oops sorry I mant to pest in the cool tool thread
Robert also made/designed numerous metal sculptures I have lots of pictures of his work if there is any interest
Okay thanks! Now from what I've been able to piece together, Cool Tools were sold by Gerber (made in Taiwan) starting sometime in the late 1990's. Prior to that they were an independent company. There was even a titanium Cool Tool produced in the US. (Image removed from quote.)
Quote from: J-sews on May 25, 2008, 02:44:24 PMOkay thanks! Now from what I've been able to piece together, Cool Tools were sold by Gerber (made in Taiwan) starting sometime in the late 1990's. Prior to that they were an independent company. There was even a titanium Cool Tool produced in the US. Do you have that and if you do would you be willing to sell it?
Okay thanks! Now from what I've been able to piece together, Cool Tools were sold by Gerber (made in Taiwan) starting sometime in the late 1990's. Prior to that they were an independent company. There was even a titanium Cool Tool produced in the US.
There seems to be a number of variations in tang stamps on these. Thanks to Kwakster I now have one, and so was re-reading this old thread. In the Chain took (or what I think is a chain tool) it says "PATENT 4967435," then on the "front" side of teh head it says "COOLTOOL" and "GERBER" on the backside.I'll try to remember to post pictures this weekend.Def
One thing that surprised me about this thing is how slim the head is. Def
Quote from: Defender on September 26, 2008, 02:37:51 AMOne thing that surprised me about this thing is how slim the head is. Defthe slim profile is so it can be used as a cone wrench for bike axles
As you can see, it has different markings on the head than some of the others posted here:
Has ANYONE found where these COOL TOOLS can be CURRENTLY purchased from???
Found this thread while looking for a Cool Tool to replace the one I got in 1994 or so. Thought I would share a few things.I went to school at CSU, Chico in Northern Californa in the mid '90's. Robert Seals (Bobby Seals as we knew him) had a ranch about 20 miles out of town. While I was an engineerging student there was a large overlap between the Human Powered Vehicle team, and the Collegate Cycling Team. EVERY cycling engineering student had a Cool Tool. I believe it was one of the first bike specific multi-tools.Bobby sold the rights to Gerber in 1995, which was announced to dealers in December that year.http://www.bikepro.com/impressions/cooltool.shtmlAs far as features: The hex keys can be inserted 180 degrees from their storage position to make the tool longer and provide more leverage, if you are careful the thin jaws of the wrench can be used as a tire iron, and the groove on the back side in line with the axis of the chain tool screw is a spoke wrench (not sure if that feature is on all models). Also, a rubber O ring holds up much better than the OEM rubber band.I will re-post if I find a reliable source of Cool Tools.