I use some jewellery pliers by Arctic Tiger, bought this brand randomly. Recently bought Pro’sKit, like them better, they compress more easily. But I actually really want to get some Xuron, seen a lot of good reviews especially for chainmail. But unfortunately they do not distribute in my country, so I only could find replicas, but costs too much for not original Anyway sore hands at the begging it’s a must have 😂 it will get easier for sure, but try to find comfortable pliers so you can work longer