Don't be fooled by cheap imitations of Midwest's professional grade equipment. The people at Midwest have been taking care of various exotic animals for over 30 years, with all of their products being designed and tested with safety in mind. They construct every piece of equipment from aircraft grade materials to insure not only your safety, but the safe handling of the animals as well. These high quality hooks are made from space age alloys for strength and safety. The hook insert is made from a solid anodized aircraft grade aluminum rod and is blue in color. Made with a slightly flexible stainless steel shaft and an aluminum hook 3 1/2 inches wide at the end. The Standard Hook is the most widely used hook on the market today. If you work with snakes at all, this will be your number one basic tool.