Hand Tools

[TheLurker]

Got a new / old hand tool you'd like to recommend to the parish?

I'll start.  A Swann-Morton B3 handle.  Takes 10a, 11a etc.

Recommended to me by an ex-surgeon on another forum.  Good for curve cutting as you can rotate the blade more easily than the standard No. 3 S-M handle and, unlike an X-Acto handle, it doesn't roll away when you put it down. 

Bought mine last autumn, but hadn't used it until the other day; works as advertised and is especially good with a No. 15 blade for fine work.

[TheLurker]

Maun Pliers & Cutters.

I've been using a pair of their side cutters since the mid 1970s and they're still in pretty good nick considering the abuse they've had. 

Bought myself some of their smaller round-nose & round-flat pliers, for wire bending, and new pair of side cutters a couple of years ago.  Very happy with them.

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