Not the same Uncle Bill's Sliver Gripper I've used for years.
A manufacturing step has seemingly been eliminated in the two I received. I only noticed it moments ago when I tried these new ones to extract a tiny cactus thorn from my fingertip, after watering my houseplants.  I had bought them for a birthday gift, keeping the keychain one for myself in a toolbox. It seemed to hurt more than my older Uncle Bills tweezers that were in another location. So I compared them. This new one appears identical to the older model at first glance, but there is a difference that can be seen with the unaided eye.  Each of the &#34;arrow&#34; points is the same metal thickness all the way down the angled tip to the points. Crude. Formerly, the &#34;arrows&#34; edges were filed or ground to be narrower, more knife-like, so that the tips were smaller and would go into a small skin hole more easily. These newer ones are not horrible but inferior IMO. I am returning them to Amazon. In my professional case I have a “Diane Pointed Tweezer #9184” available many places, which is far superior to even my old Uncle B tweezer for slivers and thorns. But it is twice the length with a much sharper and narrower tip; hence is not a pocket item.
Rating: 2 stars