Bending pliers

Bending pliers comprising:

• first and second plier bodies connected together to be turnable relative to each other in mutually intersecting intermediate portions thereof by, use of a pivot shaft,
• the first and second plier bodies including
• first and second holding arms formed on one-end sides of the first and second per bodies, respectively, the first and second holding arms respectively having first and second claw portions formed in their respective tip end portions and configured to hold therebetween a panel which is to be bent, the first and second holding arms including respective bent portions bent in a common bending direction with the bent portion of the second holding arm disposed inside of the bent portion of the first holding arm relative to the common bending direction of the bent portions, and
• first and second handles formed on opposite-end sides of the first and second plier bodes, respectively, and configured to open and close the first and second holding arms,
• wherein the tip end portion of the first claw portion has a cylindrical columnar bending fulcrum portion extending parallel to the pivot shaft, said cylindrical columnar bending fulcrum portion having a semi-circular surface projecting radially outward toward the second claw portion, and
• wherein the bending pliers are configured such that when the second claw portion is brought into contact with the first claw portion without the panel therebetween a gap is defined between the tip end portion of the second claw portion and the bending fulcrum portion of the first claw portion, the gap extending along a common direction of the first and second claw portions.