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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
![ubsg.JPG ubsg.JPG](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/26/26741-2bf6de1e5d265d6f24209bd60a441e96.jpg)
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.
![ubsg.JPG ubsg.JPG](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/26/26741-2bf6de1e5d265d6f24209bd60a441e96.jpg)
Cheers!
John
![ubsg.JPG ubsg.JPG](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/26/26741-2bf6de1e5d265d6f24209bd60a441e96.jpg)
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