Abstract: The locking tool of this invention comprises three or more pieces. All three pieces are connected with an axle pin. A first handle piece has one or more arc-like slots which criss-cross with one or more coextensive, vertically-disposed slots in the second handle. A third piece has one or more arc-like slots exactly as the first piece and is normally held in direct alignment with the first piece. A locking pin is movably positioned in and through the three slots. When the first and third pieces are held in alignment, the pin moves freely through the slot allowing the second piece to move freely against the first piece. When the third piece is rotated to misalign the slots from the first piece, the locking pin is pushed to a tilted position against the walls of the slots to lock both the jaws of the tool in position, and the pins themselves, in both a radial and rotational manner.