I think the red handled tool was a lot more useful back in the day when there was More 25pr cables punched down " on top of each other" it was a lot easier using that tool than trying to get in there with a Paper-clip? ( never really tried that )these days,if you need to pull off some 1pr cross-connect, it's really no big deal. speaking of old telephone tools, I was showing some of the newer guy's the old wooden tool with the spring clip on it for extracting the Light bulb's on the Old 1a2 phones...That was Indispensable. :dance:
