Fret Wire End Nipper High Carbon Steel Cutter Medium Size

The media could not be loaded. I’m new to installing frets and have a few necks that need new frets so I decided to give these a try. I usually buy the best tools the first time but decided I’m only doing a few fretboards with nickel frets so figured these will work just fine. They definitely do cut with ease as you can see in the video. They didn’t nick, chip, or dull after cutting all of the frets. Not sure how good they’d work with stainless steel frets tho and I’m sure they wouldn’t last if doing a bunch as a luthier/guitar tech. I’d definitely recommend them if doing your own guitar with nickel frets and well worth the $15 or so I spent on them.

This does a great job clipping fret ends and is easier in the budget than some others out there. Actually clips closer than the high dollar pair from a well know luthier supply company.

excellent quality tool for fretwire cutting and notching keep the cutting edges sharpened to reduce burrs on cut parts.A must have tool for fretwire replacement projects.similar to ceramic tile chippers.I didn't like the action of the original super jumbo frets.they just were causing too much pain in my fingertips from the force required to force unmuted higher scaled notes and got harder on g-high e strings as you work your way closer toward the 24th fret end of the neck the crown on those super jumbos was just too high off the fretboard for anyone except superman to produce a clean note from.They had to go so I dug them all out,cleaned and dressed all the grooves so I bought some medium sized stainless fretwire.I straightened and sanded the neck until there were no high or low spots end to end and side to side using a leveling bar.then I used these nippers to cut and ballpark bevel the fret ends.better than wire pliers anyday.The project is almost finished.All that's left is dressing and polishing the fret ends on the low E string side.The leveling,crowning and polishing started at 600 grit paper to 800-1000-1500-2000-3000 grit sand paper did a matching polish job end to end on the rosewood fretboard Will finish with Turtle wax compound polish then a couple of coats Liquid glass that puts a slick tough mirror like shine that sweaty fingers can't even dull.

Updated review: (11/25/2020) 0 StarsNOTE: Both pair of "new" nippers were used on nickel fret wire. NO way these would work on stainless!Any praise I have goes to Amazon for getting the original nipper replaced hassle free. Kudos to Amazon!As I stated in my original review, these "new" nippers don't live up to the legacy of their predecessor nor brand name.My original FastCap nippers from ±2015 (or so), are still in excellent shape and continue to cut cleanly and without damage to the cutting edges of the nippers.I now have tried the second/replacement pair of "new" nippers and again they have failed.The first fret end I snipped off, dented one side of the cutting surface, and every additional cut made the new nippers turn to garbage. Threw in the towel on these nippers after 6 frets (12 nips).I also noticed the replacement set of nippers has a LOT of slop in the mechanical movement of the handles.I hate to think it, but this seems like a "B" quality product was sent to replacement he original failed pair of "new" nippers.Glad I still have my "old" set, and I'll just keep using them until I find a better brand and product.Booo!Original review: 2 StarTwo stars, only because my 4 year old pair is great.I've had such great things to say about my "old" FastCap nippers, and I still do.My 4 year old nippers are GREAT!My 25 day old nippers didn't get through 5 frets before I noticed the nippers were already badly torn-up.The fret cut looked pretty good, but the cutters paid the price (cutting nickel fret wire).I don't know if my new nippers are a manufacturing goof, having missed a hardening stage of production, but they are not worthy of the FastCap brand name.I will be sending these back, glad I tried them just before my 30 days was over.Hoping for a "good" new pair.On the positive side, they do look and feel good. Just a little smaller overall than my older pair.Another negative, the cutting face of the new nippers is not polished as is my 4yr old pair.Sigh...Your mileage may vary, good luck!

Very slight bevel inwards at the tip that doesnt show up on the photos. Makes it cut not perfectly flush, and feels like the cutting edge is a little flimsy but has worked on the couple of stainless frets I've used so far

I liked the fact that they worked most adequately. Did what they were designed to do, and even though I used Jumbo Stainless Frets they cut well enough. Just have to line it up perfect 90 degree cut, use center of tool, then use half round file, sanding stone and 600 paper to finish.21 frets took me roughly 3 hours. Considering I spoke with someone who said they’d do it for $10.00 a fret, I thought I’d have at it. Granted it doesn’t look like a fret job on a Heritage Custom Les Paul, but it plays fine. So all in all, I must say that this is indeed the right tool for this particular job. I’ve no complaints!