To provide pliers having a pair of handles capable of being gripped with moderate force and maintained in a normally opened state.

This pliers 10 is provided with a pair of tool bodies 11a, 11b having pinching parts 12a, 12b formed on one end side and handle parts 13a, 13b formed on the other end side, and rotatably supported between the pinching parts 12a, 12b and the handle parts 13a, 13b; and a U-shaped elastic body 18 integrally provided on respective handle parts 13a 13b and for applying energizing force to a pair of tool bodies 11a, 11b in a direction to separate a pair of tool bodies 11a, 11b from each other.