A couple years ago one of my customers (handyman) had me hang a mirror
in her home, and gave me a type of hook I'd never seen before. Amazingly
simple and effective: it was a large curved piece of hardened steel wire
with a sharp point at one end and a hook at the other. One simply jammed
it into a wall (drywall, not old-style plaster), pushed it through, and
voila! a strong hook ready to hang stuff on.

I remember she said she got it at Home Despot, I think. Thing is, I've
looked for these hooks since and have never seen them anywhere. They
might have been advertised on TV as well. Had a catchy name like "Super
Hooks", "Mega Hooks" or some such.

Anyone seen these? Know where to get them? I'd like to have a supply on
hand. For simple tasks like hanging anything heavier than a picture on a
wall, they're the best I've seen.


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endless nights. It is so bad that a sort of grandeur creeps into it.
It drags itself out of the dark abyss of pish, and crawls insanely up
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doodle. It is balder and dash."

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On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 10:55:27 -0700, David Nebenzahl
wrote:

A couple years ago one of my customers (handyman) had me hang a mirror
in her home, and gave me a type of hook I'd never seen before. Amazingly
simple and effective: it was a large curved piece of hardened steel wire
with a sharp point at one end and a hook at the other. One simply jammed
it into a wall (drywall, not old-style plaster), pushed it through, and
voila! a strong hook ready to hang stuff on.

I remember she said she got it at Home Despot, I think. Thing is, I've
looked for these hooks since and have never seen them anywhere. They
might have been advertised on TV as well. Had a catchy name like "Super
Hooks", "Mega Hooks" or some such.

Anyone seen these? Know where to get them? I'd like to have a supply on
hand. For simple tasks like hanging anything heavier than a picture on a
wall, they're the best I've seen.

Magic Hook??

http://www.magichooks.net/1743625.html

David Nebenzahl wrote:
A couple years ago one of my customers (handyman) had me hang a mirror
in her home, and gave me a type of hook I'd never seen before. Amazingly
simple and effective: it was a large curved piece of hardened steel wire
with a sharp point at one end and a hook at the other. One simply jammed
it into a wall (drywall, not old-style plaster), pushed it through, and
voila! a strong hook ready to hang stuff on.

I remember she said she got it at Home Despot, I think. Thing is, I've
looked for these hooks since and have never seen them anywhere. They
might have been advertised on TV as well. Had a catchy name like "Super
Hooks", "Mega Hooks" or some such.

Anyone seen these? Know where to get them? I'd like to have a supply on
hand. For simple tasks like hanging anything heavier than a picture on a
wall, they're the best I've seen.


That obnoxious Billy Mays shills these things on TV.

http://www.asseenontvguys.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=389

On Jul 31, 4:27*pm, Woodie wrote:
David Nebenzahl wrote:
A couple years ago one of my customers (handyman) had me hang a mirror
in her home, and gave me a type of hook I'd never seen before. Amazingly
simple and effective: it was a large curved piece of hardened steel wire
with a sharp point at one end and a hook at the other. One simply jammed
it into a wall (drywall, not old-style plaster), pushed it through, and
voila! a strong hook ready to hang stuff on.

I remember she said she got it at Home Despot, I think. Thing is, I've
looked for these hooks since and have never seen them anywhere. They
might have been advertised on TV as well. Had a catchy name like "Super
Hooks", "Mega Hooks" or some such.

Anyone seen these? Know where to get them? I'd like to have a supply on
hand. For simple tasks like hanging anything heavier than a picture on a
wall, they're the best I've seen.

That obnoxious Billy Mays shills these things on TV.

http://www.asseenontvguys.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=389- Hide quoted text -

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And like everything he sells it is over priced and over promised.

"David Nebenzahl" wrote in message
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A couple years ago one of my customers (handyman) had me hang a mirror in
her home, and gave me a type of hook I'd never seen before. Amazingly
simple and effective: it was a large curved piece of hardened steel wire
with a sharp point at one end and a hook at the other. One simply jammed it
into a wall (drywall, not old-style plaster), pushed it through, and voila!
a strong hook ready to hang stuff on.

I remember she said she got it at Home Despot, I think. Thing is, I've
looked for these hooks since and have never seen them anywhere. They might
have been advertised on TV as well. Had a catchy name like "Super Hooks",
"Mega Hooks" or some such.

Anyone seen these? Know where to get them? I'd like to have a supply on
hand. For simple tasks like hanging anything heavier than a picture on a
wall, they're the best I've seen.




Lee Valley sells them to. See here;
http://www.leevalley.com/hardware/pa...=3,40914,50630

On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 10:55:27 -0700, David Nebenzahl
wrote:

A couple years ago one of my customers (handyman) had me hang a mirror
in her home, and gave me a type of hook I'd never seen before. Amazingly
simple and effective: it was a large curved piece of hardened steel wire
with a sharp point at one end and a hook at the other. One simply jammed
it into a wall (drywall, not old-style plaster), pushed it through, and
voila! a strong hook ready to hang stuff on.

I remember she said she got it at Home Despot, I think. Thing is, I've
looked for these hooks since and have never seen them anywhere. They
might have been advertised on TV as well. Had a catchy name like "Super
Hooks", "Mega Hooks" or some such.

Anyone seen these? Know where to get them? I'd like to have a supply on
hand. For simple tasks like hanging anything heavier than a picture on a
wall, they're the best I've seen.

Lee Valley has them. search for monkey hooks.

www.leevalley.com

Abe wrote:
A couple years ago one of my customers (handyman) had me hang a mirror
in her home, and gave me a type of hook I'd never seen before. Amazingly
simple and effective: it was a large curved piece of hardened steel wire
with a sharp point at one end and a hook at the other. One simply jammed
it into a wall (drywall, not old-style plaster), pushed it through, and
voila! a strong hook ready to hang stuff on.
That obnoxious Billy Mays shills these things on TV.
And like everything he sells it is over priced and over promised.
Except for the fact that there's a solid customer testimonial 2
sentences prior to your statement about the hook's performance being
over promised ;-o

Mays is obnoxious... happy customers notwithstanding.

David Nebenzahl wrote:
A couple years ago one of my customers (handyman) had me hang a mirror
in her home, and gave me a type of hook I'd never seen before. Amazingly
simple and effective: it was a large curved piece of hardened steel wire
with a sharp point at one end and a hook at the other. One simply jammed
it into a wall (drywall, not old-style plaster), pushed it through, and
voila! a strong hook ready to hang stuff on.

I remember she said she got it at Home Despot, I think. Thing is, I've
looked for these hooks since and have never seen them anywhere. They
might have been advertised on TV as well. Had a catchy name like "Super
Hooks", "Mega Hooks" or some such.

Anyone seen these? Know where to get them? I'd like to have a supply on
hand. For simple tasks like hanging anything heavier than a picture on a
wall, they're the best I've seen.


You could checkout my favorite toy sto

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/retail_stores.taf

They stock them as Monkey Hook:

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=94942

I thought I also saw them at Lowe's and or
Home Depot but Harbor Freight usually has
lower prices.

[8~{} Uncle Monster

(Woodie)

Mays is obnoxious... happy customers notwithstanding.
--------------------

And now we have the promo's for that 'eureka' program that parody
mays...WTF?? He's a parody of himself I don't need any more like
him...

Does he think everyone is hard of hearing like he is..

Woodie wrote:
David Nebenzahl wrote:
A couple years ago one of my customers (handyman) had me hang a mirror
in her home, and gave me a type of hook I'd never seen before.
Amazingly simple and effective: it was a large curved piece of
hardened steel wire with a sharp point at one end and a hook at the
other. One simply jammed it into a wall (drywall, not old-style
plaster), pushed it through, and voila! a strong hook ready to hang
stuff on.

I remember she said she got it at Home Despot, I think. Thing is, I've
looked for these hooks since and have never seen them anywhere. They
might have been advertised on TV as well. Had a catchy name like
"Super Hooks", "Mega Hooks" or some such.

Anyone seen these? Know where to get them? I'd like to have a supply
on hand. For simple tasks like hanging anything heavier than a picture
on a wall, they're the best I've seen.


That obnoxious Billy Mays shills these things on TV.

http://www.asseenontvguys.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=389


Walgreen Drug Store has them on the "AS seen on TV" section.