Many times I find that using the tweezers to press down the skin surrounding the splinter exposes the end of the splinter enough to obtain a grip on it. However, this action with sharp pointed tweezers can verge on the painful.

I wonder if a pair of tweezers with jaws shaped like a miniature version of end cutting pliers, e.g....

https://www.amazon.com/Channellock-1...cutting+pliers

would work better in this mode of operation. One of these days I'll make a pair and see if they are an improvement over surgical tweezers.