Bob Martin wrote in
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On 13 Feb 2019 at 10:57:07, Peter Parry wrote:
On Wed, 13 Feb 2019 21:33:42 +1100, FMurtz
wrote:

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...nt-pliers/4351
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I've always called them "Gordon's" and have had them for at least 50
years.



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