GodHand God Hand Ultimate Nipper 5.0 Plastic model Tools for GH-SPN-120

The blade broke off while assembling the model, and I only used it on plastic.

Pour faire simple C’est juste de la très bonne qualité Rien d’autre à régler Les coupes sont tout juste ultra précises Je conseille cet article

Excelente en todos los sentidos, el corté es sin duda muy bueno, se siente bien al tacto y de exelente material, quedé muy satisfecho con él, se que puede costar un poco caro pero te aseguro que cuando lo estés ocupando vas a darte cuenta que vale mucho la pena.

I was very skeptical about these snips, but I was given an Amazon gift card for Christmas, so I decided to splurge on a really nice tool for my hobby and ordered the God Hands SPN-120 set which are intended for really fine cuts for part removal. Despite reviews I remained very skeptical as to whether or not they would prove to be any better than my Tamiya snips that I have used for years and am on my second pair of (the $40 fine tip version). I was so skeptical in fact that when the God Hands arrived I was very careful when removing them from the packaging, because if they weren't any better than the Tamiya snips then I had every intent to send them straight back to Amazon. Needless to say from the tone and title of this review, I will NOT be returning them. I removed them from the packaging, inspected them for manufacturing errors or damage, finding none I grabbed a sprue off my bench and sliced through the side runner. It was literally like a hot knife through butter. I was simply amazed, so I repeated the task a dozen times with the same results. Then I grabbed my Tamiya snips and cut the same sprue, it took at least twice the physical force to cut, and the end result was nowhere near as clean of a cut. Being the nerd that I am I took them both to my wife and had her use the Tamiya snips first, no problem, they worked as expected. Then I handed her the God Hands and had her do another cut; her response was "wow!". She then proceeded to cut the rest of the sprue into bits just because it is amazing how easy it is to do. Literally like as close to zero resistance as you can possibly get in a world subject to the laws of physics. I returned to my bench and made sure they performed as well on other brands of plastic, and in every case they cut easier and MUCH cleaner than the Tamiya snips did. Could it be that the Tamiya snips are a bit dull because of repeated use, sure; but I can without a doubt say they NEVER cut this smoothly, even on their first day out of the packaging. Will the God Hands hold up over time? No Idea. They seem to be built very well, they have a built-in stop to prevent them from opening too wide, and another to prevent you from squeezing them to hard, and they included a cover to protect the tips, but sure, they may dull over time and need to be sharpened or replaced. If that happens soon enough to me writing this review to be note worthy, then I will update the review, but for now I am simply amazed. So amazed that I decide to leave this review, and to even go the extra distance and include images to compare the two brands. The images may be grainy because they are very close images of a very small sprue, but you get the idea from them. The two with a 'T' written on them are the Tamiya snips, the three without are from the God Hands. I included head on pics as well as from the side which is better at showing how smooth the cut is. I will still use my Tamiya snips, after all they do a good job and we always need a set of snips for larger items or resin and the God Hand SPN-120s are intended for plastic only. But if the God Hands hold up then they will become a permanent tool on my bench. If you have a steady hand, and are accustomed to cutting your parts as close to the part as possible (like I do), then these will probably remove most all parts without the need for sanding. Yes, they are the most expense snips available, so they ought to work better than all others out there, but it was very nice to find that they do indeed perform as advertised.

Brilliant nippers. Especially when cutting very delicate parts away from a thick sprue. Does not damage or break the part as many others do. Essential for my scale modelling toolkit.

I had to buy nippers to do my Gundam models. So after agonizing for a full week going over dozens of reviews of different nippers , i finally caved in and decided to buy the expensive one. Got them, solid out of the pack. No quality issues. So on to the show. I started to cut with them and right off the bat you will not that it slices thru the runners like butter. Which is pretty much what is is supposed to do. There is no click, no final snap. You just place it the right way and gently and slowly price down and it goes thru. Pretty nice. The problem for me comes from the fact that the plastic sticks like crazy to the blade of the nipper. You will cut a piece and find yourself constantly having to clean the rest of the plastic off from the nipper. I do not know if it is because of the way the plastic is made or the way the nipper is made but you will have to clean often. A bit annoying when you are trying to get things done. They are comfortable in hand and feel sturdy and of quality. I can say buy them but you will have to clean the nipper. Solid buy all the way.