What are the best tweezers for splinter removal?

[captain spaulding]

My order from Walgreens arrived today. These look great in person and I'm confident I made the right choice.  The long slender ones look perfect for splinter removal.
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Wow. They use the exact same font as Leatherman, makes the logo look very similar. Coincidence?

Now that you mention it it does look exactly the same. 


Tweezerman
Leatherman


Conspiracy? 

[DazMechanical]

My order from Walgreens arrived today. These look great in person and I'm confident I made the right choice.  The long slender ones look perfect for splinter removal.
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Wow. They use the exact same font as Leatherman, makes the logo look very similar. Coincidence?

Now that you mention it it does look exactly the same. 


Tweezerman
Leatherman


Conspiracy? 

Oh man, at my first glance, I thought I was tripping balls! I was like whoa, WTF, Leatherman are making tweezers now.

So, Same company or copyright lawsuit??

[edcgear]

For splinter removal IMHO the best tool is needle... Using it as small pry bar...

For bigger ones I use LM P4... You'd be surprised how well they do!! 

[captain spaulding]

Oh man, at my first glance, I thought I was tripping balls! I was like whoa, WTF, Leatherman are making tweezers now.

So, Same company or copyright lawsuit??

No they are not the same company. I think they are good from a copyright lawsuit as I don't think letter font is copywriteable (not a word), but I could be mistaken.

[DazMechanical]

Oh man, at my first glance, I thought I was tripping balls! I was like whoa, WTF, Leatherman are making tweezers now.

So, Same company or copyright lawsuit??

No they are not the same company. I think they are good from a copyright lawsuit as I don't think letter font is copywriteable (not a word), but I could be mistaken.

Yeah probably safe but, I heard that Cadbury (a chocolate company in Australia, dunno if it's available in the US) tried to sue somebody for using the same shade of purple as they do, I think it was thrown out of court but hey. And the Coca Cola font is copyrighted for sure...

[DMA1965]

My children constantly get splinters and when they do I use the tweezers on any of my 91mm knives to remove them. I have never had a problem with the SAK tweezers.

[Lynn LeFey]

No they are not the same company. I think they are good from a copyright lawsuit as I don't think letter font is copywriteable (not a word), but I could be mistaken.

Fonts are work products, and can be protected, but it's not copyright. I've made a few fonts, and the thing is, most people, even graphic artists, never have a need to make a font, so virtually EVERYONE uses premade fonts. I have a fair knack of determining the age of a movie by the font used for a movie title, since certain type elements come into vogue, then get overused and disappear.

I guess the whole point I'm trying to get at is that it's almost certain that the font Leatherman uses is not custom made. Maybe more important, it's such a simple block font that there are probably 3 or 4 fonts out there that would be nearly indistinguishable.

[English333]

I've spent many years in the back country. I currently build fences for a living. I've never encountered a splinter I couldn't remove with my teeth or the trusty LM Skele knife/pliers. And my best defense against splinters...callouses  .

[sawman]

I love these:

http://www.amazon.com/UNCLE-BILLS-SLIVER-GRIPPER-TWEEZER/dp/B001KMSUA4/ref=sr_1_38?ie=UTF8&qid=1394755534&sr=8-38&keywords=tweezers
I have several pairs and they work great.

Those look great! I just ordered a few, thanks