Shear pin pliers

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A PLIERS-TYPE HAND TOOL COMPRISING: A FIRST LEVER UNIT EMBODYING AN ELONGATED HANDLE PROVIDED AT ITS FORWARD END WITH AN INTEGRAL FORK CHARACTERIZED BY A PAIR OF SPACED PARALLEL ARMS TERMINATING IN A PAIR OF ELONGATED CLAW-LIKE FINGERS HAVING FREE CURVATE TIP PORTIONS ORIENTED AND COORDINATING TO BRIDGE, SEAT AND GRIPPINGLY HOLD A PORTION OF A SHAFT OR SIMILAR WORKPIECE, A SECOND LEVER UNIT COMPLEMENTAL TO SAID FIRST LEVER UNIT AND EMBODYING AN ELONGATED HANDLE SIMILAR TO AND COOPERABLE WITH SAID FIRST-NAMED HANDLE, THE HANDLE OF SAID SECOND LEVER UNIT BEING PROVIDED AT ITS FORWARD END WITH AN ELONGATED SHANK PASSING BETWEEN AND FORWARDLY BEYOND MEDIAN PORTIONS OF THE FORK ARMS, A MEDIAN PORTION OF SAID SHANK BEING PIVOTALLY CONNECTED WITH COACTING MEDIAN PORTIONS OF SAID ARMS, THE FREE FORWARD END PORTION OF SAID SHANK EMBODYING A HOOK-SHAPED FORCE-APPLYING END THRUST FINGER ALIGNED WITH THE SPACE BETWEEN SAID ARMS AND MOVABLE THROUGH AN ARCUATE PATH TOWARD AND FROM AS WELL AS THROUGH AND BEYOND SAID SPACE AND SAID FIRST-NAMED FINGERS, SAID FINGERS BEING GRADUALLY DECREASED IN CROSSSECTION FROM THEIR REARWARD TOWARD THEIR FORWARD ENDS WHEREBY THEY ARE THUS SUITABLY ATTENUATED AND TAPERED FOR PILOTING, GUIDANCE AND POSITION FINDING AND PLACEMENT NEEDS, SAID TIP PORTIONS BEING CONVEXLY ROUNDED AND BLUNT.