Name That Tool

Grant Lamontagne · **Reply #30 on:** October 30, 2006, 02:36:38 AM

Son of a... just tried it and it works! I lost alot of blood to that tool trying to do it the hard way!

Def

J-sews · **Reply #31 on:** October 31, 2006, 01:00:09 AM

I'm sometimes amazed at how well things work on those rare occasions when I read the instructions first.

Grant Lamontagne · **Reply #32 on:** October 31, 2006, 01:13:25 AM

I never got instructions with mine....

That's my story and I'm sticking to it!

Def

J-sews · **Reply #33 on:** November 01, 2006, 04:36:36 AM

Okay, everybody give up? Here are the "Locking Multi Tools of Years Gone By."

M) original Leatherman Wave

N) Schrade Tough Tool

O) Bear Jaws 155L

P) Leatherman Pulse (same lock release as the Super Tool 200)

Q) BuckTool

R) SOG SwitchPlier

J-sews · **Reply #34 on:** November 01, 2006, 06:07:14 AM

Here we go, next question is an easy one (for some people!)

From what you can see of this multi tool, can you tell me what it is?

parnass · **Reply #35 on:** November 02, 2006, 03:41:57 AM

Quote from: J-sews on November 01, 2006, 06:07:14 AM

Here we go, next question is an easy one (for some people!)

From what you can see of this multi tool, can you tell me what it is?

Looks like a version of a Leatherman Juice.

J-sews · **Reply #36 on:** November 02, 2006, 03:52:46 AM

It is indeed a member of the Juice family, and the giveaway clue is the small blade to the left. Called a "foil cutter", this blade has only ever been included on one Leatherman multi tool model.

Do you know which model it is?

SoDak · **Reply #37 on:** November 02, 2006, 04:55:20 AM

Is it a juice pro?

J-sews · **Reply #38 on:** November 03, 2006, 03:25:24 AM

Right-o SoDak!

Leatherman put corkscrews on several members of the Juice family, but only the Juice Pro was given a foil cutter blade. In addition, the Pro comes equipped with a removable set of tweezers, which is another feature not found on any other Leatherman. (Other than those two items, the Pro is the same as an Xe6)

joebw · **Reply #39 on:** November 03, 2006, 03:30:45 PM

The Squirt S4 and E4 also have removable tweezers.

Joe

Grant Lamontagne · **Reply #40 on:** November 03, 2006, 09:43:19 PM

Yeah but I think Bob was just referring to Juice models...

Def

J-sews · **Reply #41 on:** November 04, 2006, 02:18:08 AM

Oops, I'm embarrassed again.

Actually, for some reason I had completely forgotten about those two little Squirts. (I'm going to have to start proof-reading my own posts a little closer.)

Thanks Joe!

J-sews · **Reply #42 on:** November 06, 2006, 12:46:01 AM

Okay, this one might be a toughie, I dunno. It was brought out by a major manufacturer about ten years ago, but didn't make much of a splash. Anybody know its name and its maker?

Grant Lamontagne · **Reply #43 on:** November 06, 2006, 01:21:51 AM

Wow, you have me stumped there. If I had to guess though I would say that it was made by Gerber, jusdging from the basic styling. That's just a guess though.

Def

SoDak · **Reply #44 on:** November 06, 2006, 05:23:49 AM

I think that's a gerber mpt.

prime77 · **Reply #45 on:** November 06, 2006, 09:01:56 AM

Quote from: SoDak on November 06, 2006, 05:23:49 AM

I think that's a gerber mpt.

I agree it's the Gerber Military Provisional Tool

J-sews · **Reply #46 on:** November 06, 2006, 12:05:21 PM

Quote from: prime77 on November 06, 2006, 09:01:56 AM

Quote from: SoDak on November 06, 2006, 05:23:49 AM
I think that's a gerber mpt.
I agree it's the Gerber Military Provisional Tool

All right, good answers guys! Yep, it is a MPT-5, which Gerber brought out in the mid-1990's to satisfy some big U.S. military order. At the time, it was the only Gerber multi tool to use the Leatherman style of folding and unfolding. Also note the use of hex bolts at the pivots, which is more like a SOG tool.

inkster · **Reply #47 on:** November 06, 2006, 10:20:39 PM

Those tools are berry berry handsome O0

J-sews · **Reply #48 on:** November 08, 2006, 04:41:32 AM

Well, you guys are getting too good at this. It's time for me to take the gloves off.......

Here's an interesting one. Sold by an old-time American company, it at first appears to be an ordinary plier-type multi tool. However, both groups of blades are actually housed in "cartridges," which can be removed and interchanged. It's a handy feature if you wanted to, say, hold onto something with the pliers and also cut on it with the saw. (Cutting a short piece of tubing in half, for example.)

Any idea what it is?

665ae · **Reply #49 on:** November 08, 2006, 07:01:59 AM

Oooh... I actually know that one.. I think...

Is it a Coleman Cartridge?

CacherX4 · **Reply #50 on:** November 08, 2006, 09:36:13 PM

I second that guess

J-sews · **Reply #51 on:** November 09, 2006, 01:52:31 AM

Hmmm, how about we give half a point to each of you, for being only half right? The tool is indeed a Coleman, but the name is a Pro Lock. (Which is ironic, given that none of the blades actually lock.) The Pro Lock was an interesting concept; Coleman promised additional tool cartridges with a variety of blade selections to come along later. The idea was you could own one standard plier body, then "customize" the tool each day for the expected tasks.

Unfortunately, Coleman came up second place in a legal battle with the mighty Leatherman lawyers. I don't know the details, but production of the Pro Lock had to immediately cease and desist, before any additional blade cartridges became available.

Bummer.

J-sews · **Reply #52 on:** November 11, 2006, 03:59:18 AM

Next question:

Here's one you don't see very often. Introduced about ten years ago, it was made in the United States by an old-time American knife company in Utica, New York.

Do you know what it is?

CacherX4 · **Reply #53 on:** November 11, 2006, 04:30:39 AM

Bob, I'll take the Caterpillar Function Multimaster for $100.....or the Kutmaster Mountain Quest Multi Tool ...both manufactured under Utica Cutlery.

Jim

CacherX4 · **Reply #54 on:** November 13, 2006, 03:10:44 AM

You're killing me here, what is it?

I want to see if I am learning anything around here O0

Grant Lamontagne · **Reply #55 on:** November 13, 2006, 03:14:41 AM

Looks kind of like a cheap Sheffield tool that my MIL gave me a few Christmases back. Ten tools for $8.99 or something like that, and QC was so bad they didn't even get the stickers on straight....

Def

J-sews · **Reply #56 on:** November 13, 2006, 03:52:00 AM

(I like it when they beg. Heh-heh)

Okay, I guess I accidently gave a big clue with that "Utica, New York" hint. This is a Kutmaster MultiMaster tool, and it was made at the New York factory in the late 1990's. Kutmaster knives and cutlery have been around for decades, but unfortunately, they have felt the pressure of overseas competition. Most of their products are now made in Taiwan, under the "Mountain Quest" logo.

The MultiMaster wasn't that great of a design. It is strong and solid, and has a hex driver built into the end of the plier handle, but it seems crude by today's standards. Nearly the exact same tool was produced by Kutmaster and sold with the Klein Tools logo, as well as a variation that was sold by Browning firearms.

And as CacherX4 mentioned, they were also produced for Caterpillar.

~Bob

CacherX4 · **Reply #57 on:** November 13, 2006, 04:00:08 AM

Well, I got to admit, it was the Utica, New York thing that helped me out

J-sews · **Reply #58 on:** November 13, 2006, 04:01:46 AM

Oops, I forgot about another version, with a Proto Tools logo. (Also made by KutMaster)

J-sews · **Reply #59 on:** December 01, 2006, 01:13:38 AM

Anybody care to tell me what this tool is?

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