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| Reviews Summary for Midwests pinning hook |
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Reviews: 8
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Average rating: 3.0/5
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MSRP: $$30.00
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Description: pinning hook
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More info: http://www.tongs.com
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trainline
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Rating: 5/5
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Oct 13, 2017 19:10
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Time owned: 3 to 6 months
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herpingmad
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Rating: 0/5
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Aug 5, 2009 17:57
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cheep and very fragile
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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I have purchased 2 midwest pinning hooks, boath have failed under very little use. The first one I got came with the U shaped pinner with surgical rubber on it wasn't even welded on it was held on only by the cheep latex conecting the shaft to the working end. I sent it back for warenty and was graciously given a knew one. that one pinned a grand total of 1 prarie rattlesnake befor it broke from being dropped about 2 feet. I asked my grandpa (a great handy man)to make me one, he very quickly produced 2 pinners that were boath more sturdy and more useful.(this is NOT a review of all midwest products, I own 4 other midwest products and am VERY pleased with all of them. i even plan on buying 3 more of there products)
In Summary:
don't by the midwest pinner hook it is cheeply bilt and fragile. you can make a better one for cheeper.
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CityKid
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Rating: 5/5
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Aug 15, 2007 14:22
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New to me!
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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I came across this quite by accident as I was looking for a way to restring my slingshot. That keyword brought me to this pinning hook blog(?)
I could make no sense of the illustration until I read all the comments. Then it dawned on me what this was.
And here, all my life, I just used a forked stick that was lying around to snag non-venomous snakes! I wouldn't get too close to those venomous ones we have here in upstate NY.
Thank you for the brilliant idea for a snake stick!
(now, back to my slingshot...)
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SnakesandGators
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Rating: 2/5
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Nov 12, 2001 00:11
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Decent tool but...
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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This pinner will do the job OK but doesn't seem to be a necessity. I actually found it easier to use the rubber handle once while pinning a Copper due to the tools length. Maybe a retractable version would help. Aslo, the rubber tubing is beginning to crack.
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MSTT
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Rating: 3/5
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Nov 2, 2001 19:23
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Good small snake pinner, or use on the body
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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I have used this tool very successfully for smaller snakes (viperids under 2.5' and elapids under 3' with small heads), but find myself wishing for two things: a wider pinning area and a shorter shaft. Other keepers may have other preferences and may like the long shaft. For me it just gets in the way since I work at fairly close quarters.
Normally I prefer tubing to pinning, but this "u" style design with the surgical tubing is a good and humane one as pinners go, as long as the snake you're using it on has a head that is smaller across than the pinning surface.
This is a good but not indispensible tool. Midwest's collapsible snake hook features a soft and spongy handle that is excellent for pinning use, or you can modify the shaft of a standard hook with closed cell foam or rubber and electrical tape to function as a soft pinner as well as a hook.
The most common use I have for this tool is to pin a snake in the upper third of the body with just enough pressure to slow it down so that I can introduce a tube over its head. For that use it is excellent.
As a previous reviewer pointed out, you can make your own pinning device. I'm not sure I'd make an attempt at making my own pinner in this particular style, since it requires some precision of manufacture in order to work. If you're going to make your own pinner, closed cell foam is probably a better choice.
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newggtongs
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Rating: 2/5
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Oct 25, 2001 22:37
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make your's for $10.00
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Time owned: 3 to 6 months
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Midwest offers a golf club shaft with a U-shaped
end with rubber surgical tubing for pinning snakes behind the head for $30.00!
You can make your own for less than $10.00
the U-shaped end is sold at home depot for $0.69!
A dowell rod is under $5.00 and the tubing is at any drug store or at k mart as a slingshot repair kit for under $5.00
Screw the End into the dowell and then wet the tubing and slide it on to the U-shaped end and presto! you have basicaly the same thing.
You could even make a hook on the other end of the dowell rod and have a two in one snake stick.
All this would cost less than $10.00
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