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Milbar 25W Safety Wire Pliers
I followed Pete's suggestion and got them off of Crawford tool. A couple of bucks more than the best Amazon price but coming from Atlanta vs. California they'll get here a little faster.
Not sure what great service Pete got that he was referring to but I'm hoping there's no need for further interaction with them once the pliers show up.
I got a set of used bluepoints for ~$28 off of ebay (blue point is the private label brand for snap-on).
I'd sell them to somebody here for ~$25 (despite the custom "partial return spring"* modification I sunk about $0.25 and 5 minutes of time into) - I like you Bubba, so I'd give you first dibs if you're interested.
Only reason I bought new ones was to take advantage of momentarily misplacing them to upgrade to reversible and auto-return milbars. They grip great and cut great.
The catch is give me this weekend to try to locate them but I can bring them to NYST the following weekend or the Classic the weekend after.
*They are not auto-return type pliers. I just put a spring inside the handle. Nothing was drilled / cut / damaged. The spring just doesn't have quite enough "umph" to snap it back for a full return.