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gb Offline Fast Bill

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Re: how useful is the explorer??
Reply #30 on: January 02, 2017, 08:59:30 PM
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Mag glass isn't meant for reading small print originally, but to light fire with the sun light. And it works really well. Sure you can read with it too.
The main point is the inline phillips that is better than the backside one.

Don't think lightining a fire with the mag galss would work very well in the UK, but you may have better luck in sunnier countries!

The inline Phillips as well as providing better access is less likely to fold on you in use than the back scale one.

BTW I liked the mag glass/inline Phillips layer so much I comissioned this Ti Yeoman from Syph:

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Great minds think alike. Me too ! Gotta love titanium scales and brass liners too. And a brass mag holder ! :salute:


Cool, do you have a picture?
Not yet ... but I'll get onto it
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Re: how useful is the explorer??
Reply #31 on: January 02, 2017, 09:14:09 PM
I got rid of every Swiss knife I owned that had a mag glass. Champion, Yeoman, Explorer, and Wenger Tool Chest (?). I just didn't find them useful enough


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Re: how useful is the explorer??
Reply #32 on: January 02, 2017, 09:47:01 PM
so much talk of this one made me carry it today. Lovely mag glass to see stains, problems and issues or discoloration on plants, leaves and flowers!

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Re: how useful is the explorer??
Reply #33 on: January 03, 2017, 08:01:24 PM
Quote from: 50ft-trad on January 02, 2017, 09:14:09 PM
I got rid of every Swiss knife I owned that had a mag glass. Champion, Yeoman, Explorer, and Wenger Tool Chest (?). I just didn't find them useful enough


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Re: how useful is the explorer??
Reply #34 on: January 03, 2017, 09:16:27 PM
Quote from: Oxford_Guy on January 03, 2017, 08:01:24 PM
Quote from: 50ft-trad on January 02, 2017, 09:14:09 PM
I got rid of every Swiss knife I owned that had a mag glass. Champion, Yeoman, Explorer, and Wenger Tool Chest (?). I just didn't find them useful enough


Heresy!  :twak:

... and now for some reason all I'm thinking of is Kenneth Williams as Julius Caesar in Carry On Cleo saying "Infamy Infamy ... they've all got it Infamy" ... etc etc.

The mind is a strange thing ...

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Re: how useful is the explorer??
Reply #35 on: January 03, 2017, 10:22:05 PM
Quote from: Fast Bill on January 03, 2017, 09:16:27 PM
Quote from: Oxford_Guy on January 03, 2017, 08:01:24 PM
Quote from: 50ft-trad on January 02, 2017, 09:14:09 PM
I got rid of every Swiss knife I owned that had a mag glass. Champion, Yeoman, Explorer, and Wenger Tool Chest (?). I just didn't find them useful enough


Heresy!  :twak:

... and now for some reason all I'm thinking of is Kenneth Williams as Julius Caesar in Carry On Cleo saying "Infamy Infamy ... they've all got it Infamy" ... etc etc.

The mind is a strange thing ...



 :D

It may well be heresy, but it's also reality  :) I do like the idea\concept, but in practice it just didn't work out. Each to their own, and like so many other aspects of multitools, you'll never truly know how well it will suit you till you try it for yourself.  :cheers:


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Re: how useful is the explorer??
Reply #36 on: January 03, 2017, 10:42:18 PM
Quote from: 50ft-trad on January 03, 2017, 10:22:05 PM
Quote from: Fast Bill on January 03, 2017, 09:16:27 PM
Quote from: Oxford_Guy on January 03, 2017, 08:01:24 PM
Quote from: 50ft-trad on January 02, 2017, 09:14:09 PM
I got rid of every Swiss knife I owned that had a mag glass. Champion, Yeoman, Explorer, and Wenger Tool Chest (?). I just didn't find them useful enough


Heresy!  :twak:

... and now for some reason all I'm thinking of is Kenneth Williams as Julius Caesar in Carry On Cleo saying "Infamy Infamy ... they've all got it Infamy" ... etc etc.

The mind is a strange thing ...



 :D

It may well be heresy, but it's also reality  :) I do like the idea\concept, but in practice it just didn't work out. Each to their own, and like so many other aspects of multitools, you'll never truly know how well it will suit you till you try it for yourself.  :cheers:


I know, I'm only teasing. I collect coins on the side and a mag glass is damned useful for examining them
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