A fully structurally integrated
high pressure, hydraulic hand-held tool for
cutting dense materials, including the hooves on horses. The tool includes a
handle, with a hydraulic flow line provided centrally there through, a
handle chamber integrated into the upper end of the
handle, the handle chamber comprising a
piston, so that
hydraulic fluid as exerted into the handle chamber, forces said
piston upwardly and out of the handle chamber into the
piston housing at the end of the piston distal to the handle chamber, and wherein at the upper end of the tool in the piston housing are a pair of mounts, said pair of mounts pivotally connect to a pair of opposing jaws, with each jaw having a
cutting blade applied thereto, and wherein links and a clevis secure to the upper end of the piston, and pivotally connect to the outer back edges of the jaws, such that applying
hydraulic pressure from about 3000 psi to about 6000 psi to the lower end of the piston chamber, the piston is urged upwardly and out of the handle chamber, upon actuation of the tool, and the jaw
cutting blades and their edges are forced to pivot inwardly toward each other, thereby being positioned into a cutting action, and wherein the
hydraulic pressure is released, the piston is forced by spring biasing downwardly within the piston housing and back into the handle chamber, and wherein said movement of said piston back into the handle chamber causes the jaws to reverse and separate from each other and to become positioned into their original pre-
cut position.