

I copied that description from the Knipex website.

https://www.knipex.com/products/pipe-wrenches-and-water-pump-pliers/pliers-wrenches-pliers-and-a-wrench-in-a-single-tool/pliers-wrenchespliers-and-wrench-single-tool/8603150?v=2941

“Smooth jaw” should be smooth jaw. There should not be any questions here. It clearly slipped through the cracks or the seams. A file or Dremel tool or sanding tool or other should be able to make it pretty smooth pretty fast.

why not just return them
?

I want to know how these look in general, before going into a long return and buy again cycle.
And I still hope people share how it looks on theirs, I have not seen any talk about this matter before.

oh
but you still will not know what you will be getting, if you re order
it;s kind of a long shot that more than 1 or 2 people on here will have these exact pliers

wle

Any size in this series is good info for me like I have said before, I may want to order other sizes too, in fact that is what I wanted.
These series of pliers are quite popular, not sure why you imagine only 1 or 2 people having them.

The V jaw type are so much better at everything. If you’re worried about scratching things, put some electrical tape around the V jaws before you attack anything that you might scratch. Or like I said, make it smooth yourself. If you don’t have tools to do it probably know somebody that does. And they will tell you to get the v jaws.

Knipex? Waste of money.

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Mine (86 03 180) looks just like yours, top flat, bottom “not ground”

Like Oli said, if you don’t want to scratch something, you’ll have to use a barrier, like paper or tape or whatever. This would be the case even if both surfaces were ground.