On Jan 7, 10:38*am, "Don White" wrote:
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On Jan 7, 9:21 am, "Don White" wrote:





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On Jan 6, 10:42 pm, "Don White" wrote:

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I am posting this from a bike group I go to.. Maybe you guys can make
a good suggestion and I can pass it along..

SNIP
OT, but I figure some of the regulars in this group are the type to
carry and use multitools. I'm looking to get one that has a solid
set
of pliers that don't shimmy side to side when twisting things, with
at
least the basics for additional tools (screwdrivers, knife, etc).
It'll be for boating use as well as on the dirt bike, so I don't
really like the designs that have separate drivers for the
screwdriver
part, since I could see losing one in rough seas, and wouldn't want
to be fiddling with getting out the proper bit and inserting it into
the tool while on the cabintop of a rocking boat.

The best thing I found hope for in my research was a Kershaw
multitool, but it's been discontinued. My everyday pocket knife is a
Kershaw 1550, and it's a great, great knife. Very well built, going
strong after years of tough use and conditions, and has a lifetime
warranty behind it if it ever does flake out on me.

Any multitools I've used have done many things poorly. I'd like to
find one that does a few things well, with a special focus on the
pliers. This (along with my satisfaction with their other products)
is why i liked the looks of the Kershaw so much - the pliers were not
retractable and as such were supposedly much stiffer than your
average
multitool. They were also locking like vice grips, but that part I
can do without.

Also, I know that leatherman and gerber made much better stuff 10+
years ago than they do today, with ownership changes and lowered
standards, etc. I'm looking for advice on a good multitool I can buy
at the store in '09, not what was a great tool back in the 80's when
tools were commonly made to be used.

So, if you carry something along these lines and are happy with it,
please tell me what and why.

/SNIP

Thanks, Scotty

Back in 1997 we were closing up a small union local and preparing to
join
with a larger union.
Had some money to dispose of so I bought about 32 Schrade Tough Tools
for
the members.
I also went to a local leather artist and had little patches made with
the
union local #, it's logo and the dates it served the members.
These patches were sewn onto the leather belt pouches the tool came
with.
I presented them with custom t-shirts at a goodbye party to the 2.5
dozen
current members plus a few past execs.
Everybody loved them except for a few of the girls. Can't please
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Did Harry help you with that tall tale?
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Seems to me y'all down there are a real bettin' group.
What do you wager that I can't produce a picture of two of the units with
the obvious union patch and who knows...maybe the original receipt from
Canadian Tire.
I was the treasurer and acting president at time of close-up so I should
still have the voucher/receipt here.
Hurry up...the wife has been after me to trash all my old union
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How on earth would the above prove that you provided all of that to
every member in your union?
Besides, when we were discussing your angle that you think, like
Harry, that people who don't use their real names are cowards, you
said you weren't a betting man. Which is it? Either you are, or you
aren't.

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Well, since you asked...I wouldn't consider this a true wager.... more like
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I also asked how in hell would a picture of an old union patch prove
that you gave every member of your union all of the above?