GOT IT!
Check out Knipex, German manufacturer of (?) toolifile tools for freak tool users. I got a beautifully German pair of channel-locks that came with a pair of synthetic “dentures” that snap onto the jaws. I use it to hold gold-plated connectors while doing the real torqueing from behind the face/back plate. I think they were about $25.
We’re audiophiles, man, we don’t need no stinkin’ cheap tools!