Cracking stubborn spool pins on larger reels

[Tiddlerbasher]

Keith,
Have you looked at the Boca pliers.
They have been working fine for me

[Fish-aholic]

I broke the pin on my pin pliers today and he doesn't make them anymore. I was highly upset!!

This is what I was worried about doing to mine when resorting to using my bench vise. Luckily for me I haven't come across such a stubborn pin that my pliers haven't been able to deal with.

I do share your pain, Keith, because the reel speed pin pliers are up there as one of my best buys for this endeavour we all enjoy.   

[handi2]

Yes I did purchase the ones from Boca. I still want to fix the broken one someday.