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Originally Posted by Michele Rushworth
Sharon, when you refer to the Holbein stretchers do you mean the stretching pliers that are made of some exotic substance called molybdenum (or something like that)?
I've heard they are the ones to get. What is it about those canvas stretching pliers that makes them better than the run of the mill $20 ones everyone else makes?
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It is worth it! It is the molybdenum Holbein.
I can't tell you how many large canvasses I struggled through and ripped and cheap pliers I broke before digging that one up.
The jaws are rubber coated and 4" long giving a more even grip. I found the cheap ones ripped the linen as well.
It simplifies the stretching process and I have done some massive canvasses with it. I have had mine for 9 years now and the rubber is starting to wear off the jaws, but it is still usable.