Fish Lip Pliers - Nantucket Brand

Ninety seconds on google found this link:

These are not fish lipped pliers. The tip on these pliers shown are wrong - They should be flaired out at the very edge - hence the name.

Nope, but not difficult to make your own from a pair of breaking pliers, the kind with the wider jaw that is straight on top and bottom. Looking at the pliers from the top, they need to be narrower at the opening end that at the hinge, when you turn them on edge, grind away material so the ends do not meet, but curve away from the opposite jaw. If you haven't seen a pair of fish lips, you are at a disadvantage, so post that info and someone can put up a link to a photo of one. Schlitz Studios in Milwaukee were making their own before they were on the market...

I just looked up top. why Nantucket brand? Chinese used to have some good pliers and were cheap, just not enough people bought them, which brings up the question, why are you? I mean I like mine, and use them alot, as do the helpers. Just curious.

I am in no way affiliated with these guys, but after looking around..

Well, I guess it depends on what kind of fish you are talking about.

The pliers I pointed out look pretty much like a trout.

You must be looking for a spoonbill catfish version.

Fish lip pliers are grozers. Get a pair of Knipix grozers. these are "soft" metal. and file the tips to the shape you want. If you are willing to wait my pliers look like fish lips but it took about 15 years of steady use to get the way

Should have added Knipex FLAT jawed grozers

kind with the wider jaw that is straight on top and bottom. Looking at the pliers from the top, they need to be narrower at the opening end that at the hinge, when you turn them on edge, grind away material so the ends do not meet, but curve away from the opposite jaw. If you haven't seen a pair of fish lips, you are at a disadvantage, so post that info and someone can put up a link to a photo of one. Schlitz Studios in Milwaukee were making their own before they were on the market...

I just looked up top. why Nantucket brand? Chinese used to have some good pliers and were cheap, just not enough people bought them, which brings up the question, why are you? I mean I like mine, and use them alot, as do the helpers. Just curious.>

======================================== I am covetous of my 2 pairs of "fishlips" blue rubber handles. I think the way these work is that the inside of the jaws (for about 1/8") is BEVELED. With the one pliers you can either groze or break (pull away) and the narrow snout will get into most curves. I have not been able to find anymore EXACTLY like the ones I have. As in most effective tools, the need to replace them with tools that are not as good makes for more purchases and more experimenting to find ones that do the job.

email me and I will post a JPG of them......(when I find out where)!

These are the pliers which I described in a posting on SiliconFolly about two years ago. Maybe that is the one you found.

"These are the pliers which I described in a posting on SiliconFolly about two years ago. Maybe that is the one you found.

And they are no longer made, at least aren't sold by any of the wholesalers that I have searched. Haven't tried Franciscan, too far from me, somebody might give em a ring, but a regular pair of breakers with some "adjusting" with a disc sander or belt sander ot grinder and you would have them, why go nuts searching, adapt!!

Thank you all for the advice. The pics given a few posts up are like the ones I have searching for. I am going to contact Franscisan Glass to see if thy happen to still sell them.