Split Ring Plier designed for opening split rings, making attachments fast and easy. Hardened steel nose separates rings and keeps them separated while you secure findings. Current stock has a black handle and is packaged by BeadSmith. This plier has a wire 'spring' that gently opens the tips of the pliers when you are not squeezing the handles.
Now there is a tool designed especially for cutting hard wire like Remembrance®. The Beadalon® Shear has hardened 90 degree jaws that slice effortlessly through spring tempered wire leaving a clean, safe-to-handle straight edge.