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Different Ways to Store Pliers, from Store-Bought to DIY
All of these plier storage units store them perpendicular to the back. If they would just tilt the plane of the pliers so that they're at 45˚, it would be easier to see what kind of pliers are being stored, since most people identify pliers based on viewing them from the broad side, in order to see the shape of the jaws.
Since pliers are usually semetrical, with handles significantly heavier than their jaws, they sit beautifully stable on a rail, balancing just below the fulcrum. Round metal that's relatively thin but strong enough to take the weight should work well. The only downside I can think of is that springs occasionally get caught on the rail. The photo shows some of mine on a long pegboard peg, a thin towel rail also works well.
I suppose this ignores the obvious shadowing them in foam inside shallow drawers, which accomplishes organizing them, as well as highlighting when they are missing. I vote shadowing every time. As David points out below, its not worth losing a deep drawer over.
The other challenge is deciding wether its worth allocating one of the deep drawers in your toolbox for a system. In many/most toolboxes, the number of deeper drawers is limited and reserved for the big items-air tools/power tools, torque wrenches, hammers. Plier usually can fit laying flat in one of the thin drawers. I don't know if I'd sacrifice a deep drawer to accommodate a rack of any kind. Mine just lay flat, manually nested small inside big as much as possible.