Dumont Tweezers - Styles and Types Guide
Common Styles (scroll down for full list of styles)
Style 0 - Thin tips
Style 1 - Strong tips
Style 2 - Strong, long tips
Style 2A - Flat rounded tips
Style 3 - Thin tips
Style 3C - Short, thin tips
Style 4 - Very thin tips. Stronger than style 5
Style 5 - Super thin tips
Style 5A - Oblique tips
Style 7 - Curved and thin tips
Type Codes
AC: Anti-capillary tip tweezers, available in biological grade. These tweezers defy capillary action and they are favoured by some users for "staining" operations. They are delicate and easily damaged.
L: Tweezers with a clamping ring ideal for medical use, generally serrated finger grips.
N: Tweezers are self-closing. Opposite action to standard tweezers.
ESD: Tweezer grips made generally of vulcanised nitrile rubber or epoxy-coated for electro static discharge (ESD).
XL: Tweezers with extra long handles.
All Dumont Tweezer Styles
Style | Description | Style | Description | ||
Style 0 | Geneva pattern, thin tips | Style 5 | Super thin tips. | ||
Style 00 | Geneva pattern, strong tips, heavy body. | Style 5 HDC/B | Super thin tips, with black ceramic coating. | ||
Style 00C | Geneva pattern, strong tips, short shanks. | Style 54 | Light, Super Fine, 110mm Long | ||
Style 0A | Thin tips | Style 55 | Type 5, light shanks, very thin tips for hairsprings | ||
Style 0B | For chiropody, thin tips with inside serrations. | Style 5A | Oblique tips. | ||
Style 0C100 | Geneva pattern | Style 5XL | Type 5, extra long, super thin tips, for large hands. | ||
Style 0C90 | Geneva pattern, short | Style 60/3 | To bend thin copper wires. | ||
Style 1 | Strong tips. | Style 8 | To straighten pivots. | ||
Style 10B | To curve centre of hairsprings. | Style A | Strong tips. | ||
Style 11 | Strong tips. Ideal to manipulate delicate parts. | Style AA | Strong tips. | ||
Style 12 | Thin tips. Ideal to manipulate delicate pieces. | Style AC | Type A short. | ||
Style 180 | Long shanks, strong tips. | Style F | Wide square tips. | ||
Style 1AM | Strong tips. Very popular in watch-making. | Style H | Triangle tips, short shanks. | ||
Style 1L | Strong, flat round tips with inside chamfer. | Style L4 | Extra thin tips, with clamping ring. | ||
Style 2 | Strong long tips | Style L5 | Super thin tips, with clamping ring. | ||
Style 24 | Strong tips with inside serrations. | Style L5A | Oblique tips, with clamping ring. | ||
Style 27 | Thin tips. | Style LPP | Strong tips, with clamping ring. | ||
Style 2A | Flat round tips. | Style MM | Assembling tweezers. | ||
Style 2AM | Strong tips with bevel. | Style NN | Assembling tweezers. | ||
Style 2B | Very strong tips with inside serrations. | Style P | Strong tips. |
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Style 2L | Special tips, mirror finished inside. | Style PP | Strong tips. |
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Style 3 | Thin tips. | Style S | Strong tips. | ||
Style 3AM | Thin tips. | Style S5 | Long popular tweezers for handling, to manipulate delicate parts. | ||
Style 3C | Type 3 short, thin tips. | Style SS | Long narrow shanks, thin tips | ||
Style 4 | Strong thin tips. | Style SS135 | Long narrow shanks, thin tips. | ||
Style 4AM | Thin tips. | Style SS140 | Long narrow shanks, thin tips. | ||
Style 4TM | Thin TM tips with special shape. |