It’s likely many of you have already discovered this type of device, listed on an ebay source as ‘alligator ear crocodile forceps’ - the supplier hedging their bets on which continent the reptile it resembles comes from! At around a tenner (10 pounds GBP) it was a bargain, I’d say. It’s handy for those occasions when something’s rattling around in a lamp or stove fuel tank, often solder from a ‘trowelled’ solder repair by a previous owner. With the tank empty of fuel, by tipping and rotating the stove the object can invariably be seen through the filler opening but getting it out can be problematical, since tweezers or scissor-type forceps are restricted in the ability of their jaws to open enough because of the narrowness of the filler opening. No such problem with these and the angled body of the forceps keeps the operating fingers out of the field of vision making it easy to see the object and forcep jaws. John
Really handy are artery forceps john i have 2 straight ones but these angled ones look more useful for getting in the tank to remove things Cheers pete
@pete sav ENT (Ear/nose/throat) forceps Pete, used primarily to hoick out objects kids stuff in their ears, I think. John
!!! Remarkable that looks to be extremely well engineered??? i remember my Dad having something different but that did a similar job yrs ago which i think he sourced from his time working with Martin Hearn Ltd at Hooton aerodrome Draper made a similar item yrs ltrs
Hmm.. i remember we had a fork with barbs on for that ! .. perhaps the pickles were livelier in days gone by?
Pickled onions in a jar full of vinegar don't stay still long enough to be stabbed with a fork, not too far from bobbing for apples
and use the pickle vinegar on chips.. heaven mmmm .. had hoped to make a batch but too much going on.. :-(
