Plier modifying

[falkners]

I designed those. I wanted a hole and lanyard but was overruled by the beancounters. Its not that difficult to do. Remove the grip by heating up with a heat gun or hairdryer. Prick punch about 3/8" from end. Drill with a small (1/8" or so) then open up hole with a 1/4" drill and deburr with cointersink or file. Heat up grip and slide back on. We use rubber cement to hold the grips on. Then put a hole through the grip with the 1/4" drill.
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[Zeal]

Originally Posted by falkners

I designed those. I wanted a hole and lanyard but was overruled by the beancounters. Its not that difficult to do. Remove the grip by heating up with a heat gun or hairdryer. Prick punch about 3/8" from end. Drill with a small (1/8" or so) then open up hole with a 1/4" drill and deburr with cointersink or file. Heat up grip and slide back on. We use rubber cement to hold the grips on. Then put a hole through the grip with the 1/4" drill.
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I'll be getting on that for sure! I love the pliers and really don't want to see them fall to the bottom of the bay/lake/ocean from my yak because there was nothing to attach to it.

Would you recommend putting rubber cement on the grip when sliding it back on?

[basswipe]

Thumbs down on these.So over-thought on mechanics and yet lacking a basic lanyard.The pair I had seized almost instantly after one trip in the salt.

For the price I paid why the hell should I have to bust out my own tools to modify these as there are much better pliers out there that require no mods?

[basswipe]

Picked up a pair of Bubba Blade pliers for about half the price of the Sargents'.The Bubbas' come with a sheath and landyard...the grips are far superior to the Sargents.They really feel good in your hands.

Outside of the above for all I know they'll fail after the first outing.I will obviously let y'all know the outcome after some real world use.