This product is comparable to any highest quality product in the industry. We encourage you to try it, and if it did not meet your standards we will gladly return it and give you a full refund. This is a Equinez tool Best 15" Hoof Nipper. Drop-forged from chrome vanadium steel. Considered the top of the line in hoof nippers among professional farriers. Whether you are shoeing horses for a living, a horse owner doing your own trimming or a Veterinarian, you can't go wrong with this one.