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Your Bartender
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Philly Burbs, PA
Posts: 7,651
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I had a squirt for some time, until I left it out after I used it to slice open the wrapper for a printer cartridge. By the time I realized it was gone and went back, it had found a new home. I haven't gotten around to replacing it, though I'd like to. I need the scissors far more often than I need a pair of pliers. (And I can't be the only one--why don't more multitools come with scissors?) I do have a Leatherman Supertool (double entendres much?) but it stays at home--too bulky to carry around all the time.
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Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya?
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 21,206
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I like those multitools like Stress and LJ showed. I used to have one...I had more tools in my purse than girlie things.
I need to find it...they're cool, and handy. I wish I could take a pic of my dad's knife box. We call it Dad's Killin' Box and it is his collection of, well, collectible knives...pocket and otherwise.
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Arlington, VA
Posts: 27,717
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I have a Swisstech Utilikey, which is very easy to carry along with my keys, but sometimes a little awkward to use. The added bonus is that I forget it's there, and it's gone through security a handful of times because it looks just like a key. The most useful feature is the small phillips head screwdriver. It's perfect for the battery compartment for kids' toys.
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Arlington, VA
Posts: 27,717
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A year or two ago, I got the Leatherman Squirt e4, which has the insulation strippers/micro pliers/ wire cutters in the fold out part. Small, and fits on the keychain. It's much easier to use the blade on the squirt, so the utili-key doesn't get much use any more.
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Radical Centrist
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Cottage of Prussia
Posts: 31,423
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OMG, keychain Leatherman with wire stripping: that is exactly what I've always wanted but didn't know it existed!!! Thanks g... now I have to figure out who to demand this from for Xmas.
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Your Bartender
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Philly Burbs, PA
Posts: 7,651
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Wow, I might get the Utili-Key just for the eyeglass screwdriver.
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I can hear my ears
Join Date: Oct 2003
Posts: 25,571
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if only it had a USB 4G flash drive worked into it.
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#23 |
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Arlington, VA
Posts: 27,717
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Actually, I ended up filing down the glasses screwdriver to get rid of it. It was the only part of the utili-key that would stick out when it was folded up, and it would constantly snag on the fabric of my pocket.
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amnesic-confabulatory opsimath
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Between my ears
Posts: 739
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I carry the small knife, scissors (plugged into a cork) and folding nail file on a daily basis.
There is a multi-tool at the office, but hardly gets any use. The big un gets no use at all. |
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dar512 is now Pete Zicato
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Chicago suburb
Posts: 4,968
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My Swiss Army pocket knife.
The story is documented elsewhere, but notice the slight speckling of indentations toward the top. That's from about 20 minutes worth of darlet#1 teething on it many years ago.
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Encroaching on your decrees
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland
Posts: 7,016
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My brother's pocket knife which now lives in my knitting bag, which goes with me most places.
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UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Austin, TX
Posts: 20,012
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The other thing that I don't carry with me but I use all the damn time is my seam ripper. This one isn't mine, but you get the idea:
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Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya?
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 21,206
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lol...teething on a swiss army knife. Now that will toughen you up quickly!
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Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Dallas, TX
Posts: 3,338
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I carry a Cold Steel Voyager (large) folding knife and a Leatherman multi-tool in my toolbox. The Leatherman gets plenty of use and although I need to get around to sharpening the cutting blade, I use all but the can opener at least weekly. I don't know how I ever got along without one of these!
The folding knife is a utility knife, not really a fighting knife but I can use it as such if needed. Some truck stops can get a little rough! Usually, it finds use opening packaging, cutting ropes and on occasion used to cut food. I keep it clean and razor sharp and the next time I get to a knife shop, it's getting treated to a new edge...the old one is worn down due to repeated sharpening. I prefer a 17.5 deg bevel (same as used on scalpels) to the usual 10 deg stock edge. On my wedding video, you can almost see this knife in use by my best man to nearly hack off his finger. He has his back turned so you don't see the amazing edge slice clear down to his cartilage and he can be seen sneaking out the back and off to the hospital for stitches, thus missing the reception. No, this was not planned or part of the ceremony, he knew I always carry it and forgot about the razor edge part. The ring still had it's tag (impossible to tear off by hand) on and no one thought to check it. Oops. That was the wedding glitch I didn't see coming. The mother of the bride forgetting the cake, yes. (I still say she did it on purpose) I had that covered. But not the BM slipping with a scalpel-sharp knife during the ceremony. I didn't even see it happen, I only noticed when he handed the ring back to the minister and it was all bloody. The look on my face is priceless! Brian Oh, a picture of the folder:
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Multiorgasmic and wrapped in plastic
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Central Tennessee
Posts: 483
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Hmm. Now why didn't I think of giving the kidlet Ted's Swiss Army knife to gnaw on while teething?!
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