Just some form of monkey metal that can just about retain molecular stability for the purpose of sitting in a drawer
Lynn will recognise this next one ...... I think it's fair to describe this one as surprisingly useful. There's a nice little touch too with a little hook and eye that keeps the tool shut till you need it.
I just picked up a Berkley mini fishing tool the other day. What can I say? It was $5, and I was curious.http://www.walmart.com/ip/Berkley-Mini-Fishing-Tool/16637412Here's a mini review... Tools and how they functioned:Ruler: Stamped on outside of frame. English/Metric. Gives about 4 1/5 inches or 12cm measure.Blade: dull out of package. A little work brought it up to paper-cutting sharpness.Flathead: drove a heavy screw about 1/2 an inch into pine.File: fairly aggressive, but doesn't appear to have heat treatment, so I'm guessing not good for metal.Awl: Punched through a 15oz can with some difficulty, and made great pilot hole in pine for screw.Phillips head: successfully removed small screws from back of calculator.Bottle opener: Worked on the first try.Tiny flathead: Untested, I could probably convert it to fit eyeglass screws with a file in 5 minutes.Scissors: Not bad. As per my earlier scissors test thread... Failed corrugated cardboard and heavy plastic, barely adequate for khakis and paracord, passed everything else. Score +3Reference this thread for other scissor results...http://forum.multitool.org/index.php/topic,36798.0.htmlWirecutters: barely...BARELY cut 12-gauge wire. Cut paperclip without a problem.Pliers: precise tip, able to pick a needle off a countertop. Flexed frighteningly laterally under the strain of trying to bend 12-gauge copper wire into a loop. Saw: hahahaaaa... HOLY CRAP IT WORKED! Notched pine and oak nicely... if a little slowly. It's SO tiny, as to almost be a joke, but it actually works if you've got nothing better to do with your time.Ergonomics: This thing is a little bundle of dangerous pain. Applying pressure with the pliers hurts. turning screws with the screwdriver hurts. The tool retention is almost non-existent, and all the drivers and awl fold if you sneeze at them. Flex in the handles becomes pronounced after only a very little use, and I fear it's due to screws pulling through the sheet metal where the plier head connects. There is a review on you-tube which also shows one of the tabs that act as a stop for the plier head popping over the plier stop, and screwing up the handles. It's unfortunate that this thing has some okay tools, but put together in a terrible frame which screws the whole pile up. If you can get past the not-great pliers and poor tool retention, this thing is better than no tool at all.Recommendation: For the same money, go get one of the types listed in the previous several posts, such as this one:http://www.kmart.com/shc/s/p_10151_10104_010W012825630001P?prdNo=1&blockNo=1&blockType=G1(Image removed from quote.)
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