Panzer Tools - Wire Cutters

Today we'll look at my original wire cutters from WWII.

[@KruegerleDE]

I just watched a 10min video about wire cutters. And i am completely okay with that. Thanks for sharing your original stuff and your knowledge!

[@zachnar0125]

Awesome video!!!!!!! Very, very much appreciate you taking time to make this.

[@AdamMann3D]

Always love to hear people appreciate my weird deep dives.

[@rodolfotorres1564]

I like your videos showing actual parts from panzer tanks, gives us tremendous information to play with our models, thanks!

[@Panzermeister36]

As Jupiter and Venus align in the sky tonight, it seemed fitting you would upload a video! Hehe but in all seriousness, thanks for this great look at the cutters. You should do this on all your tools!

[@michaelchang969]

He's back!!!!

[@larrybrown1824]

I'm not a nuts and bolts kind of modeler, but I really do love learning about stuff like this!!! Thanks.

[@Stray03]

Ring looks like the phenolic composite of some sort. We have old ones we use as drifts at work, and looks alot like that.

[@lucasner463]

Adam, I say it again, you have some of the BEST vids available for us. Keep it up, brother!

[@HamilkarBarkasScaleModelling]

interesting video, its always good to have a look at the real thing instead of looking how other modellers do it :)

[@marcusmcbean164]

Welcome back, thanks for sharing.

[@Frenkythefish93]

Nice to see you back doing videos. Really interesting subject too for WWII german armor fanatics like myself, good stuff !

[@localjedi2468]

Awesome, Adam! Thanks a bunch and keep videos like this one coming!

[@yattaran1484]

Great and informative video as always !, can't wait to see next one !

[@Duececoupe]

Good to see you again buddy! Great video! 👍👌👏

[@GrayWildcat]

Great to see a new video from you, always very informative. Thank You

[@courtneyksf]

Adam Tank museum tank chat #33 panzer III. Just off the gentleman's left shoulder there is a pair of wire cutters in great shape. I would not have noticed if it was not for your presentation on wire cutters. Keep up the good work.

[@chelseachelseaboy]

Hurrah!!.....the return at last, very informative......No Tiger tanks ?.....LOL's, thank you for sharing with us.

[@rrl4245]

Thanks for covering this topic, so well.

[@kimcason8764]

Great video. Never been able to get a 'Handle' on what Colour these are best Painted in..! I work on 1/35 kits and some Examles I have seen are Painted Red/ Orange. But this is Definative. Thanks..! Cheers kim in Oz.😎

[@fisharmy5785]

Great video I'll remember this next time I paint some up and welcome back.

[@Viking88Power]

Great video thanks

[@ArmourEmpire]

Informative and well presented Adam. Cheers

[@russellgosselin3325]

Very informative, Adam. Looking forward to painting all future wire cutters with a little more accuracy :)

[@HollywoodModelling]

I bet you are making a bunch of rivet counters feel fuzzy and warm inside :D

[@enriquemengibarrodriguez8380]

wow! Great idea to share original panzer stuff with us. Would it be possible more videos like this?

[@reteip9]

The grain on the ring looks a lot like Micarta which is a laminate of plant based fibers (linen, paper) impregnated with a thermosetting plastic like Bakelite.

[@jocking3]

That ring on the handle looks like bakelite.

[@RW4X4X3006]

Most of the time while paining the rig in the field or depot, they'd paint over the tools anyways. Still do.

[@andrewjerome2157]

Cool vid!

[@colinkavanagh7625]

Love it. Just going to paint one for my Panzer...

[@MottysMilitaryModels]

Thanks ad, great, Evan sent me a pic of some wirecutters as I'm doing a tiger for yours and his GB. Really appreciate this video. I know with life and stuff it's hard but if you get chance if you ever get stuck for an idea as to what to do next could you perhaps do one of the tools all together on the vehicles !! Hope your well and I'm glad you've done a video

[@geirrosset]

Thank you. I have been wondering about this for some time. Not that I've lost sleep over it, but still ;) I'd really like to see the other common tools and items found on Panzers get their own videos :)

[@fubar0snafu]

looks to me that the ring at the hinge is bakelite, that is the one I viewed in a museum today.

[@kellyknott4201]

Da Mann is back👍

[@HamilkarBarkasScaleModelling]

Another word for the thing would be Bolzenschneider, which means "bolt cutter". Drahtschere has more the connotation of infantry use to get through barbed wire instead of use as a tool to keep a tank in working order. But that is just a minor difference, but i felt like i should tell you since you care more than others :)

[@peterdammeliusosterode3424]

Bultsax In Swedish. As usual, you notice how close the German and Swedish languages are to each other 😆👍

[@Emtbtoday]

My bolt wire cutters have them adapter like peices they'll be totally seized on these ones but they would normally turn to loosen and be extendable I'd have thought there's not really a reason for them to be there other than that they could have saved money and just kept them that size with full steel bars but odd how yours just has the one unless snapped pulling downwards to hard iv done and had to replace a couple sets doing that and just welded a and cur abit rebar as a temp lever while got new pair, but yeh I reckon they've done something alone them lines with these German ones being steel be so easy to just weld and use at that size just my wee opinion owning older ones and modern types and working with bolt cutters doing fordging but something to think about suppose eh

[@tonyde6423]

Hey Adam think bakelite rings u can see cloth like pattern embedded in resin, interesting video cheers

[@Darckstar52]

Rings reinforce the joint where handles and cutting head meet.

[@steve1315]

Would like a pair myself welljell.

[@kevinchapman4362]

Hey Adam. I was wondering what all trinkets you may have from back then ? Very interesting !

[@claytonmcclain182]

Youtoilet. Did something because I didn't get a notice for this video? I literally use your videos like a book. I hope there not starting to disrupt our hobby? Great video Adam.

[@malcolmbolton1473]

Very informative I'm also unsure exactly what colour exactly to paint thse on My german vehicles also?

[@kellyknott4201]

Are those rings knuckle savers?

[@darronhedges5873]

On some of the better dml mouldings it felt as if they had a knurled grip with the texture used,surprised it was paper.Why didnt PM36 use the w/ketten tracks on stug!

[@darronhedges5873]

i think adam wanted to see the W\Ketten on the stug.In his reviews he loves his tracks.That new UV glue is a help with pe it cuts like plastic when set.Doing mkIV rear vent/slat/louvres things in pe it helped out a lot with holding it together while gluing.Still got that zimm method if int.l

[@Panzermeister36]

Adam sent me that StuG because I needed Winterketten on a panzer III I was doing at the time. He said he was sending me tracks and then I got the full kit in the mail. Otherwise I would have for sure kept those tracks for the StuG F/8, but they were meant for another build!

[@darronhedges5873]

i thought he wanted to see them on aa build.Sorry.He wasnt building a lot at time which made me think hed given it to see how tracks could look.Im currently injecting diamorphine 100mgs 5 x a day for pain,so i can be a bit of an idiot,i started modeling to hep concentration.Again i apologise my comment was no way to belittle deride or upset anyone.thanks for your help.im an idiot.

[@darronhedges5873]

as my gf just said,you mentioned it at start of the review.A deaf idiot..

[@alexsekug1136]

Isn't Bakelite just an early molded plastic? The pressed paper I think you're thinking of is presstoff. Also who was the reenactor? I'm a reenactor out of IL

[@AdamMann3D]

alex sekug mark petersdorf is the guy he's in 2nd Panzer. As far as I know bakelite is a plastic like substanc yes.

[@alexsekug1136]

Lol yeah Mark's a good guy. I know Tom well too(Hes the "commander" in the hatch) I was just confused cause you keep saying its wrapped in pressed paper. Bakelite being a molded plastic may contain paper,sawdust, etc but actual pressed paper is called Preßtoff which was used in lieu of leather like for wire cutter carriers and shovel carriers etc.

[@AdamMann3D]

The handles are paper of some sort as I can see mine flaking off. I can ask some historians I know what it's called, could be what you're saying. The knobs on the end are bakelite

[@raseli4066]

Thanks agien

[@richardtallent8175]

"Pressstoff", another german material. Thanks.

[@richardtallent8175]

Great video, & "Welcome back "☺. Hopeing you join coens "kursk group build ". Thanks.

[@Handle_Deez_Nutz]

Do you have other German tools? It'd be great if you could do some coverage on maybe the waffenmeister kit or any other hand tools of the period?

[@AdamMann3D]

I only have on vehicle tools. I did a video on the tow hooks I have, and I have a period shovel and track closing tool. I agree though that what you suggest would be interesting.