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I use wolf jaw tongs for forging, and a simple flat tongs for HT handling.
If the jaws are close enough, you only need to grip hard to get a solid grip.

I'm sorry, 5 to 10 seconds? Did you have coffee first? ;) I know knives let you get away with that sort of thing because they have a lot of thermal mass.
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that is much too long. I try to keep this...

Also the width of the razor should be even along the length. Your razor seems much wider at the heel than at the toe.