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    Ah mate, you're cheating! We are stuck with our common 'cents' and a sharpened axe...do tell a source for your 'go to' surgical gear that will sell to us punters... Thanks very much...(and I'm just havin' a wee lend of your qualifications...) cheers
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    Hi Jim, 19 gauge needles can be bought from chemist shops, or failing that, ask your GP for a strip. They are dirt cheap, and too big to be used for other nefarious purposes. Individually packed and sterile. But they have razor sharp cutting edges and a very sharp point. Ideal for cutting down onto splinters, surprisingly painless if done under magnification. Surgical "tweezers" are excellent, but you would not like the price for good ones. I remember paying $AUD 200 for a pair of microsurgical tweezers, decades ago. They sometimes appear on Ebay. John V.

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    Wow, Thanks John!

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    I have tried a lot of things, but not all. But so far I have found the edge of my folding knife to be the winner. Even got a splinter out that I couldn't see because it was under the fold of a palm print .

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    Io per rimuovere le spine metalliche usando una spazzola per i panni sotto l'acqua e come per magia sparisce

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    Quote Originally Posted by fergiomaria View Post
    Io per rimuovere le spine metalliche usando una spazzola per i panni sotto l'acqua e come per magia sparisce
    Molto interessante, la prossima volta lo proverņ.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rorschach View Post
    I had a commercial version of this. The magnification aspect worked great but it was let down by poor tweezers. I now use better tweezers and a jewellers loupe.
    I just bought some of these. The tweezers aren't very strong, but are fine for small splinters. I assembled splinter kits with a selection of surgical tools and loupes that I use for serious splinters.

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