PSA: stop using rebar as tongs for hot work

Two weeks ago I was forging a 1/2 inch bar and grabbed a piece of rebar to flip it on the anvil. Stupid move. The rebar bent after maybe 3 heats and dropped the steel right on my boot. I always thought having a backup set of tongs was overkill, then I ordered a cheap pair from Centaur Forge for $35. Total game changer. Anyone else burned by using random scrap as tools and lived to tell about it?

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