Micro Sprue Cutting Plier – Precision Flush Cutter for Plastic Model Kits, Miniatures & Hobby Parts – Clean Cuts for Sprues, Runners, Resin, and Soft Metals

They are sharp and cut through spruces like butter. The cuts are clean and leave minimal to none plastic stress mark on the piece. They can get to very close cutting as well which either need minimum trim off or filing later on.

Of note, my collection contains a set of the basic ($10) godhands, tamiya 123s, valtcan primes, and these. They all have their place, but these are my favorites. These have been the single biggest contributor in speeding up my builds.They're very similar to the high-end Godhands. I won't say they're the same, but they're way above the level of quality you'd expect at this price point. You don't need to put on much force as these are really sharp. Use these in tandem with a workhorse nipper and treat these relatively gently. They're durable, but if you full-force hulk smash snip at sprue they'll probably break.Edit: Feb 26, 2023. I bought the Godhands and can confirm that these are very similar to them.

So I just started building Gundam/gunpla in November and built several kits. I was using the cheaper, thicker nippers and damaging some pieces, so it was time for an upgrade. I was on the fence wether to buy the god hands because all of the reviews, but the price is a tough one! Instead ordered these and they are excellent! Super sharp and you can really get in close with pretty much not leaving a nub. The only con is they don’t have a sleeve or case for protection.

Leaves a decent flush cut, not extraordinary though. The jaws don't meet perfectly near the tip either, there's a small gap between blade and anvil at the top half of the blade. Definitely NOT a God hand or even USAGundam store nipper replacement. Decent but not quite there.

I enjoy tying flies. I use this for Very delicate snipping

These sprue cutters are single-bladed cutters that use the blade and anvil type of cut. You typically see this type of blade setup on higher end nippers. Because of the single bladed setup, you need to plan how you cut a sprue with them.

These are some of the more fine clippers I have used. They don't smush the plastic as much as some other ones and have very clean cuts.

These were recommended to me. Glad I bought them, they work perfectly. They have very slim cutter blades that get into tight places.