Current Events > They need to make strong precision tweezers for thorns lodged deeply in a shoe

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Someone needs to invent this already.

I go trekking through the woods and bits of thorn and bramble always get stuck under my heel, like the ones that fall from these

https://lampofthelambart.files.wordpress.com/2020/01/thorns_plants_spikes_715792_o.jpg

Once every blue moon I'll be unlucky and end up stepping on a particularly long thorn that ends up really stuck way up my shoe, almost up to the insole. Getting it out with every day tweezers is a chore, sometimes next to impossible especially if I don't want to risk breaking it off while still inside the shoe because at that point I'll have to cut my losses and buy another shoe altogether, and all that that entails.

They do, they're called pliers.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/9/9a76d289.jpg

Kai_Laguna posted...

They do, they're called pliers.

*needle nose pliers

Kai_Laguna posted...

They do, they're called pliers.

Need to find a pair with small enough endpoints to be able to latch onto a thorn, but strong enough base to pull it out. Gonna check ace hardware and see if they have what I'm looking for

What about using forceps?

saspa posted...

Need to find a pair with small enough endpoints to be able to latch onto a thorn, but strong enough base to pull it out. Gonna check ace hardware and see if they have what I'm looking for

Might want to try a craft store. Some of the ones intended for jewelry work can be surprisingly rugged.

I just fish them out with my hands. Had a couple this week that were jabbing into my foot consistently.

eggcorn posted...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/9/9a76d289.jpg

These look perfect! Have to test them out

Whiterun_Guard_ posted...

*needle nose pliers

So that's what they're called thanks!

Paragon21XX posted...

What about using forceps?

Those also sound like a good idea if strong enough while being slim enough

I do wood working/metal working in my spare time and use a nibbler a lot so when I know Im using a nibbler I wear old shoes because I know metal shaving are going to permanently embed themselves in the shoe

Kai_Laguna posted...

Might want to try a craft store. Some of the ones intended for jewelry work can be surprisingly rugged.

A craft store? You mean like Michaels? Or Claire's?

saspa posted...

A craft store? You mean like Michaels? Or Claire's?

Yes, that's what they meant

Or just go to Ace and spend $2 on the already already mentioned needle nose pliers

Maybe its time to consider the shoes a lost cause.

This task seems insurmountable.

Kai_Laguna posted...

They do, they're called pliers.

My thoughts exactly

saspa posted...

These look perfect! Have to test them out

Once upu have them you'll be surprised how often they come in handy.

Whiterun_Guard_ posted...

*needle nose pliers

One of the GOAT tools imo

I'll be buying all the suggestions itt since better safe than sorry and it's good to have several options.

Especially since I won't be able to really test it out to know they work until I end up unlucky again and have another big thorn lodged in my shoe.