De-magnetize tools?

[Srodbro]

A chisel that I sometimes use while modeling usually resides in a carpenters toolbox. Apparently it has picked up a charge while stored next to a tack hammer with a magnetized head.

Unfortunately the charge, while the chisel rested on the workbench, has transferred from the chisel to either my forceps or my supply of pins. 

 

Any way to “clean” the tools or pins of this annoying charge?

[Bob Blarney]

Surgical instruments often become magnetized simply by rubbing against one another.  It's a damned nuisance when trying to pick up a surgical suture needle.

 

I can't remember where I found this (De-)Magnetizer widget. It consists of two rubbery magnets held against each other in repulsion by the squarish O-rings.  To magnetize the tool, one inserts it back & forth in the hole. To demagnetize it, the tool is rubbed around the exterior surfaces. The magnets aren't very strong, so maybe you could cobble something together that would work for you. 

Edited February 27, 2018 by Bob Blarney

[Altduck]

There are demagnetizers available.  Here's one simple one:

 

https://timesavers.com/i-8950996-magnetizer-demagnitizer.html

[Srodbro]

Thanks. I’ll pursue such a device. 

Hope I don’t have to apply it to all 700 pins.