Title: I have owned and used these tongs for 1 year plus...
Review: Gorgeous, Heavy, but ultimately Fails to Perform. Locking mechanism is a nice feature but I do see where it could use improvement as attested to in prior reviews. Price to Performance ratio is a dismal dissapointment.I use my tongs as an extension of my hands, using these tongs is like wearing teflon mittens dipped in lard, they just have no grip. Bending the ends in provides a slight improvement in gripping power but it is too little and eventually they bend back. The high spring tension is actually welcome by me as I have large hands, but the lack of "teeth" or deep scalloping, the shallowness of the gripping end and the slick surface combine to doom this thing to an expensive showpiece, not a useful tool in my arsenal.
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