{"title":"Beverly Throatless Shears","description":"\u003cp\u003eBeverly invented the throatless shear in 1931 and has been building them in the USA ever since. The B1, B2, and B3 cover 16-gauge through 10-gauge mild steel — same frame geometry, same hardened blades, scaled for the work. If you're cutting metal regularly, or you want a tool that'll outlast the shop, this is the one.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"b1-throatless-beverly-shear","title":"B1 Throatless Beverly Shear","description":"\u003ch2\u003eBeverly B1 Throatless Shear — 14-gauge mild steel, 4-1\/4\" blade, made in USA\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe B1 is the entry to the Beverly range — 14-gauge mild steel capacity, 18-gauge stainless, 4-1\/4\" blade. The throatless design cuts in any direction and around any radius, which is the point: a panel can be turned freely under the blade without a fixed throat depth limiting where the cut can go.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the genuine Beverly, made by Mittler Bros. in Wright City, Missouri using the original drawings, fixtures, jigs, foundries, and material suppliers from the Chicago plant where Kurt Nebel first built these shears in 1931. The design has been essentially unchanged since 1947. CNC-machined to the original specifications, with cast alloy-steel frame, heat-treated, and replaceable high-carbon\/high-chrome tool-steel blades. None of this is decorative — it is why a Beverly bought new today behaves the same as a Beverly bought in 1965, and why used B1s from the 1950s and 60s still show up working in restorer shops.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe B1 is the sheet-metal-work unit in the Beverly range. At 14-gauge mild and 18-gauge stainless, it covers the gauges most restoration and custom-fabrication work actually uses — body panels, brackets, patches, trim. At 18 lbs and 12\" tall it's the most portable of the three, bench-mounts or sits on a workstand, and stays out of the way when it's not in use. If the work routinely involves 10-gauge or heavier, step up to the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/b2-throatless-beverly-shear\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"B2 Throatless Beverly Shear\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eB2\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e or \u003ca href=\"\/products\/b3-throatless-beverly-shear\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"B3 Throatless Beverly Shear\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eB3\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e; for everything lighter, the B1 is the right call.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReplacement blades are available as a stocked SKU (\u003ca href=\"\/products\/mittler-bros-b1-beverly-shear-replacement-blade-set\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"B1 Beverly Shear Replacement Blade Set\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3600-B1-100\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e) — same high-carbon\/high-chrome tool steel as the originals — so the shear is genuinely serviceable for the life of the frame. The full throatless-shear category is at \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/throatless-shears\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Throatless Shears\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThroatless Shears\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mittler Bros.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44380662694096,"sku":"3600-B1","price":725.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0635\/0775\/9312\/files\/MittlerBros-3600-B1_Throatless-Beverly-Shear_main.jpg?v=1735621151"},{"product_id":"b2-throatless-beverly-shear","title":"B2 Throatless Beverly Shear","description":"\u003ch2\u003eBeverly B2 Throatless Shear — 10-gauge mild steel, 4-3\/8\" blade, made in USA\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe B2 is the mid-tier Beverly — 10-gauge mild steel capacity, 14-gauge stainless, 4-3\/8\" blade. The throatless design cuts in any direction and around any radius, which is the point: a panel can be turned freely under the blade without a fixed throat depth limiting where the cut can go.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the genuine Beverly, made by Mittler Bros. in Wright City, Missouri using the original drawings, fixtures, jigs, foundries, and material suppliers from the Chicago plant where Kurt Nebel first built these shears in 1931. The design has been essentially unchanged since 1947. CNC-machined to the original specifications, with cast alloy-steel frame, heat-treated, and replaceable high-carbon\/high-chrome tool-steel blades. None of this is decorative — it is why a Beverly bought new today behaves the same as a Beverly bought in 1965, and why used B2s from the 1950s and 60s still show up working in production shops.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe B2 is the unit to choose when 14-gauge isn't enough and 7-gauge production capacity is more than the work needs. 10-gauge mild steel covers structural sheet (~1\/8\"), heavier brackets, motorsport chassis panels, and the medium-duty fabrication work that sits between body-panel and plate-cutting jobs. At 35 lbs it's still light enough to bench-mount and move around the shop — 23 lbs lighter than the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/b3-throatless-beverly-shear\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"B3 Throatless Beverly Shear\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eB3\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, which matters if the shear doesn't live in one spot. If most of the work is lighter than 14-gauge, the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/b1-throatless-beverly-shear\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"B1 Throatless Beverly Shear\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eB1\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e at half the weight and a lower price is the better fit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReplacement blades are available as a stocked SKU (\u003ca href=\"\/products\/mittler-bros-b2-beverly-shear-replacement-blade-set\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"B2 Beverly Shear Replacement Blade Set\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3600-B2-100\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e) — same high-carbon\/high-chrome tool steel as the originals — so the shear is genuinely serviceable for the life of the frame. The full throatless-shear category is at \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/throatless-shears\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Throatless Shears\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThroatless Shears\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mittler Bros.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44381661790416,"sku":"3600-B2","price":995.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0635\/0775\/9312\/files\/MittlerBros-3600-B2_Throatless-Beverly-Shear_main.jpg?v=1735657313"},{"product_id":"b3-throatless-beverly-shear","title":"B3 Throatless Beverly Shear","description":"\u003ch2\u003eBeverly B3 Throatless Shear — 7-gauge mild steel, 5-5\/8\" blade, made in USA\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe B3 is the top of the Beverly range — 7-gauge mild steel capacity, 10-gauge stainless, 5-5\/8\" blade. The throatless design cuts in any direction and around any radius, which is the point: a panel can be turned freely under the blade without a fixed throat depth limiting where the cut can go.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the genuine Beverly, made by Mittler Bros. in Wright City, Missouri using the original drawings, fixtures, jigs, foundries, and material suppliers from the Chicago plant where Kurt Nebel first built these shears in 1931. The design has been essentially unchanged since 1947. CNC-machined to the original specifications, with cast alloy-steel frame, heat-treated, and replaceable high-carbon\/high-chrome tool-steel blades. None of this is decorative — it is why a Beverly bought new today behaves the same as a Beverly bought in 1965, and why used B3s from the 1950s and 60s still show up working in production shops.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe B3 is the production-capacity unit in the range. At 7-gauge mild and 10-gauge stainless, it handles the heaviest sheet work most fabrication shops will put through a throatless shear, and the longer 5-5\/8\" blade reduces the number of passes needed on larger panels compared to the B1 and B2. It is the right choice if throatless shearing is a daily-use operation rather than an occasional one, or if the work routinely involves heavy gauges. At 58 lbs and 15\" tall, it bench-mounts and runs without a stand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReplacement blades are available as a stocked SKU (\u003ca href=\"\/products\/mittler-bros-b3-beverly-shear-replacement-blade-set\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"B3 Beverly Shear Replacement Blade Set\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3600-B3-100\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e) — same high-carbon\/high-chrome tool steel as the originals — so the shear is genuinely serviceable for the life of the frame. The B3 sits alongside the smaller \u003ca href=\"\/products\/b1-throatless-beverly-shear\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"B1 Throatless Beverly Shear\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eB1\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/products\/b2-throatless-beverly-shear\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"B2 Throatless Beverly Shear\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eB2\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e in the Beverly range; the full category is at \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/throatless-shears\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Throatless Shears\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThroatless Shears\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mittler Bros.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44381663330512,"sku":"3600-B3","price":1445.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0635\/0775\/9312\/files\/MittlerBros-3600-B3_Throatless-Beverly-Shear_main.jpg?v=1735657868"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0635\/0775\/9312\/collections\/Beverly-Shear-by-MB-LOGO.jpg?v=1735658017","url":"https:\/\/www.shapethemetal.com\/collections\/beverly-throatless-shears.oembed","provider":"Shape The Metal","version":"1.0","type":"link"}