Customer Reviews

Howard Tools 2003 Shingle Shear Shingle Cutting Tool

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I was a little reluctant to order this item, because no one had written a review of it. So let me tell you: I've used at a little already, and this seems to be a very well-designed, well-manufactured product.. It cross-cuts, rips, or diagonal-cuts shingles easily; has very good built-in measuring scales that are easy to use; is very sharp and cuts the shingles very easily. I forgot to say it's very light to carry, too.

There's another product on Amazon that is priced about $200 higher. Maybe that one is even easier to use, or more durable. If you had to make lots and lots of diagonal cuts for valleys, perhaps you'd enjoy the other one. I don't know. But this one seems to me like a very, very good product - I'm really enjoying using it - and its hard for me to imagine needing anything more or different.

JUST FINISHED OUR OWN HOME MY WIFE AND I AND WE CUT ALL OUR HEAVY ELK DOMAIN ASHFORD LANDSCAPE SHINGLES WITH THIS THING. GREAT TOOL. DOES THE JOB AND IS DEPENDABLE. CUTTING BY HAND JUST DON'T CUT IT. THIS TOOL ROCKS----AND SO WILL YOUR ROOFING JOB. AND REMEMBER NOW...DON'T STEP BACK TO ADMIRE YOUR WORK...UNTIL YOU'RE ON THE GROUND. HA

Cutting laminate shingles can be challenging but this tool allows you to make clean cuts even in cooler conditions. It's light weight makes for easy handling on the roof and the built in measuring scale speeds things up. Our large do it your self job was way less painful with this tool and the reults were great! Well worth the investment.

I am a carpenter of 20+ years and do alot of roofing. This shear is the best one I have used out of 3 different ones. The best selling point is the ability to measure your shingle without having to use your tape,it saves alot of time. I highly recommend this tool.I think it is well worth the the money. E.Karow

I use this frequently. It works well and stays sharp enough to cut effectively. I always thought these would be a waste of money (a utility knife blade costs $.05 per side, why bother), but after using it on a 3-ply laminate shingle I was converted. Now I use it to make at least 50% of my cuts.

I bought this tool and spare blade as I thought that one surely wouldn't be enough to cut an entire house worth of shingles. The house in work was a 2000sf ranch with a 2400sf two story addition added. Both roofs were all hips and had many running angles that required that lots of shingles be cut on angle. Rather than doing the old roofing way, since I had purchased high end roofing that offered up the three dimensional look and were three layerd in the middle, I opted to shear every shingle angle. Roofing contractors run them long and hand cut with a roofing knives at the angles, but the shear worked wonderfully and I like the precision of using the pitch gauge for professional results. I still have the extra blade still not needed yet, and we are planning to reroof the parents house in the spring. I look forward to using it again.(Although the roofing work is a bit of a chore, life was much easier with the shear)!

This is worth the price. Lighter than the Qual-Craft lets you take it up on the roof with you (16lbs. versus 52lbs). You can make all your cuts on the roof. Cut my work time in half.

General cont. for over 20 years done many roofing projects this was excellent tool to cut arch. shingles first time using loved it

After looking at several shingle cutters, the Howard 2003 Shingle Shear seemed to be the best match for my project. We have cut 42 squares with lots of angle cuts for dormer valleys and have had no loss of function from the shingle cutter. The fact that it is light weight makes it easy to move around, yet it is a durable piece of equipment. It has been a great tool for our roofing project where lots of angle cuts were needed.

Awsome tool. I just did a roof that was all hips and valleys and this thing save a ton of work. Be sure to clean knife with thinner and then wax blade and deck. If no was armorall on deck worked great.