Tweezers

Tweezers are thumb-driven forceps most likely derived from tongs used to grab or hold hot objects since the dawn of recorded history.

In a scientific or medical context, they are normally referred to as just "forceps", a name that is used together with other grasping surgical instruments that resemble pliers, pincers and scissors-like clamps.

This provides an extended pinch and allows the user to easily grasp, manipulate and quickly release small or delicate objects with readily variable pressure.

Asiatic tweezers, consisting of two strips of metal brazed together, were commonly used in Mesopotamia and Ancient India from about 3000 BC, perhaps for purposes such as catching lice.

[3] In the 17th century, this instrument was known in Early Modern English primarily as a Volfella, or a Puller, and also known in Latin as an Acantabolus, whilst the name Tweezer was also being used.

[5] Blunt tip tweezers have a rounded end which can be used when a pointed object may get entangled, when manipulating cotton swabs, for example.

Cross-locking tweezers open when squeezed and close when released, gripping the item without any exertion of the user's fingers.