I thought about that after the fact, thank you for the reminder. What fooled me is the fact the Fram puts an "easy grip" black ring at the back of the filter which I believe is put there to install/remove the filter by hand.
Well, you got it off and that's all that counts. Of the literally thousands of oil changes I've done over the years I've only encountered maybe three filters where I've had to do something as drastic. It happens when people don't lube the gasket at all and then tighten it with a filter wrench WAY too tight.
