Bigger awls mostly for tennis and squash to enlarge a gap in double string hole for second string, or tying off a knot.
Standard Pliers, plastic coated handles for comfort, used to tie off knots or pull short end strings.
Standard long nose pliers with plastic handles for comfort, to pull short string end, push second string into double string hole, tie off a knot and pull out old string bed especially polyester stiff and sharp string.
Used for short ends, tight spots mostly on final crosses and to push second string into double string hole.