October 19, 201015 yr 3/8 inch stock. Scaled down for holding masonry nails. I've been making small blacksmith knives from them to give away to friends. Thanks gor looking. Bart
October 19, 201015 yr Author Close-up view. Sorry, cant figure out how to attach multiple pix from iphone. Bart
October 19, 201015 yr Shoot how do you ad a single pic from your iPhone? I haven't even figured out how to do that? Nice tongs by the way
October 19, 201015 yr Author Shoot how do you ad a single pic from your iPhone? I haven't even figured out how to do that? Nice tongs by the way 1. Upload image to Photobucket or other image hosting site. 2. Copy URL of image location. 3. Paste URL into body of text. There may be a slicker way?? but i havent found it. Bart
October 19, 201015 yr Those are nice! I have had some half sized tongs and found them really useful. I need to make me some more as a favorite pair died not long ago.
October 19, 201015 yr How about a slight dip on the bottom jaw as well so the head of the nail doesn't lift it off the rest of the jaw?
October 19, 201015 yr Nice pair of specialty tongs! Just a little more tweeking and they'd hold the nail crosswise too. Of course they might now and I just don't see it in the jaws. At any rate, darned nice work. Frosty the Lucky.
October 22, 201015 yr wolfshieldrx Yes, nice pair of tongs. Could you show a pic of the front of the jaws? LeeRoy
October 22, 201015 yr Nice looking tongs. You mentioned small knives out of masonry nails. Might we see one of them too? Thanks for posting the pic of the tongs.
October 23, 201015 yr Author 1. Will get a picture from the end when I get my camera back from my son. 2. Masonry nail knife: Thaknks for the positive comments and suggestions. Bart
October 26, 201015 yr Thanks for the link Bart, those look like practical little knives and the drill bit looks handy too. Frosty the Lucky.
October 26, 201015 yr Bart, while sitting at my desk I started searching in my junk drawer and found 8 new cut nails. I will try some knives this weekend. Thanks again for the post. Mark<><
October 27, 201015 yr I am really glad to see someone else has found a useful source of material. Although I never considered making knives they make great emergency scratch awls, small chisels for weld spatter removal, small punches/nail sets, and my wife's favorite an auto clock setting tool that lives in each of our automobiles. Neat Knife and scabbard. Google : "Tremont Cut Nails" , They are the only source of 20d cut masonry nails that I have found. Bound to be others.
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