Fare Ye Well Faithful Old Friend

It is time to honour this faithful tool as its days are numbered (see below, please the broken spring to the right and the empty holes to the left; please note its end came from metal fatigue, a bit like the De Havilland Comet):

A fairly late acquisition to my modelling kit, but well worth it as it saved many a frustrating broken part being glues back together in a misshapen way. Off to the hobby shop for a replacement. It has to be said it was especially a boom for working with 28mm kits.