Hemostat modification

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On the subject of using medical tools in the shop for mostly non-medical work, trauma shears are another one that could be considered. They are designed with much more leverage than regular scissors and also have a serrated lower jaw. Inexpensive and very good at cutting tough things like clamshell packaging.
Not only that, I've used them on vinyl siding, aluminum flashing, brass shim stock, feed bags, nylon webbing, food cans, goat hooves, small rope, fingernails, all kinds of things. Probably not the best thing for the original post, though.
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