A proper tool, for a proper tool That looks like it's in fantastic nick mate
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Nice summary of a fine old multitool Mat! Great pictures too! I especially like that close up shot of the button screws and the slide lock.Quote(Image removed from quote.)Look close at those screws...you can see they were individually cut on a lathe! Its a slow, expensive, but very precise way to make fasteners. I'd never noticed that before. It sort of confirms the notion that these FPR's were unique hand made prototypes.
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Other then the oddness of the nail nicks, etc...this one is guaranteed to pinch your palms everytime. The newer ones don't. I would wish they would polish the steel up on the new ones and stop bead blasting them however.
Wow, that Gerber model brings back to memories for me... 'twas my first "real" MT (non-FPR of course) but similar in configuration and in BO. I remember the scissors being the Fiskars one with the thin arm and wire-like spring.Gave me a lot of blood blisters too...