How to Open or Close a Fish Hook Clasp

Find a necklace with a clasp on it that looks like the above image, or similar., Hold the fish end in your non-dominant hand., Hold the clasp and squeeze the narrow sides, where your fingers are, as shown above., The clasp should now be halfway...

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Step-by-Step Guide

  1. Step 1: Find a necklace with a clasp on it that looks like the above image

    Note that the necklace pictured above is of considerable age and the clasp is a bit tarnished.

    Fish hook clasps can look slightly different from this example.
  2. Step 2: or similar.

    A flat side should face you, and your thumb and finger should hold both narrow sides. , As you're doing this, push the hook end back into the fish until you feel it loosen, and then pull it out. ,,, The necklace is now open!
  3. Step 3: Hold the fish end in your non-dominant hand.

  4. Step 4: Hold the clasp and squeeze the narrow sides

  5. Step 5: where your fingers are

  6. Step 6: as shown above.

  7. Step 7: The clasp should now be halfway open

  8. Step 8: like this.

  9. Step 9: Rotate the hook end around the small metal bar until it is free.

  10. Step 10: Voila!

Detailed Guide

Note that the necklace pictured above is of considerable age and the clasp is a bit tarnished.

Fish hook clasps can look slightly different from this example.

A flat side should face you, and your thumb and finger should hold both narrow sides. , As you're doing this, push the hook end back into the fish until you feel it loosen, and then pull it out. ,,, The necklace is now open!

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