[pure-silver] Re: After sinks, your favourite tongs?

Thanks to all who replied so far. I use gloves always for toning because of
the risk with finger prints and tong marks, toxic chemicals etc. I tend to
tone in batches after printing, so very little dry side work is involved
there. I too use the one hand technique. 

I have largely fallen out of using them for printing, which I used to do,
except for large prints, but mostly I print at 16x12, which Kenro tongs
handle perfectly. Maybe I shall go back to gloves again - there are so many
really bad tongs out there! 

I thought Kostiner were no more. Am I wrong?

To Jim, I never use bare fingers now - used to all the time many years ago
but they can be the kiss of death for bleach/tone or bleach/redevelopment
techniques, which I use a great deal now. Personally I think fingers (and
tongs) should be _always_ kept of the image area, and all visible borders.
My days of rubbing up highlights are long over.

Tim
http://www.worldbookoflithprinting.com


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----- Original Message -----
From: "Randy Stewart" <randal@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2005 8:19 PM
Subject: [pure-silver] Re: After sinks, your favourite tongs?


>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <ellinger@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2005 9:02 PM
> Subject: [pure-silver] Re: After sinks, your favourite tongs?
>
>
>> > So what are your favourite tongs, why and where do you get them?
>>
>> I like the Kostiner K601 stainless steel tongs.   7 
>> inches long and 1 inch
> wide so they are
>> comfortable to hold.  The top blade has a rubber pad on the emulsion 
>> side.
> The bottom
>> blade has no pad, so slips easily under the print.  I've never marked 
>> a
> print, even when
>> using Nelson gold toner at 110F.
>>
>> Unfortunately, a quick search didn't turn up a retail supplier.  
>> (Glad I
> bought a spare set.)
>> They are (were) distributed by Saunders (Tiffen?).  Not sure what the
> status is now.
>
>
> I'll second this opinion.  However, I have seen them only used and on 
> ebay.
>

  Actually, mine is the Hop Lee Sing Tong, from a Dashell Hammet story.

---
Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles, CA, USA
dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 

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