What has been said here also applies in large part to crimping tools for RJ11 & 45 jacks (& the similar to RJ11 but smaller used for telephone handsets) and to punch down tools such as 66, 110, & Bix.

I crimp professionally every day for motorsports applications and we have a Hozan P-706 (~50€) as our universal tool for anything that doesn’t fit the original ratcheting crimping tools and ...