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Evolver
04-29-2012, 10:43 PM
What are your handy tools that you have found to work and work well?

This is a nice little saw to have around. With the curved blade it cuts well on the pull stroke for over head work and I'm sure it would work as a bone saw in a pinch. It's a CORONA RS 7265 10" FOLDING RAZOR TOOTH SAW CURVED BLADE and It also comes in a 7'' blade.
http://di1-3.shoppingshadow.com/images/pi/c3/c3/56/85607563-149x149-0-0_Corona+CORONA+RS+7265+10+FOLDING+RAZOR+TOOTH+SAW +C.jpg

bacpacker
04-30-2012, 12:08 AM
Nice saw. I have the same one. I've used it for 2-3 years and it is very effective and cuts as well now as it did the first time. I keep it in my BOV for possible use there, but I pull it out to use quite often.

Here's a piece of gear I found several years ago that works very well.

97THM : TWO HANDED MACHETE (http://dealerscorner.coldsteel.com/Products/97THM/)

I have used it to cut everything from honeysuckle vines to corn stalks (why I got it in the first place) to your typical brush and small trees (up to 3"). It has held up very well to all the use I have put it thru. It needs sharpening now, but it has held a good edge so far.

I think if push came to shove it would make a fine weapon.

IDTANDY
04-30-2012, 12:19 AM
I've got the two handed Panga,love it.Good review of these type of blades.

Zombie Squad • View topic - Cold Steel two handed machetes review - all of them (http://www.zombiehunters.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=78127)

Grumpy Old Man
04-30-2012, 07:56 PM
I carry a Gerber multi-tool, a CS Spetznatz shovel and a ratcheting Stanley screwdriver with 8 bits in the handle. It also doubles as a 5/16" nut driver.

bacpacker
05-01-2012, 12:28 AM
Good point Grumpy. I have a couple of Klein 11-1 pliers. Multiple bits, flat, phillips, allen, and 3 nut drivers. I may need to consider that a little more closely. Here's a link:

Screwdriver/Nut Driver, 11-In-1 - Multi-Bit Screwdrivers - Screwdrivers and Nutdrivers - 2RKT1 : Grainger Industrial Supply (http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/KLEIN-TOOLS-ScrewdriverNut-Driver-2RKT1?Pid=search)

Evolver
05-01-2012, 12:56 AM
Good point Grumpy. I have a couple of Klein 11-1 pliers. Multiple bits, flat, phillips, allen, and 3 nut drivers. I may need to consider that a little more closely. Here's a link:

Screwdriver/Nut Driver, 11-In-1 - Multi-Bit Screwdrivers - Screwdrivers and Nutdrivers - 2RKT1 : Grainger Industrial Supply (http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/KLEIN-TOOLS-ScrewdriverNut-Driver-2RKT1?Pid=search)
Hahahaha... I've got the same one too and have had it for about 8 year... All the drivers are still in good shape but the smaller Phillips got zapped when I was installing an outlet live and touched ground with the side of the driver. One of the four fins is completely gone but it still works and works well.

bacpacker
05-01-2012, 01:14 AM
Yeah I've used one at work for 4+ years. I was so impressed with them I got 2 for the house, one for my electrical tool belt, the other is in a tool bag in the camper.

slowz1k
05-01-2012, 08:13 PM
I've come to really like my Gerber Shard. When I first got it I was on the fence, but it has proven itself enough times that I consider it essential EDC and lives on my key ring.
The pry bar won't do much for pulling nails, but it's enough to get the elevator doors parted enough to get your fingers in. (Tried this at work) I was also able to remove a door hinge with the Phillips head. It won't cut down a tree, but....many a Guiness and Corona have fallen prey to the bottle opener.


http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk95/slowz1k/Shard.jpg

IDTANDY
05-01-2012, 08:40 PM
Nice, I like that.
That would make one hell of a self defence weapon,on the end of that lanyard.

Grumpy Old Man
05-01-2012, 08:45 PM
You've got to love Klein tools. I've used their nut drivers 5-in-one and phillips screwdrivers for more than a dozen years and love them, The reason I mentioned the 5/16" is that I've found, over the years, that it is the one that grows legs and escapes in the misguided thought that it is not serving in humble dignity and requires "liberation".

Evolver
05-01-2012, 10:24 PM
I've come to really like my Gerber Shard. When I first got it I was on the fence, but it has proven itself enough times that I consider it essential EDC and lives on my key ring.
The pry bar won't do much for pulling nails, but it's enough to get the elevator doors parted enough to get your fingers in. (Tried this at work) I was also able to remove a door hinge with the Phillips head. It won't cut down a tree, but....many a Guiness and Corona have fallen prey to the bottle opener.
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk95/slowz1k/Shard.jpg

This would be a good thing for me!!! I'm always using my keys for things that keys are not are not made for. :) Like opening paint cans for one.

Evolver
05-05-2012, 06:12 PM
The common round toothpick.

http://i21.geccdn.net/site/images/n-picgroup/RPPR820.jpg

Do any of you have that PITA stripped out screw like on your strike plate that's on a door jamb, on a chair or table? The toothpick is your answer.

Just remove the screw insert as many toothpicks thats needed to fill the hole, snap them off then insert the screw. You can go a step farther by putting a little wood glue on the toothpick before inserting.

eagle326
05-06-2012, 12:57 PM
The common round toothpick.

http://i21.geccdn.net/site/images/n-picgroup/RPPR820.jpg

Do any of you have that PITA stripped out screw like on your strike plate that's on a door jamb, on a chair or table? The toothpick is your answer.

Just remove the screw insert as many toothpicks thats needed to fill the hole, snap them off then insert the screw. You can go a step farther by putting a little wood glue on the toothpick before inserting.


Have done this quite a few times. Works great.

ak474u
05-06-2012, 06:57 PM
Have done this quite a few times. Works great.


The door frames in my old condo were practically made of toothpicks. Lol. Wood glue or regular old elmers worked the best. And Bondo makes a good repair putty for wood rot on old window sills in lieu of replacement. Obviously, you should fix the source of the moisture before repairing it, but it works well.

izzyscout21
05-07-2012, 07:22 PM
icepick........Basic Instinct left me scarred.