"Peter Parry" wrote in message
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On Wed, 13 Feb 2019 21:33:42 +1100, FMurtz
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Dan S. MacAbre wrote:
We were in Italy over the new year visiting in-laws. They are retired
farmers, and there are interesting mountains of tools both ancient and
modern lying around. One of the modern ones that I rather liked was
like a kind of Mole grip, but the pivot/fulcrum/whatever could be moved
into four positions, a bit like a deck chair, and it allowed the jaws to
open a bit wider, and to stay a bit more parallel. Has anyone seen any
of these?
A picture is worth a thousand words.

Commonly called water pump pliers -

https://www.screwfix.com/p/irwin-vic...t-pliers/43518

That's a different animal entirely. No mole grip action with those.