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I have a hemostat used in opthamalic(sp?) surgery........works reeeeeeeeeeeeeally good.

Val

Val, those hemostats are used in lots of types of surgery but they are also use to smoke pot. Some people would kill to have hemostats. I use to use them daily when I worked as a medical technologist but haven't seen a pair in a long time, although I use to have a couple of pairs of them, not for pot smoking but I got sick and tired of trying to find a pair at work when I needed them so bought my own.

Jacqueline in KY

A tool I pick up often is a pair of surgical needle-pullers. They look like a cross between long skinny scissors and needle-nose pliers. And once they get a grip on something, they hold tight until released. A surgical nurse and fellow quilter gave them to me years ago. Apparently hospitals toss them out when they get a bit loose. They are great for getting down into narrow spaces like bunny ears and doll fingers. DH uses them for fishing out little screws and bits that he drops into the main frame casing. And they do a good job boning fish. Roberta in D

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Now, there's an interesting gift idea. We have a guy in the family who would fish in a mud puddle. How that fellow does love fishing. I'll bet he would enjoy the surgical needle-pullers. Polly

"Roberta Zollner" wrote >A tool I pick up often is a pair of surgical needle-pullers. They look like

I have over a dozen hemostats, straight and angled and of different sizes. The one I was talking about is very delicate and quite long. It was given to me by a former fly-fishing pal who was an opthamalic surgeon. He got them for me when I was making dolls and I was having trouble turning their teeny fingers. The hemostats I didn't have hanging on my fly-fishing vest I had in my sewing stuff. Handy things to have around if you can tune out the snickering from your adult children who get a kick out of pointing out "My Mom's roach clips".

Val

See if you can find him some hemostats too, best hook removers around. I always had a pair clipped to my fishing vest.

Val

Val, thanks for the reminder of the use for fishing, that just told me where mine are. They are in my dad's tackle box. Haven't seen that thing used in years but it is still here so I really do think that is where they are.

Jacquel>I have over a dozen hemostats, straight and angled and of different sizes.

I got mine from a guy at SewExpo in Puyallup. He has all sorts of scissors, haemostats, tweezers used in the medical field. If you have a local sewing show check it out and see if someone comes similar to him. As I recall he is based in Bellingham, but I'm sure he travels around to various shows.

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