Stim Toy!

Or, I feel a new perseveration coming on. For the last few days I've had a pair of Vise-Grip pliers sitting on the desk by me. They are not the original kind, being made by Stanley in Taiwan. As a stim toy, I think they are superior to the original. They are plated, and thus shiny, but not smooth. I think they were bead-blasted or something before being plated. Anyway, that gives them a nice texture on which to rub fingers, and a really cool speckly reflection of the light. They are so much fun to play with! I open and shut them, tighten and loosen the screw, heft their substantial mass in my hand, close them almost shut and try for Young's effect, gaze at the subtle depressions left by the stamping process... I could go on and on.

There's a problem though. Now that I have developed this fondness, I am strangely reluctant to actually use this tool as a tool. Might mar the shininess, y'know.

I wonder if there is an association of Vise-Grip collectors.