The HOOK brings you back

[magentus]

Did you make that?!
That's brilliant! Victorinox should be doing that on every hook.

Standard feature on the Compact. Love it.

Is that hook the same size as the one without the file? I feel that a SuperSwissChamp is being pondered somewhere

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It's exactly the same hook, but with a file added. 

[Dutch_Tooler]

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[firiki]

The hook with nail file is only featured on some SAKs, the Compact being the first one to come to mind. Not sure about the SChamp, though

[magentus]

You've been away too long firiki 

The only SAK's I know that come with th efile on the hook are the Compact and the DoE. Maybe one of the huge ones does, but someone should send one to me for official verification.

[firiki]

You've been away too long firiki 

The only SAK's I know that come with th efile on the hook are the Compact and the DoE. Maybe one of the huge ones does, but someone should send one to me for official verification.

You (all) can thank ineluctable responsibilities for that, magentus 

I'm sure I still have that limited edition feta cheese and brine SwissChamp I could send you, if you still want it?

[magentus]

I never say no to SAK's firiki  even if it will give me some terrifying disease, it's still free SAK's 

[firiki]

I really don't know whether I should admire that stance or just shake my head in a condescending manner...

[magentus]

Admire it my friend and get that feta/ed Swisschamp in the post.

[El Corkscrew]

The hook has assisted me several times this week.

First, it was pulling a phone's power cable out of an awkward spot on the bottom of the phone.  Then, as awlways, I used it to pull out a hot oven rack.  Then it was stretching out the new nylon strings on my classical guitar, I used some cloth to prevent damage to the thin nickel coils.

[pfrsantos]

Just used mine to make an improv coat hanger in a bathroom. Worked perfectly.

 

[KandiKlover]

The hook has assisted me several times this week.

First, it was pulling a phone's power cable out of an awkward spot on the bottom of the phone.  Then, as awlways, I used it to pull out a hot oven rack.  Then it was stretching out the new nylon strings on my classical guitar, I used some cloth to prevent damage to the thin nickel coils.

Nice. I always just do it over the bridge where it gets a slight bend anyway. Never had any damage issues.

[El Corkscrew]

The hook has assisted me several times this week.

First, it was pulling a phone's power cable out of an awkward spot on the bottom of the phone.  Then, as awlways, I used it to pull out a hot oven rack.  Then it was stretching out the new nylon strings on my classical guitar, I used some cloth to prevent damage to the thin nickel coils.

Nice. I always just do it over the bridge where it gets a slight bend anyway. Never had any damage issues.

Oh, really? I go up and down the length of the string... Nylons take FOREVER to stretch out are softer/easier to bend/dent.  When stretching steel strings I don't worry about it and just use the hook directly.

[Nix]

I've struggled a little with accessing the hook on some models because of the location of the hook near the keychain attachment point. My big fingers have a little trouble getting a grip on the small nub on the bend of the hook to pull it open. The keychain attachment blocks my fingers just enough to make it tricky.

So today I decided to fix that problem on a Huntsman:



Without the keychain attachment, I have easy access to the wonderful hook.

[Nix]

Today I was...restoring?.....repairing?.....dunno....an old English "biscuit barrel". This is essentially a small wooden barrel with a porcelain canister inside.

My father-in-law smuggled this English antiquity out of the UK, but it turns out it had been cobbled together from disparate bits by a relatively unskilled...."Antiques Dealer".  The bottom fell out and it turned out to have been stuffed with newspaper from 1982. Ahhh, the creative years.

So I disassembled it cautiously and then made a plywood spacer to hold up the inner porcelain bucket inside the oak barrel exterior. The hook made the perfect tool for reaching in between the barrel and the new spacer when working on the fitting. I would have hesitated to use a screw driver as I didn't want to put any unnecessary strain on the edges of the barrel. I could have bent a bit of wire to fish the spacer out....but I had a perfectly good hook in my pocket. 

[El Corkscrew]

 

[VICMAN]

Good use of the hook Nix!   

[twiliter]

Another happy hooker. 

[twiliter]

I've struggled a little with accessing the hook on some models because of the location of the hook near the keychain attachment point. My big fingers have a little trouble getting a grip on the small nub on the bend of the hook to pull it open. The keychain attachment blocks my fingers just enough to make it tricky.

So today I decided to fix that problem on a Huntsman:

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Without the keychain attachment, I have easy access to the wonderful hook.

This is one of the main reasons I remove keyrings from 91s.   

[Don Pablo]

Another happy hooker. 

[Nix]

Another happy hooker. 

 

Yes, yes indeed. But not in the Rugby sense......   

[twiliter]

More in the crochet sense. 

[ironraven]

Another happy hooker. 

Off topic, but that brings back memories.

In college, I had a couple of summers where I worked for the school so I was living in the dorm. There was a rug maker's convention there every summer, still is I think. And the little old ladies would chase down any likely looking young men and say things like "looking for a hooker, sonny?" or just "I'm a hooker to". I learned to respond with things like "I'm tempted, but my girlfriend would kill me if she found out".

[ddogu]

 

I'm sure everyone has already seen this historic piece of film:

Am I the only one who got emotional over this video?..

[VICMAN]

Am I the only one who got emotional over this video?..

I have seen it before, but I think it is a good video. I was impressed when the guy did the pullups. I had not realized the hook would take that kind of pulling force prior to seeing the video. 
 

[Barry Rowland]

The hook is an amazing tool.  Makes a decent crochet hook!!

[GreenFish]

The mighty Hook aided me with opening those nasty closed pistacia nuts

[ToolJoe]

I though this was about the Blues Traveler song?..

[ThePeacent]

essential tool for heavy plastic bag transportation if you want your fingers to remain intact at the end of the trip



This bag weighed about 13kgs and amazingly, the plastic held all the stuff without breaking,
but the handles were thin and applied so much pressure that the hand really suffered,



especially in the chilling temperatures out there right now. And no, there were no gloves available



Good implement, worth having 

[pfrsantos]

You can improve that. I have a small length of paracord, it can bind 2+ plastic bags toghether more safelly than just the hook.

Try it!

 

[Nix]