{"product_id":"bostitch-model-g27w-plier-style-staple-remover-chrome-plated-steel-with-sprung-jaw-c-1975","title":"Bostitch Model G27W Plier-Style Staple Remover, Chrome-Plated Steel with Sprung Jaw, c. 1975","description":"\u003ch3\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA plier-style staple remover in bright chrome-plated steel. The upper handle is pressed into a long spoon curve with BOSTITCH raised in block capitals across the top, and it sits on a broad flared base plate that gives the tool a wide, stable footprint on a desk. Between them, a coil spring holds the jaws open until you press down.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe working end is two narrow steel blades that meet in a shallow V. You set the tool over a staple, squeeze once, and the blades slide beneath the crown and lift it straight up. It is a lever, a spring, and two edges, and there is nothing in it to fail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Provenance\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBostitch began in 1896 as the Boston Wire Stitcher Company, founded in Arlington, Massachusetts by Thomas Briggs around a machine that stitched books from a coil of wire. The firm took the name BOSTITCH in 1948 — a compression of Boston and stitch — and moved to East Greenwich, Rhode Island in 1957, where it is still headquartered. It has been owned by Textron, then Stanley Works, and now Stanley Black \u0026amp; Decker.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe plier-style remover is the better of the two designs on the market. The familiar alternative — the small hinged claw with four teeth — works by prying, which tears paper and bends staples into shapes that are worse than what you started with. This one lifts from beneath the crown instead, so the staple comes out intact and the sheet underneath survives. Anyone who has spent a day going through a filing cabinet knows the difference immediately.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe should be straightforward about age: this is not an antique. The base is stamped MODEL G27W and MADE IN TAIWAN, and the G27W has been in production for a long stretch and is still made. What it is instead is a properly engineered tool from a company that has been making fastening equipment for well over a century, in a form that has not needed to change.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"8\" cellspacing=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cthead\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth align=\"left\"\u003eField\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth align=\"left\"\u003eDetail\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/thead\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eObject\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePlier-style staple remover\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOrigin\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBostitch. Stamped MADE IN TAIWAN.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eForm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSprung two-piece lever with curved upper handle and flared base plate; twin lifting blades set in a shallow V\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eChrome-plated steel with a coil spring and riveted pivots\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMarks\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBOSTITCH raised on the upper handle; underside of the base plate stamped BOSTITCH with STAPLE REMOVER and MODEL G27W over MADE IN TAIWAN\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEra\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNot individually dated. The G27W is a long-running model still in production.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCondition\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVery good working order. The spring has full tension and returns the jaws cleanly, the pivots are tight with no side play, and the blades meet correctly. The chrome is bright overall with light surface scratching and handling marks consistent with desk use. Condition Guaranteed.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAvailability\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOne of a Kind — 1 Available\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy It Belongs in Your Home\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost desk tools sold now are moulded plastic in a colour someone chose to match a catalogue page. This is chromed steel with a spring in it, and it will still be working when the plastic ones have cracked at the hinge. If you handle paper — files, contracts, tax records, anything stapled and later unstapled — it is the correct tool for the job and it costs almost nothing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt also looks like something. Sitting on a desk beside a brass lamp or a leather blotter, the curve of the handle and the flare of the base read as considered rather than disposable. A note on care: keep it dry, since chrome over steel will spot if it sits damp, and put a drop of light oil on the pivots once a year if it starts to feel stiff. Do not use it as a pry bar for anything other than staples — the blades are ground thin and they are the one part you could ruin.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48010011050089,"sku":null,"price":66.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/IMG_3551.jpg?v=1788866058","url":"https:\/\/viridianeclection.com\/products\/bostitch-model-g27w-plier-style-staple-remover-chrome-plated-steel-with-sprung-jaw-c-1975","provider":"Viridian Eclection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}