Do you use these 'weird looking' pliers? =>17 photos

 These strange-looking pliers can be bought with this configuration of being 'bent out of shape'. 

 They are great, as you can hold them without bending your fingers or hand out of shape.

  If this were your metal ring, the angle of the pliers would not interfere with the stone setting.

 I cut and shaped the tips of the pliers to a finer point. Many times, the tool supplier might not have the correct shape and configuration of tools on display. Then you can reshape them yourself.

  I always recut the points of the plier jaws to my own needs and exacting specifications.

  These strange-looking jaws were not like when I bought them. They have gone through a very intense transformation.

 When I'm grasping the stone, I don't want any slippage taking place during the 'tightening' process. This is a very delicate tightening process, and no errors must be encountered.

  Every pair of jaws should be created with a serrated edge, thus preventing slipping. I will use a "Separating Disk" to do the jaw cutting.

  I have cut little grooves into each of these "needle-nose" pliers.

 

 In these delicate situations, 'stone & claw' slipping is the enemy and must be totally avoided at all times.

  Now compare these two plier positions being shown here. Which position would you prefer?

 

 I always pick up my pliers at random, and each one has these serrated edges. I don't want to start guessing which pliers to use, as everyone has these indentations cut into them.

 These pliers were cut in double-sides as the jaws were very wide, so I had to explore how to cut them successfully. Here are my results.

 

 There is no need to cut these grooves any further than what you see here.

 These semi-weird jaws were shaped thin and narrow for certain stone-setting needs. 

 Can you imagine that during the 'tightening' process that my fingers would slip? The damage would be awful and irreparable.

 These are my pliers that I've shaped and created for every eventuality during stone setting.