On the value of quality tweezers

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kgd

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Some people like those weak little blunt tweezers that come with your SAK. They are better than your fingernails but not that good. My preference is for a good quality pair of jeweler's tweezers. These have needle sharp tips and are quite strong.

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Admittedly, I have access to these and scalpels in droves as part of my work. The tweezers are a goto little piece of kit though. Great for slivers and with their sharp points you can really dig in there and then the tips have enough grab to actually remove the pieces of prickles embedded in your skin.

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The tweezers fit nicely in a pen holder loop in your maxpedition and I also keep a set in my lock'n'lock PSK/FAK. Besides wound cleaning, they can be used to spark a firesteel, picking up little insects and other critters or removing ticks.

So grab a couple of pair and stick them in your kit! A little piece of nalgene tubing can be used as a cap to protect the tips and to keep them from sticking through your pack.
 
I like standard tick tweezers. I chisel ground all 4 edges so they slice in nicely and have a really fine edge (ease the edge or they will slice cactus quills or a splinter right off).
 
I've got some Uncle Bills Sliver Grippers, but for removing ticks I prefer angled technical tweezers.
 
Look for Tweezerman brand of tweezers.
They are of good quality and have a lifetime warranty.
You can send them in and pay shipping and they will regrind them and send them back.
They make a lot of different styles to.

I have several pair of Uncle Bills, they are good for most things but not for removing a splinter that broke off inside.
 
If you have access to this unlimited supply, we'll all email you our addresses for shipment. :D
 
That's one tool I always carry into the jungle to extract Black Palm. Good thread since a lot of people may not ever think about how valuable tweezers really are.
 
I have some tiny ones I carry on a swisscard. I have thought about investing in a sturdier pair, but its just one of those things I keep forgetting about. It seems that all my money is going on large knives;)

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I was raised with the notion that having a good quality set (there are a few different styles and each of those have their strongpoints) of tweezers readily available was a given. I hate it when (part of) a splinter gets stuck under the skin so I tend to do whatever it takes to get it out. And yes, I've had people starting to throw up on seeing me getting a tweezer really in there.:eek::D

The Tweezerman brand is excellent! Do still like the SAK ones though, small and versatile...:thumbup::thumbup:

Thanks,

D-R
 
I carry a pair of Titanium Right Angle tweezers that I used when I worked in the Semi Conductor Industry, these things are machined to match jaws and can pick out the tiniest sliver from anything.

They come to a very sharp point, almost as if they were chisel ground to form the jaws.
 
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