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Old 25-07-2007, 04:55 PM
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Originally Posted by barclay34
I Have A Pair Of Hackle Pliers But They Are "Standard" Ones And I Want to get another pair because they don't grip the hackle enough,

Could Any of you Reccomend Some Good One,


Thanks
Put a short length of valve rubber tubing over one jaw. Leave the other one plain metal. Make sure there is no fash sticking over the uncovered jaw from when it was ground during manufacture. My "Standard" hackle pliers, treated in this way, are still gripping and going strong after 38 years of reasonably regular use.

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