Mercer Culinary 18-8 Stainless Steel Chef Plating Tongs, Offset Tip, 6-1/2 Inch

Great tool for plating. Gives me total control. Plus it works well for striping leaves from thyme sprigs.

These are great for intricate plating of dishes

Flexible for fine placement.

Just recieved the Precision Plus Tongs M35244 by Mercer Culinary for $20+ today and unfortunately they are a real disappointment in regards to craftsmanship and quality control. As you can see in the photos, the tong tips are not even the same size; the one on the right being thicker and slightly longer. Running a finger along the inside flat length of the tongs one can feel pitting and bumps left behind by the forging process. Welding bumps where the tong blade suddenly goes from thin to much fatter have not been smoothed out.But most the glaring and ineffective point is that the tips do not close tightly together, leaving a gap (as seen in 2 photos). I own other Mercer tools and have had no issue with them. Because of the poor craftsmanship these tongs should have never passed quality control. Yes, they'll be going back.UPDATE: Mercer corrected the problem while tweezers were en route back to them with outstanding customer service and a product with the build quality I'm accustomed to from them. Thank you.

I purchased the Mercer Culinary Straight Precision Plus Chef Plating Tong, 11-3/4 Inch, Stainless.Yes, that’s the "Precision Plus" version.I’ve owned a few plating tweezers/tongs but this one from Mercer is top notch quality. It’s got a good weight with cross grips for easy and controlled handling. The inside tips are serrated so your food won’t fall off. The steel is stiff yet bendable enough to allow for some movement. It comes with a removable rubber notch / “ring” at the base for hanging. I don’t hang my tweezers. I just lay them flat inside my drawer or stick it in my knife block. But I’ll keep the rubber rings attached because they look cool.The Mercer tweezers makes a nice “show-off” tool when I entertain. This basically replaces my cooking chopsticks. I mainly use tweezers for noodles, zoodles (zucchini noodles), picking up/turning over small pieces of meat, chicken wings or veggies. If you need more precision then get the shorter/smaller version. But since I’m a home cook and don’t need fine plating. The 11-3/4 version works fine for me.For a few more dollars, get the "Precision Plus" version. You won’t be disappointed with these Mercer tweezers. (I’ll post photos with my review).

These Culinary tongs are very useful in many situations where your fingers are too big or you don't want to burn yourself picking things out off hot sauces or soups. I use a lot of lemons squeezed into sauces and there is always 1 or 2 seeds that end up in the cooking sauce. You can zero in on 1 or 2 tiny seeds without a struggle or burning yourself and also helps from getting frustrated by not being able to spoon it out. You'll find many other uses as time goes on. Glad I have these tongs for those situations that would normally drive me crazy!

I use these almost as much as my knives.

Love the color and it’s very easy to use. Feels comfortable in my hand. Holds up to restaurant washer. A bit difficult to clean the narrow space towards the top but not really a problem, all in all a solid product