Klein Tools 108XB Straight Trimmer, Extra Blunt Tips, 7-3/4-Inch

The Klein Tools 108XB is a right-handed trimmer. The handles are bent rather than straight, and only the right handle carries the Plastisol coating, so the grip geometry and the cushioned side both favor a right-hand user. A left-handed user can cut with them, but the coated handle and the offset won't sit correctly.

Extra blunt tips means both points are rounded off rather than sharp. On the 108XB that matters when you are trimming inside a panel or a junction box: a blunt tip is far less likely to nick insulation on an adjacent conductor or puncture something behind the cut. The blades themselves are straight with a standard edge, so cutting performance is unaffected.

Blade length is 3-1/4 inches (8.3 cm) out of an overall length of 7-3/4 inches (19.7 cm). Overall width is 2-3/4 inches and the tool is 1/2 inch thick closed, at 0.45 lbs. That's a pouch-sized trimmer, not a bench shear.

The inside ring size on the 108XB is 3 inches (7.6 cm), which is a generous bow for a trimmer this size and will take a gloved finger and thumb. Ring size is the spec to check if you work in liners or light-duty electrical gloves.

Yes, tension is set by a screw at the pivot. If the blades start to chatter or fold material instead of cutting it, snug the pivot screw down a fraction at a time until the action firms up. That is what keeps a trimmer like this serviceable rather than disposable.

They are carbon steel with a chrome over nickel plating, not stainless. The plating gives good corrosion resistance and wipes clean, but carbon steel underneath means you should dry them after wet work and avoid leaving them sitting in a damp gang box. For hard washdown or marine duty, a stainless-bladed shear is the better call.

The 108XB is straight bladed, which is what you want for long, controlled cuts along a line: trimming cable jacket, cutting tape, fish tape lead, shrink tubing, or gasket and insulation stock flat against a surface. A curved blade is for getting the tip in under something or cutting on a radius. If most of your cutting is straight runs and material laid flat, the straight blade is the right shape.

Yes. Klein lists the 108XB as made in the USA, built as an industrial-quality straight-bladed scissor rather than a general-purpose shop pair.

Order Klein Tools 108XB. That is the full manufacturer part number, and it is a single-configuration item, so there is no handing, finish, or length option to specify beyond the model itself.