Originally Posted by
bent-not-broken
I had an old pair of pliers, to sloppy and beat up for normal use. A bench grinder turned them into a thin nose pair like the Park tool in a couple of minutes.
OK, that's a good tip too. Next time I'm at the thrift store, I'll look for an old pair of needlenose and see if I can mod them up similarly.
However, still looking for that original article...