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Mr. Sandman · 01-09-2005, 11:26 AM

Tlap, have you gotten those pliers yet? If so how do they look?

I was watching Mark Sosins SW show several times now and he whips out a pair of stainless needle nose pliers to unhook a fish with one hand. He gives them a flick to extend them. They looked like an all on one (leatherman like) tool but never seemed to give a close up shot of them or talk about them. I emailed him and got this response:

Dear Jim:

The pliers you have seen me use over the years have been a Gerber 600 Fisherman Multi-Tool. You can open them with one hand. Gerber is owned by Fiskars and the scissors on the tool are first class. Although I don't use braid, I would think those scissors would cut it.

Thanks for your generous comments about our show. Right now, we're trying to improve the new shows for 2005 and raise the bar a notch or two.

Mark Sosin

Since then I have gotten a few more emails that claim the sissors on these pliers cut super braids just fine. I may give them a try.
they are sold on the gerber web site for a semi-reasonable price.

01-09-2005, 11:26 AM	#26
Mr. Sandman Registered User iTrader: (0) Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 7,649	Tlap, have you gotten those pliers yet? If so how do they look? I was watching Mark Sosins SW show several times now and he whips out a pair of stainless needle nose pliers to unhook a fish with one hand. He gives them a flick to extend them. They looked like an all on one (leatherman like) tool but never seemed to give a close up shot of them or talk about them. I emailed him and got this response: Dear Jim: The pliers you have seen me use over the years have been a Gerber 600 Fisherman Multi-Tool. You can open them with one hand. Gerber is owned by Fiskars and the scissors on the tool are first class. Although I don't use braid, I would think those scissors would cut it. Thanks for your generous comments about our show. Right now, we're trying to improve the new shows for 2005 and raise the bar a notch or two. Mark Sosin Since then I have gotten a few more emails that claim the sissors on these pliers cut super braids just fine. I may give them a try. they are sold on the gerber web site for a semi-reasonable price.