Bernard pattern grand hammerhead extractor

[Avery]

At 08:05 AM 7/26/2006, you wrote:
>At 7:52 am -0400 26/7/06, Farrell wrote:
>
>>Lloyd Meyer from Renner USA sells a similar pair of pliers.
>>
>>[]
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>At 6:41 am -0500 26/7/06, Porritt, David wrote:
>
>>I've seen one of those but it has been many 
>>years ago.  I never thought IÕd 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?

David,

I bought a pair many years ago (Schaff?) and I love them. They work great.

Avery


>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.
>
>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.
>
>JD
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