Metallics MAVSR Aviation Tin Snip Left Cut Red (1pc)

Red handles are the trade color code for a left-cutting aviation snip, and that is what the MAVSR is. It cuts to the left and curves the waste strip to the right, which keeps your sightline on the layout line when you work counterclockwise around a circle or an inside corner. Green handles are the right-cut version, yellow the straight-cut.

For straight runs and left-hand curves the MAVSR left cut alone will do it. If you cut sheet metal duct, flashing, or round penetrations regularly, most sheet metal and HVAC techs carry the left-cut and the right-cut as a pair so they can work either direction around a circle without fighting the offcut. The MAVSR is sold as a single snip, one piece.

Aviation snips like the MAVSR are compound-leverage snips meant for sheet gauges, so they handle light flashing, duct, and thin track work. Heavy structural stud and anything thicker than light sheet is work for a shear or a chop saw, not a hand snip. For electricians the common use is trimming strut covers, sheet metal boxes, and plates.

Order MAVSR. That is the Metallics designation for the left-cut (red) aviation tin snip, supplied one per pouch. There is a single configuration under that number, so no handing, size, or finish needs to be specified on the order.

It comes in a pouch, one snip per pack, ordered under part number MAVSR. That matters if you are buying for a tool crib or handing them out to a crew, since each unit arrives individually packed rather than bulk loose.