That is a very good use of forceps, I have some somewhere, as well as surgical scissors that almost look the same, never thought to use them but I'm now thinking.
I bought eight pair of Kaiser film drying clips in Germany about 32-33 years ago, they have been in constant use since and are wonderful. I also have about 30-40 pairs of Kodak and other stainless film drying clips, half weighted, half unweighted, which were what I mainly used when I was developing squillions of rolls of film in the seventies.
Mick.