C.S. Osborne Hog Ring Pliers Curved Open Spring - No. 1440-CO

Never upholstered before. These squeeze a HOG RING (used for fencing or upholstery or fastening chicken wire, etc.) They do ONE ring at a time. They do get into TIGHT spaces. And I had TIGHT spaces on a Vehicle Seat that I was dealing with. My wife and I - made some cracks about how the cheap China ones might work. Haven't used them. But this particular job took time and was hard enough - without also fighting the tool. I highly recommend these quality Hog Ring pliers - if you're in the market for this type of Plier. And if your using Hog Rings on something - you NEED Hog Ring pliers.

Good quality pliers for installing car seat covers

I really like these, American made, work great, the bend allows you to see what your doing better. Great design and manufacturing

I’m reupholstering my ‘68 Camaro seats and don’t know how I’ve worked on seats before without this tool!! Easy to use and good price too!

I was looking for a high-quality, tough, USA-made alternative to the other junk that was out there and I'm HIGHLY pleased with these pliers. I used them along with 50 QTY:C.S. Osborne & Co. No.1444SS Stainless Steel Hog Rings - 3/4" MPN#14600 to attach 2x4 no-climb fencing to cattle panel (see pic) and everything worked just as I had hoped. I had also ordered the C. S. OSBORNE 1440-AC - HOG RING PLIER, STRAIGHT HANDLE, CLOSING SPRING but I found that the curved pliers allowed me to get different angles and it was easier to get into tight places. I also prefer that the pliers spring open to allow me to load another hog ring. I've already found several other uses for the pliers/hog rings and I just placed an order for a whole bunch more of the SS hog rings. Hope this helps.

These work perfectly for hog ring sizes up to 1 inch. I bought a cheaper pair of pliers from a different seller and regretted it immediately. These were more expensive but worth the price. Quality tool.Note: When using them for 1 inch hog rings you do have to open them as wide as you can, the fit is very tight as it’s at the limit, but the will go in and the longer handles are long enough to provide sufficient leverage to compress the rings fully.

I bought these hoping I could use them to fasten the heavy wire panels together for gabion walls. Unfortunately the hog rings aren’t strong enough for that, but I did discover a myriad of other handy uses for them- repairing a dog kennel, stapling plastic sheeting to wire, etc… and these are way more comfortable to use than the other pair I had.

Quality and perfect angle.