best tool for cutting post and wire fencing

[trevor saxe-coburg-gotha]

Got some fencing that's been taken down. Want to separate timber from wire - the wire is standard thickness for stock fencing.

Am thinking a pair of cheap bolt croppers circa £20 would be okay for job? Confirm, deny and, or, suggest better alternatives. Cheers!
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[c_dug]

Bolt croppers might be alright, but wire is ductile compared to a bolt so any misalignment in cheap cropper jaws and you might find the wire slips or stretches between them rather the cutting.

I have an older pair of these at work which for a single handed tool are surprisingly strong: Knipex wire cutters . They'd be my tool of choice for this I suspect.
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[Raffles]

Another vote here for Knipex. All off my 'plier type' tools are Knipex. They knock spots off cheaper brands and will almost certainly last a lifetime.
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[Islander]

Knipex cutters are superb as are Lindstrom but mucho dinero signor. Mucho dinero...

The wire is usually attached the stab with staples and the technique for removing those is to drive a rounded wedge into the staple and lever it away from and out of the stab. You should be able to adapt something to do this quite easily.

I always use fencing pliers for this job as they have the requisite pointy wedge with an anvil that you can whack with a hammer to get the point under. They also have built in wire cutters, and jaws designed for wrapping wire round itself. They're around £15 from Amazon or pick a pair up from your local farming supplies place

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Draper-68450-Cushion-Fencing-Pliers/dp/B0002GV0P6

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[trevor saxe-coburg-gotha]

thanks everyone - VERY helpful

i'll try the Draper fencing pliers to start with - see how I get on with them.
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[steve the grease]

I have a pair of those fencing pliers as I live at a property with Fences. Thats the tool you want.
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