The Great Multitool.org Trivia Thread

[AimlessWanderer]

Here's a hint- there's a very special reason the bit holder on the end is detachable, and it has to do with another tool.

From their site, not that I knew the answer without researching it:
for use of the bits in conjunction with "the CRKT® Zilla-Tool Jr"

The design brief was for a shrunken down Zilla, and someone forgot to tell them to not factor down the bit driver by the same percentage as the rest of the tool. This ended up with a duff bit driver size which no bits fitted. The Getaway Driver was introduced so that standard bits could be used in the Zilla Jr - effectively an adaptor to make up for an earlier design cock-up.

Question:
Name three multitool brands named after places.

Note: Must have the place name in their brand name. SwissTech doesn't count, as Swiss isn't a place

Edit: rephrased the question

[cali-SAK-attack]

Question:
Name three multitool brands named after places.

SHEFFIELD brand - Sheffield , England
WINCHESTER brand - Winchester , Virginia
NICHOLSON brand - Nicholson ,  Mississippi


 

[Grant Lamontagne]

Here's a hint- there's a very special reason the bit holder on the end is detachable, and it has to do with another tool.

From their site, not that I knew the answer without researching it:
for use of the bits in conjunction with "the CRKT® Zilla-Tool Jr"

The design brief was for a shrunken down Zilla, and someone forgot to tell them to not factor down the bit driver by the same percentage as the rest of the tool. This ended up with a duff bit driver size which no bits fitted. The Getaway Driver was introduced so that standard bits could be used in the Zilla Jr - effectively an adaptor to make up for an earlier design cock-up.

Question:
Name three multitool brands named after places.

Note: Must have the place name in their brand name. SwissTech doesn't count, as Swiss isn't a place

Edit: rephrased the question

You were both correct, but Al was more correct, so I'll give it to him. 

Def

[AimlessWanderer]

Question:
Name three multitool brands named after places.

SHEFFIELD brand - Sheffield , England
WINCHESTER brand - Winchester , Virginia
NICHOLSON brand - Nicholson ,  Mississippi


 

The first was definitely one of the three I had in mind 
The second I had heard of, but didn't know it was named after a place
The third I've never heard of 

So if anyone wants to carry on further with this question, there are at least two more, and 90% of our members will recognise both brands 

[cali-SAK-attack]

 
MULTITOOL WIKI BRAND LIST 


A.G. RussellBeretta Shotgun Tool
Au Sabot
Barlow Norwood
Beretta
Brookstone
Browning
Carolina Knife and Tool
Corona Clipper
Caspian Arms
CoastCaspian Arms Pocketsmith II
Coleman
Colonial Knife
Craftsman
Crescent
Day's End
Excalibur
FlipGrip
Harley Davidson
Journeyman Precision Tool
KleinLoggerhead Immix
Loggerhead
Mountain Quest
Nicholson
Par Aide
Paul Chen
Protocol
Red Devil
Remington
Sheffield
Smith & WessonVise-Grip 6LC
Stanley
United Cutlery
Unknown
Vise-Grip
Wichard
Winchester

[AimlessWanderer]

Neither of the other two are on there 

I'm still pretty sure most members here would recognise both 

I'm happy to give clues later if nobody gets them

[cali-SAK-attack]

I was goin by BRANDS known....not just known to you.LOLOLOLOL
NO prob    ALL IN GOOD FUN MY FRIEND!  

BUT I believe Def says you were late, and yer question is NULL N' VOID. LOLOL 

[cali-SAK-attack]

Neither of the other two are on there 

I'm still pretty sure most members here would recognise both 

I'm happy to give clues later if nobody gets them

They are there in bright red ma friend! 

[AimlessWanderer]

Not the other two that I had in mind 

 

[Grant Lamontagne]

I am not sure that "What is Al thinking of?" is a valid trivia question.... 

But it sure is funny!

Def

[AimlessWanderer]

 

There's a good reason I stayed out of this thread for so long. As soon as I ask a question, everything goes arse upwards

 

[AimlessWanderer]

Clue #1: Both places begin with letters of the alphabet



Clue #2: Both places are on this planet



Clue #3: One is 8 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time and the other is two hours ahead



Clue #4: Both companies are still going strong



Clue #5: Somebody will argue that one of them isn't a place and that the other one doesn't make multitools



Clue #6: I don't give a crap anymore



Clue #8: I forgot clue #7



Clue #9: Both have profited from tools with instant deployment

[cali-SAK-attack]

 

[AimlessWanderer]

Mother always told me I should stick to what I'm good at 

[ducttapetech]

 

[AimlessWanderer]

Cali, feel free to post another question while we're waiting for everyone to finish laughing at me for breaking the thread 

[Etherealicer]

Question:
Name three multitool brands named after places.

SHEFFIELD brand - Sheffield , England
WINCHESTER brand - Winchester , Virginia
NICHOLSON brand - Nicholson ,  Mississippi


 

The first was definitely one of the three I had in mind 
The second I had heard of, but didn't know it was named after a place
The third I've never heard of 

So if anyone wants to carry on further with this question, there are at least two more, and 90% of our members will recognise both brands 

SOG of course...

Because their place of production was so close to Canada they called themselves "South of Canada" or SOC for short... after setting everything up, they realized that they had a typo and everything was labeled SOG, so they claimed that calling themselves "Studies and Observations Group" was the plan all along...

Also, Havalon sounds like a place to visit...

[AimlessWanderer]

 


 

[AimlessWanderer]

I thought clue #9 would have made it a lot easier. Obviously not 

[Poncho65]

I thought clue #9 would have made it a lot easier. Obviously not 

 

[cali-SAK-attack]

Cali, feel free to post another question while we're waiting for everyone to finish laughing at me for breaking the thread 

NO THANKS..............................   

[Smashie]

I suspect Mora may be one but the other has me

[Poncho65]

Well until we can figure out what is going on with the thread

We need to get another question up to keep this thing running

Cause I have no idea about an answer to Al's question

[Poncho65]

What year did the CRKT Guppie and the lil Guppie become available? Hint it was 2 different years

[AimlessWanderer]

 

Poncho just named one of them...... Columbia River Knife and Tool

Well done Poncho

To put the rest of you out of your misery, the other was Fiskars

You may now all return to your regular scheduling 

[Poncho65]

Poncho just named one of them...... Columbia River Knife and Tool

Well done Poncho

To put the rest of you out of your misery, the other was Fiskars

You may now all return to your regular scheduling 

 yeah I meant to do that

[Grant Lamontagne]

I'm glad that's over with!

Do we have a current question on the go or do we need one?  And if so, who's turn is it?

Def

[ducttapetech]

Beats the hell out of me boss. Been trying to catch up.

[Grant Lamontagne]

What year did the CRKT Guppie and the lil Guppie become available? Hint it was 2 different years

That'll do!

Def

[Poncho65]

What year did the CRKT Guppie and the lil Guppie become available? Hint it was 2 different years

That'll do!

Def

Someone surely has a guess for this