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ManualsBrandsMIDWEST TOOL & CUTLERY COMPANY ManualsCutters & Snips2 pc. Offset Aviation Snip Set

OTHERS SAY WE “OVER-MANUFACTURE”

If you care about the quality of the tools you use or sell, you’ll appreciate a company that cares

about the quality of the tools it makes. At Midwest Tool And Cutlery Company, we take pride in

manufacturing in the USA the very best aviation snips you can buy anywhere in the world today.

You’ll ﬁnd that our aviation snips perform better and last longer than any others.

TAKE THE TEST

Two major universities that tested and studied aviation snips for the National Institute of

Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) found our aviation snips to be superior ergonomically

to all others. Midwest Snips

aviation snips are continuously tested in-house and compared to

other manufacturers’ products from around the world. Our aviation snips are independent lab test

certiﬁed to perform superior to the metal cutting shears standard ASME B107.500-2010(B107.16).

FEEL THE DIFFERENCE!

Major universities, independent lab test certiﬁcations, in-house testing, and most importantly –

users of Midwest Snips forged blade aviation snips keep telling us over and over again, “No other

manufacturer’s aviation snip outperforms a Midwest Snips forged blade aviation snip”.

THIS SPRING’S ETERNAL

In tests of return springs, the springs of Midwest Snips

aviation

snips on average exceed 120,000 compressions without failure.

No wonder – they’re a heavy-duty double-overwind spring that’s

unconditionally guaranteed forever.

SPRING COMPRESSIONS TEST

This test measures how many compressions (cuts) the return

spring can make before failing (which ours never do).

Over

120,000

FAILS

AVERAGE

120k

110k

100k

90k

80k

70k

60k

50k

40k

30k

Single Coil

Spring

MIDWEST SNIPS

Heavy-Duty

Double-Overwind

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AVIATION SNIPS

The World’s Best

AVIATION SNIPS

LOAD CUT TEST

Measures how many pounds of handle force is required to

make a “pinch-to-point” cut through 18 gauge cold-rolled

sheet steel.

FORGED LIKE EXCALIBUR

Blacksmiths have known it since the Middle Ages – when

you forge metal to “ﬂow” its grain in a desired direction or

shape, you get a stronger blade with a longer lasting cut-

ting edge. A Midwest Snips

aviation snip uses the same

principle. In a unique, hot drop-forging process, the ﬂow of

the metal grain is directed to the shape of each blade, which

is forged from molybdenum alloy steel. The result is cutting

blades that are virtually unbreakable. Other brands of snips

may have“stamped” blades, made from sheet steel, or cast

blades made in a mold from molten steel. In either instance,

the metal does not have its grain ﬂow matched to shape, and

so doesn’t have the strength or long lasting cutting edge of a

Midwest Snips

blade.

SETTING AND MEETING STANDARDS

A tradesman can make more cuts in a day than the home

handyman makes in a lifetime – and Midwest Snips

are

made for tradesmen. Our Aviation Snips have the center

pivot bolt threaded into the bottom blade. This keeps the

blades in adjustment longer – over 30,000 cuts can be made

in 18 gauge cold-rolled steel (the ASME Performance Standard)

before they need readjustment. Most snips manufacturers

don’t bother with either standards or adjustment – but we do.

Because, at Midwest Snips

we care about quality tools.

Midwest Snips

passing force test.

Cast or Stamped Blade offset model aviation snips require

over 20% more hand force and FAIL the ASME Standard

Performance Requirement.

550

500

450

400

Stamped

Blades

Cast

Blades

MIDWEST SNIPS

Forged Blades

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FAIL FAIL

Fails minimum

cut length

1.18”(29.97mm)

PASS

480 LIMIT

INDEPENDENT LAB CERTIFIED TEST RESULTS

Aviation snip brands tested with cast or stamped blades will not cut

through their points and will not cut to the speciﬁed material bend

line. Cast and Stamped Blade aviation snip models tested FAIL this

ASME Standard Performance Test Requirement.

FAIL

PASS

Stamped

Blades

Cast

Blades

MIDWES SNIPS

Forged Blades

FAIL

INDEPENDENT LAB CERTIFIED TEST RESULTS

MIDWEST

SNIPS

Stamped Blades

Cast Blades

Cuts 100% to

Point of Fold

TIP END CUTTING TEST

Aviation snips must cut at the tips of their blades when used to

fabricate or trim sheet metal to size (as illustrated in the picture

below). Cutting completely through 18-gauge cold-rolled steel to

a bend or fold line is an ASME Standard minimum requirement.