Ultra Flush Cutting Shear (410A)

Bought more than 2 years ago. Still works perfectly Use only on plastic. You can cut/trim resin parts, but the cut will be very rough and it is hard to achieve a precise cut.

I haven't fully used these yet but in my trials of cutting very small gauge wire and some thin plastic I have to say I'm impressed. As a born again modeler I figured I would try out some of the tools the advanced fellas are using. So far so good. I can see these being used for multiple options besides just scale modelling. On a side note, I was surprised to see that these are spring loaded as it wasn't mentioned in the description. Not really a spring as much as it's a piece of thick wire but better than nothing and having the handles flop around.

Seems to cut pretty close on plastic sprues but less so on non-plastic, I.e. rubber kit tires,etc.; tends to leave stubs. Still, a quality choice but I would not use on photo-etched parts.