On Sun, 08 Nov 2015 13:09:44 -0700, rbowman
wrote:

On 11/08/2015 02:19 AM, Uncle Monster wrote:
I always thought an ice pick was a cotter pin puller. ^_^

They work for snap rings too, although I did buy a pair of snap ring
pliers after I got tired of stabbing myself.

Yikes.
Snap ring pliers were early on my list of things I bought although
small long nose pliers work on big ones.