On 8/22/96, "Kenneth W. Burton" <kwburton@freenet.calgary.ab.ca> rote: <<Since 1967, I have been using a pair of needle-nose pliars that contain a wire cutter section. They are Crescent brand which probably accounts for their usefulness over so many years.>> I agree. Side cutters and the Mighty Starrets certainly snip wire, but will they reach down in front of a capo bar to reach wire to be pulled through and will they deftly point the wire's end into the becket and push it through. "Hey, it ain't my job, man!". As soon as the coil on the first pin is set, I've got one tool in my hand until the second coil is ready to be lifted, thanks to the versatility of the needle nose pliers. Do my hands miss the friendy leverage of the more specialized cutters. Shake my right hand sometime. What it really complains about in the first few tunings on thsoe freshly pinned block. Actually, there are two jobs for wire cutters to do, stringing being the second. The first is clearing out the old wire. John van Rohr has the tool for that (steel strap cutters: FELCo #C7). No I haven't bought them yet. Bill Ballard PRT NH Chapter, PTG "Come on down for the best in fidelity...." Radio Shack ad on AM radio. (Thank you, I'll take a brief space between the last two words.)
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