Easy splinter removal. Best tool for the job.

jgedde

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About 20 years ago, my mother bought me a tweezer for Christmas. She said it came out of a seed catalog and was sold for handling tiny seeds. She said it was also the best thing she'd ever seen for removing splinters. I still have them after all these years.

This morning, while cleaning the garage, I got a small sliver of steel in my finger. You know, the ones you can feel but can't see? Well the tweezers came to the rescue and it came right out.

The secret to these tweezers seems to be that they're short, and have jaws that fit together well. The point has a large angle so they are durable.

I figured I would see if the tweezers had any markings on them as a clue to where they came from and whether they're still made. They're marked "Uncle Bill's Sliver Gripper" and they're still made (in the USA)! Here's their website: http://www.slivergripper.com/ Just Google them and you'll find them for sale from a number of well known sources.

Grab yourself a set. You'll be glad you did. If the splinter is sticking out, even if only slightly, they never fail.

I've even pulled cactus "hairs" from my hands with these. Just keep pinching and pulling in the general vicinity of the "hair" and they come out.

They're also the cat's meow for tick removal.

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Cheers!
John

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Hey thanks thats one of those things I shall put on my key chain.

fatal attraction to splinters...................................................
 
I have one, and he's not joking. I have it stored away in a special drawer in my toolbox, still in the original plastic tube. It's one of those prized possessions.:))
 
Hey thanks thats one of those things I shall put on my key chain.

fatal attraction to splinters...................................................
---here is another tool , try this , if you are in your shop and you get a small splinter in your finger. grab a piece of fine sandpaper, say 220 grit, and rub it over the affected area. works like magic to remove splinters-ask me how i know. i believe i should thank keith fenner for this tip. just my $ .02 worth. re steve in mt.
 
I have some Dumont Swiss made tweezers with fine tips I use. I took a very fine 75 line per inch checkering file and gave the tips a little more gripping power with a few light swipes. Also,a very sharp tipped pocket knife blade helps to uncover splinters that have sunk in.

I had to "operate" on my work partner who had a very small,perfectly vertical steel splinter that went way into his finger straight down. It was about 1/16" long,and like a mini needle,but many times sharper. We had a 10x biology microscope in the shop that came in handy. First,there was a little round plug of dark crud I pulled out. Then,I finally got at the sliver. It had been aggravating him for weeks before he finally just had to have it removed.
 
WOW, you guys are lucky, all my splinters require removal by pliers. If they are two far in, the exacto knife comes out. Must be my old skin, as after a few days turning I can see all the little ones after washing my hands, but other than that I wouldnt know they were there. I figure any one worth digging for will let itself be known in a few days when it swells up LOL
 
Tweezerman! Great tweezers,lifetime free sharpening. The jaws always align perfectly- the most important trait of a good tweezer.



Bernie
 
I've hear, ask a joke, "circle it and take it out later"! Don't waste time with it now and take it out on your own time! LoL!

A good set of twisers are valable!
 
The jaws on a set of callipers work as well as any tweezers, and they're always around some where.
Greg
 
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