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| 1 | # Manus | 1 | Manus Enterprises of South Korea produced the Animal Hunter series of torsion-spring hand grippers. Contemporary announcements document the line in January 2012, and Joe Musselwhite published a two-part review in February that year.[^1][^2] |
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| 3 | *This article is a stub.* | 3 | ## Animal Hunter models |
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| 5 | Gripperpedia is collecting reliable information about this gripper brand or model, including its manufacturer, production history, specifications, photographs, and contemporary sources. | 5 | The five models used animal names, laser engraving and a colored band to identify their level.[^3] |
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| 7 | | Model | Identification band | | ||
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| 9 | | Monkey | Yellow | | ||
| 10 | | Chimpanzee | Green | | ||
| 11 | | Orangutan | Brown | | ||
| 12 | | Gorilla | Gray | | ||
| 13 | | King Kong | Red | | ||
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| 15 | The band was on only one handle. Manus identified the unbanded handle as the dog-leg side, intended to sit against the palm. The springs had trivalent chromium plating, and heat-shrink wrapping protected the handle knurling during shipment.[^3] | ||
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| 17 | ## Packaging with a purpose | ||
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| 19 | The plastic packaging included a cut-out setting card with 20 mm, 30 mm, 40 mm, 1-inch and 54 mm dimensions. The January 24, 2012 packaging announcement preserves both the card and the original presentation of the grippers.[^4] | ||
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| 23 | *Animal Hunter packaging, 2012. Image credit: Manus Enterprises / IRONARM.NET.* | ||
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| 25 | ## Contemporary review and later history | ||
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| 27 | Joe Musselwhite's February 2012 review provides a contemporary look at the grippers and their construction.[^2] | ||
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| 29 | [youtube:MHx4MSSUUMk] | ||
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| 31 | [youtube:lCQI4BLpkQ4] | ||
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| 33 | By May 2015, owners on The GripBoard were discussing Animal Hunter as a discontinued line and comparing surviving examples. Those reports are useful evidence of the line's later collector history, rather than an official production-end date.[^5] | ||
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| 35 | Manus also sold Manus Grip thick-bar adapters. Those are a separate product from the Animal Hunter hand grippers.[^3] | ||
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| 37 | [^1]: IRONARM.NET, [Animal Hunter Gripper made by Manus](https://cookbob.wordpress.com/2012/01/18/animal-hunter-gripper-made-by-manus/), January 18, 2012. | ||
| 38 | [^2]: Joe Musselwhite, [February 2012 review archive](https://musselwhitepapers.blogspot.com/2012/02/), including the two-part Animal Hunter review. | ||
| 39 | [^3]: IRONARM.NET, [Animal Hunter product features](https://cookbob.wordpress.com/hand-grippers/animal-hunter/), reproducing information attributed to Manus Enterprises. | ||
| 40 | [^4]: IRONARM.NET, [Animal Hunter in package](https://cookbob.wordpress.com/2012/01/24/animal-hunter-in-package-manus-precision-hand-gripper-line/), January 24, 2012. | ||
| 41 | [^5]: [Manus Animal Hunter Grippers](https://www.gripboard.com/topic/44191-manus-animal-hunter-grippers/), The GripBoard, May 2015. | ||