This tool will save time, money, and braided packing while providing precision butt and skive cuts for the highest quality packing installations. It provides fast, accurate cuts every time and will cut a number of different Chesterton packings including 412-W, 1724, 1727, 1730, 1400, 1400R, and 1600.The Sure-Cut Maintenance Kit includes a pocket sharpener; a replacement blade is also available: Reorder No. AWC 001925

Chesterton 253 Flexible Packing Extractors are constructed with high strength aircraft cable. They include a precision heat-treated extracting worm and unbreakable rotary-swaged assembly. Worm tips have plastic protective coating. Large, smooth, easy-grip handle. Furnished in sets of 4 tools. Set Reorder Number 002400

Made of a special tool steel to withstand the roughest usage, these tools are warrantied not to break when removing packing from any type of stuffing box. Only sold in complete sets of 6. Reorder No. 002402

Chesterton 176 Tamping Tools are applicable for use on valves and pumps to tamp the packing into the stuffing box.

Chesterton 178 Ring Packing Cutter permits accurate cutting of rings from spiral or flat coil packings. The scale reads directly in terms of shaft sizes, in inches, and in millimeters. To operate, simply set one scale to correspond with cross-sectional size of packing, set other scale for shaft diameter, and cut ring. Handles packing sizes 1/8” (3 mm) through 1” (25 mm) and shaft sizes up to 4” (100 mm). 

Chesterton 174 Packing Cutting Knife has a fine bevelled blade to cut braided packings, and a serrated blade to cut molded items. Blade length 5” (125 mm). Overall length case included 10” (250 mm). Reorder No. 002300