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Multi-tool.
On Tue, 6 Jan 2009 23:42:55 -0400, "Don White"
wrote: wrote in message ... 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 everyone. http://www.botachtactical.com/schrade1.html How long did they last? |
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