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3 Vintage French MultiTools

au Offline MultiMat

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3 Vintage French MultiTools
on: June 05, 2010, 10:50:04 AM
I now own 3 vintage French MT's. The 2 Seaboard Steel's are from the 50's-60's & I am not sure about the Le Depanneur but I reckon it is a similar age to the 2 Seaboards  :think:.

The Le Depanneur in a Seaboard Steel sandwich.

Thanks to Bob's spotting & US Ebay I recently became the happy owner of a vintage Le Depanneur slip jointed plier MT made by Kita(going by what is stamped on the tool).
The Le Depanneur, besides being old & made in France, is a bit unusual in that it is a MT with adjustable slip jointed pliers.The only other slip jointed plier MT I can think of is the Schrade ST5E :think:.




Quite a small MT.


The combined awl , bottle opener & ? wirer striper tool scores a thumb stud but the blade gets a nail nick  :think: :D.








Not sure how strong the tool is , I would be a bit nervous bearing down hard on a large nut. The metal seems a bit thin  :think:

The SeaBoard Steel MT with shifter wrench is a whole lot nicer than the cheap & nasty versions you can get now days.

It shares what looks like a sailing inspired awl, combined file/screw driver/cap lifter & a slightly smaller blade when compared to its more conventional brother.The wrench MT scores a Phillips head screw driver over the other Seaboard tool.


The 2nd Seaboard Steel MT is a more conventional MT sharing a format that seemed to be quite popular for the time





My 2 SeaBoards came with their original leather sheaths  8) 8) :D.


The pliers of the time share a simple but effective spring & handle catch system.

Seaboard Steel at top , Hubeo(German) middle & Hoffritz(German)bottom.


Plier catch Hoffritz at top, Seaboard Steel middle & Hubeo bottom.


Interesting how 2 different nationalities & 3 separate manufactures can be so similar  :think: :D
Hubeo at top, SeaBoard Steel middle & Hoffritz at the bottom.   


I am fairly sure these tools all come from the 50's-60's amazing that it took Tim Leatherman another 25 odd years to come up with the PST  :o.

Now I could really go a latter Le Depanneur model like Bob's  :drool: :gimme: :D


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Re: 3 Vintage French MultiTools
Reply #1 on: June 05, 2010, 11:55:19 AM
 :drool: i love the older tools  8) your becoming the new bob :P
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Re: 3 Vintage French MultiTools
Reply #2 on: June 05, 2010, 02:52:31 PM
He's got a way to go yet :D

Nice haul there Mat :tu:

That your total haul for French MTs?  which country you moving on to next :P
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Re: 3 Vintage French MultiTools
Reply #3 on: June 05, 2010, 06:31:10 PM
I still really like that design of MT :)
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Re: 3 Vintage French MultiTools
Reply #4 on: June 05, 2010, 08:27:31 PM
They are fantastic, really classic looking  :tu:
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Re: 3 Vintage French MultiTools
Reply #5 on: June 05, 2010, 08:45:44 PM
Nice collection there Mat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Re: 3 Vintage French MultiTools
Reply #6 on: June 06, 2010, 03:58:02 PM
Ah good, you got the Le Depanneur in Mat!! :cheers:  I'm not thinking there were very many of those made, as they don't come along very often. :) Congrats! :tu: Quite the oddball don't you think? I'm wondering if those narrow plier jaws canted at an angle like that were designed for something specific? Like a special bicycle tool or something? :think:

For sure no one can accuse them of knocking off someone else's design! :D
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Re: 3 Vintage French MultiTools
Reply #7 on: June 06, 2010, 05:44:33 PM
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Re: 3 Vintage French MultiTools
Reply #8 on: June 07, 2010, 04:02:09 PM
the spyderench/Byrdrench has the same head as that seaboard if thats what you mean by 'slipjoint'
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Re: 3 Vintage French MultiTools
Reply #9 on: June 07, 2010, 04:04:43 PM
love them all, and yes a thumb stud on a awl is a bit odd  :think:  still all cool looking  :tu:


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Re: 3 Vintage French MultiTools
Reply #10 on: June 07, 2010, 04:34:00 PM
Could that actually be a knob to pivot on as a can opener?  :think:


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Re: 3 Vintage French MultiTools
Reply #11 on: June 07, 2010, 10:15:15 PM
Nice haul Mat!  Good to have another member in the Depanneur Club!









Great design for a tool- I'd love to see a modern day version of it!

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Re: 3 Vintage French MultiTools
Reply #12 on: June 07, 2010, 10:34:25 PM


Great design for a tool- I'd love to see a modern day version of it!

Def

care to let me borrow it? >:D
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Re: 3 Vintage French MultiTools
Reply #13 on: June 08, 2010, 12:35:08 AM

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Great design for a tool- I'd love to see a modern day version of it!

Def

Layout wise it reminds me of the Wichard .

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smurf me backwards, have you seen the price!  No way are they worth that  :ahhh
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Re: 3 Vintage French MultiTools
Reply #14 on: June 08, 2010, 01:18:41 AM
Could that actually be a knob to pivot on as a can opener?  :think:

I agree with you Mr Whippy...that's part of the can opener arrangement.


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Re: 3 Vintage French MultiTools
Reply #15 on: June 08, 2010, 05:53:44 AM


Great design for a tool- I'd love to see a modern day version of it!

Def

care to let me borrow it? >:D

Let me know if you are serious and I'll pack it up.  Mine is in mint condition, as if it rolled off the assembly line yesterday.

Neil- if I'm not mistaken, I think Witchard purchased the design and continued to manufacture it, later on with plastic handle scales.

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Re: 3 Vintage French MultiTools
Reply #16 on: June 08, 2010, 06:02:05 AM


Great design for a tool- I'd love to see a modern day version of it!

Def

care to let me borrow it? >:D

Let me know if you are serious and I'll pack it up.  Mine is in mint condition, as if it rolled off the assembly line yesterday.

Neil- if I'm not mistaken, I think Witchard purchased the design and continued to manufacture it, later on with plastic handle scales.

Def

I am Grant, but the detailed pics will do - for now

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Re: 3 Vintage French MultiTools
Reply #17 on: August 08, 2010, 03:39:48 PM
Funny that the Le Dep web page is still up, after all these years: :)

http://www.nat.fr/coutellerie/depanner.htm


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Re: 3 Vintage French MultiTools
Reply #18 on: April 04, 2016, 11:06:00 PM
Thread Zombie:

I recently received my Le Depanneur and noticed something others seem to have not; a large flat head driver on the end of the slip joint pliers, where it is tapered for the clasp.
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Re: 3 Vintage French MultiTools
Reply #19 on: April 06, 2016, 11:59:07 AM
Saw one of these recently in a close out sale but it was still way out of my price range.


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Re: 3 Vintage French MultiTools
Reply #20 on: April 06, 2016, 07:57:00 PM
Good score there PD!
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Re: 3 Vintage French MultiTools
Reply #21 on: April 07, 2016, 01:02:32 PM
Nice to see another member in the Depanneur club!

I always suspected that the handle on mine was meant to act as a screwdriver but it isn't nearly as defined as yours is.  That is a very cool variant!

Def
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