The Ship Model Forum

I asked the same question a while back and a member here pointed me to Otto Frei, the maker of jewelers' tools. I bought the tweezers at the link below and have thanked the gods ever since. Super fine and very precise. Not cheap, but worth every penny when I consider that I use them constantly.

[url]http://www.ottofrei.com/Store/Dumont-Swiss-Made-Tweezers/[/url]

Hmm, it looks like you can grab dumont much cheaper. Probably, those are non-medical alloys or smth. Just ordered one from Amazon for around C$30

What about some model tweezers, like Tamiya? Does it make any sense to buy them.

well, if I could afford it I would buy this:

Dumonts Super Fine #5 for about $80.00 :pout:
http://www.roboz.com/forceps_dumont.asp

in the meantime I make do with surgical tweezers I bought in india for $6.00 :big_grin:

you could buy similar 'surgical' grade tweezers on amazon, ebay etc for even less. you may have to do some filing/grinding to make them just right.

I don't care that much about overall length, more about how fine are the tips

The smallest pair of tweezers that I have,came with a Swiss Army knife.
They slide out of the knife handle,and measure just 1 3/4" overall.

Scott

What is the finest tweezers you could recommend? Mine are okayish, but when you go for real tinest parts in Rainbow or 5* kits, it's been tough