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<div>At 7:52 am -0400 26/7/06, Farrell wrote:</div>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>Lloyd Meyer from Renner USA sells a
similar pair of pliers.</blockquote>
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<div>At 6:41 am -0500 26/7/06, Porritt, David wrote:</div>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>I've seen one of those but it has been
many years ago. I never thought IĠd have the hand strength to
actually remove a grand hammer with one so I never tried to acquire
one. Can a normal human actually remove a hammer with
them?</blockquote>
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<div>Certainly, because of the multiplication in the leverage, the
fact that they're 9" long and the parallel action of the Bernard
design. The tool Terry mentions (thanks Terry), as you see, has
neither multiplication nor parallel action and would, from the look of
it, require superhuman strength. My key-easing pliers are
of the same pattern, probably from the same source.</div>
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<div>The best quality tools of this pattern were made by Schollhorn
before Sargent took them over in 1945 (see
<http://www.rostratool.com/historical.asp>) and in the past a
huge variety of pliers etc. were available. Not so now, it
seems.</div>
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<div>JD</div>
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