We love a good pair of tongs here at IAStudios. On our racks we only have 2 or 3 that we didnt make ourselves, and those 2 or 3 are what we bought before we started blacksmithing. After having made as many tongs as we have you find there are many different ways to make tongs and we have a few tricks make make them really quickly, here is a link to our youtube video on megga fast tongs!