Anyone who’s resized a watch bracelet or assembled a model kit knows all too well how quickly everything can go sideways. The tweezers you’re using start to flex, the part pings off the bench, and you spend the next 20 minutes crawling across the carpet (or studio floor in our case), searching for that missing pin. Leeds-based MetMo, the workshop behind the Fractal Vise and this spring’s Pocket Grip, built its latest tool to make all of this a thing of the past.
Say hello to the MetMo Precision Grip, a set of locking tweezers that just blew past $1 million on Kickstarter.
Anderson’s Patent Rides Again
If that funding figure sounds familiar, that’s because it should. MetMo’s Pocket Grip, which we covered back in March, wrapped its own campaign at just over $1.02 million, and both tools trace back to the same source. In 1912, Connecticut inventor J. Anderson patented a double-ended locking wrench that the manufacturing of his era simply couldn’t deliver.
While shrinking that design into the Pocket Grip, MetMo realized the screw-lock concept could go even smaller. Here, a sprung knurled dial sets the jaws to the exact width you need, then clamps down with up to an absurd 80 bar (1,160 psi) of contact pressure.
Once locked, the part physically cannot slip, leaving both of your hands free for the actual work.
One Dial, Two Sets of Jaws
The Precision Grip is double-ended, and the two heads operate inversely. Crank the dial one way and the hardened fine-point jaws close while the broader, silicone-lined bent tips on the opposite end swing open.
Obviously, locking every single grab would be overkill, so MetMo designed it so you could just leave the dial alone causing the spring-loaded tips to behave like any ordinary pair of tweezers. There’s also a wire clamp and bending vise tucked in near the central pivot.
Heirloom-Grade Hardware
Backers can choose between a 2.5oz hard-anodized aluminum build, a 2.9oz Grade 5 titanium version, or a 4oz surgical-grade stainless model. Two small screws let you swap in alternate jaws, from needle-nose to textured external grips, and MetMo even plans to release a CAD file for 3D-printing your own.
Every version is also backed by the brand’s 200-year guarantee, which means they stand behind their products for life.
Brand: MetMo
Model: Precision Grip
Mechanism: Screw-locking knurled dial (based on a 1912 J. Anderson wrench patent)
Contact Pressure: 80 bar (1,160 psi)
Materials: Hard-anodized aerospace-grade aluminum, surgical-grade stainless steel, or Grade 5 titanium
Weight: 2.5oz (aluminum) / 2.9oz (titanium) / 4oz (stainless steel)
Functions: Locking fine-point tweezers, silicone-lined bent-tip tweezers, wire clamp/bender
Swappable Jaws: Yes (needle-nose, fine bent, textured, 3D-printable)
Guarantee: 200 years
Starting Price: £89 (~$118)
Pricing & Availability
The Precision Grip is live on Kickstarter through October 29, where it’s already raised over $1 million against a goal of roughly $13K. Pledges start at £89 (~$118) for the aluminum model, £119 (~$157) for stainless steel, and £179 (~$237) for titanium, though the £320 24-carat gold-plated version has unsurprisingly sold out already. Deliveries are slated for June 2027.
Recap
MetMo Precision Grip
Built on the same 1912 locking wrench patent as the Pocket Grip, MetMo’s dual-ended Precision Grip tweezers have already pulled in over $1 million on Kickstarter ahead of a June 2027 delivery.
