Tools for Thought 3 - Screw Extraction Pliers: American Ingenuity was the Model for Them

What inspired Japanese tool companies to create a series of pliers with a built-in screw-extraction feature? What's with the recent craze with this type of pliers? This video will touch on this subject and offer some background and history behind this seemingly recent phenomenon.

The first name that comes to my mind when I think of screw-extraction pliers is 3.Peaks. 3.Peaks is a pliers manufacture in Northern Japan that produces specialist and precision cutting/grabbing pliers.

The more commonly known brand is Engineer. They specialize in procuring tools that meet Engineer's requirements and provides them to the electronics industry and associated trades. The "Nejisaurus/Vampliers" pliers are produced to Engineer's own specs/patented design by one of the few pliers manufacturers currently operating in Japan, then inspected/packaged by Engineer.

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Screw extraction pliers featured in this video:

3.Peaks part # DS150TZ
3.Peaks (locking pliers) part # DS130
Engineer part # DF PZ-33
Lobster part # TG200NA
Vaughn & Bushnell

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3.Peaks "Daiya" series: http://www.3peaks.co.jp/product/diaty...



Engineer "Nejisaurus" series: http://www.engineer.jp/products/nippe...
or
Vampire Tools "Vampliers" series: https://www.vampiretools.com/shop/pro...



Lobster "Nejiaguirus" series: http://www.lobtex.co.jp/products/tabi...

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A couple other Japanese pliers manufacturers offering screw-extraction pliers:


Merry part # ZA-185: http://www.muromoto.co.jp/search/deta...


Fujiya part # SP26-175: http://www.fujiya-kk.com/en/products/47/
The Fujiya version is rebranded and sold under these brands:
Tone with part # BNP-175
KTC with part # PSN-175
Lobster with part # NA


New items from Fujiya in 2020 are:

part # NSP01-150BG (Kurokin (black-gold) edition) http://www.fujiya-kk.com/en/products/...

part # NSP01-150 http://www.fujiya-kk.com/en/products/...



Hozan part # P-213B is sourced from 3.Peaks: http://www.hozan.co.jp/E/catalog/Cutt...
*Just like Engineer, Hozan doesn't list any manufacturing plants on their websites. So, they source their tools from various manufacturers, both domestic and overseas companies.



Link to Bolt's Antique Tool Museum webpage: http://www.boltsantiquetools.com/

Link to the 2009 Factory Gear Magazine article featuring Bolt's Antique Tool Museum on the Garage Journal forum: https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/s...