In Memorium: our best pair of wire cutters...

Greg informed me recently that our best pair of wire cutters are no longer able to be of service. This great, old-school hand-tool cut miles and miles of wire in its long tour of duty. I'm not sure where they came from, but they're definitely old. I remember them hanging on the tool rack in the basement of the house where I grew up, and they subsequently ended up in my possession. I've used them for cutting guitar strings since I was a teenager, and they were the only ones I ever used when I began my forays into electronics experimentation. I've looked for other wire cutters over the past few years to keep as a backup, but none were quite the same. They definitely don't make 'em like they used to. So long, little buddy...