In what inconventional ways have you used your Multitools

[Zhenchok]

I've readithe manual on the various Victorniox and leatherman tools and how they should be used.  I'm trying to learn new uses for tools that I haven't thought about.  What have been some of yours? For example I recently learned that people use the awl for fire starting, the cork screw for untying tough knots, and maybe this is common knowlege for most but I used my PST pliers to pull pots out of a campfire.  Please provide some stories examples.  Maybe we can all learn new ways of doing things with our multi that we havent thought of before.  Thanks

[Mechanickal]

I once had only 1 screwdriver at hand.
I needed to unroll a large cable roll but had no holder to put the roll on.

My collegue pulled the cable, why I held the roll up by placing a screwdriver in at one and, my Waiter's combotool in the other.

[Alan K.]

I've used the pliers of various multitools to pull out unsightly nose hairs. I've found the compound leverage of the SOG pliers works best for this task.

[cody6268]

I've used the small driver on a PST II to remove the triangle screws on a power adapter, and the wood saw of a Vic as a cray comb on my dog (some saws and grooming blades on knives have been cut identically, just several, really fine and long serrations (cut most of the way from spine to edge).  The Vic hook has carried hay bales, and the bottle opener has removed, the outer, free spinning cap from childproof caps.

[Zhenchok]

Alan K, now that you mention it, I'm sure i've used the scissors on my Sak to do a quick trim myself  

I also recently used the hook to remove some playdow stuck in a doll's mouth for my daughter.

[Dutch_Tooler]

Is this thread only meant for success stories or is potentially or actually destructive use also covered?

I have an example of the latter. A little bit embarrassing. Snapped the blade of my PST when I attempted to pry a difficult-to-reach staple out of some wood

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[Don Pablo]

Is this thread only meant for success stories or is potentially or actually destructive use also covered?

I have an example of the latter. A little bit embarrassing. Snapped the blade of my PST when I attempted to pry a difficult-to-reach staple out of some wood

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I find the SAK can and bottle openers really good at pulling Staples. 

[Old Boy]

I forget now if it was the Gerber MP or LM Wave but I've magnetized the screwdriver blade to pick up a very small screw and align it in the hole when I was reassembling a radio.

You could probably do the same with the pliers but I've never tried.

Embarrassing but I've used the Gerber Shard pry notch to cut a jagged corner of my thumbnail.  I was in the airport and had nothing else I could use. Yeah my nails are disgusting.

[Don Pablo]

I used a Kick(any plier tool would do) and a Victorinox bottle opener working in tandem to pull out a small-medium size nail sticking out of a bit of wood.
I should whip up a demo pic. 
 
I should have gotten a claw hammer out of the shed a few metres away, but I was curious. 

[AimlessWanderer]

If anyone's used a corkscrew to cure constipation, please don't bother with the pics. Thanks 

[rdub934]

If anyone's used a corkscrew to cure constipation, please don't bother with the pics. Thanks 

 

[Don Pablo]

If anyone's used a corkscrew to cure constipation, please don't bother with the pics. Thanks 

No need, I use pliers.
Be back in a sec...

[ironraven]

If anyone's used a corkscrew to cure constipation, please don't bother with the pics. Thanks 

Fish descaler.

  I shame myself

[kaput]

The whole tool can be used as a hammer of course. Better than using your fist, a little..

[Douglas]

I've used the pliars on my Swisstool along with a crescent wrench to cut the steal band on shippiing crates.  Close down the wrench on one side of the band then grip the other side with the ST pliars touching the wrench and twist the two in opposite directions and they cut the steal band like Vic Scissors through news print.

[Shuya]

Vic can opener for opening for opening walnuts.
Just insert the tip in to the crack between the two shells at the blunt end of the nut, twist, and you got 2 perfect halves.
And you already have the proper tool at hand to get the nutty contents out of them. 

[caninesapien]

Another one here using pliers for getting pots/food out of campfires! Pliers also indispensable for removing tent pegs.

[gregozedobe]

Pliers also indispensable for removing tent pegs.

I have used a LM Crunch to remove a "pin shaped" peg that was driven through an underground root (not by me).  Without locking pliers (and considerable strength) that peg (and the gazebo it was holding) was going to stay there for a very long time.  I don't think anything else besides locking pliers could have twisted and pulled hard enough at the same time.

[Dutch_Tooler]

And for rearranging meat trays on a very hot grill of course. Reposting a tool waiting to do just that.

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[4everYoung]

Used the backside Awl on my mechanic and Spartan to cut up some tin cans to make a little camp stove.
Tried the can opener but it had a hard time dealing with the raised portions. The awl made quick work of it though.

[Don Pablo]

Used the backside Awl on my mechanic and Spartan to cut up some tin cans to make a little camp stove.
Tried the can opener but it had a hard time dealing with the raised portions. The awl made quick work of it though.

Speaking of turning cans into stoves... I made one of Lynn's wood gas stoves a few weeks ago.  It burns with no smoke once it gets going. 
They are very cool and easy to make if you understand the instructions. 
Wood gas stoves with three cans and a Rebar (Pic Heavy)

[Don Pablo]

Linked to here, for future reference, and Visa versa. 
Interesting use for a Signal

[theonew]

I have used a LM Crunch to remove a "pin shaped" peg that was driven through an underground root (not by me).  Without locking pliers (and considerable strength) that peg (and the gazebo it was holding) was going to stay there for a very long time.  I don't think anything else besides locking pliers could have twisted and pulled hard enough at the same time.

To me the Crunch is the apogee of multitools.

Here's my Crunch keeping a broken table umbrella from sagging

[Don Pablo]

I have used a LM Crunch to remove a "pin shaped" peg that was driven through an underground root (not by me).  Without locking pliers (and considerable strength) that peg (and the gazebo it was holding) was going to stay there for a very long time.  I don't think anything else besides locking pliers could have twisted and pulled hard enough at the same time.

To me the Crunch is the apogee of multitools.

Here's my Crunch keeping a broken table umbrella from sagging

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[King_Gorilla]

I have used a LM Crunch to remove a "pin shaped" peg that was driven through an underground root (not by me).  Without locking pliers (and considerable strength) that peg (and the gazebo it was holding) was going to stay there for a very long time.  I don't think anything else besides locking pliers could have twisted and pulled hard enough at the same time.

To me the Crunch is the apogee of multitools.

Here's my Crunch keeping a broken table umbrella from sagging

The Crunch was my first Leatherman and my first quality multi tool.  In many ways, it is still my favorite.     

I wish I had a picture to share but I was going to say that a few people have mentioned that they use their pliers to pull hot cookware off the campfire.  If you use a Crunch you can actually just leave the tool connected and make a temporary pot handle as you are serving the food, moving it around the table, etc.        

[theonew]

From a previous post

I love this review on the Leatherman website: http://www.leatherman.com/crunch-1.html#pdpReviewsTab

8/27/2015
VICE TYPE PLIERS ARE SO UNDERESTIMATED
By Marty
from Auckland, New Zealand

I'm so gutted, I lost mine & now I hear they're discontinued. seriously leatherman please send me any last pair you have in stock. these are seriously cool, look what they do:

portable vice, clamp, pliers, spanner, pot handle, hot object holder, extra handle on anything, replacement door handle, faucet handle, replacement stearing wheel, fish hook remover, drill (clamped onto cutting bit), hammer, emergency window breaker, hacksaw by clamping broken blade, Bend metal/wire (e.g wire tie twister), Drill Press Clamp, Extract broken bolts/screws, Heat sink,Hold one end of a long cut when sawing, Hold small items while drilling or cutting, Hold together bags with broken zippers (from the inside), Instant step for climbing, Door lock (especially public toilets with broken lock),Loosen bottle caps (e.g glue & nail polish bottles), Loosen rounded nuts, Pipe wrench, Plumb weight, Portable stand for a camera/selfie stick (weld screws with the appropriate thread on to the Vies-Grip Locking Pliers),Remove broken corkscrews from corks, Remove staples and nails, Repair jewellery, Replace missing knobs (e.g TV tuner), Seal/block hoses, Stretch upholstery & hold it, Temporary shelf support, Unscrew broken lightbulbs, needle sterilizer (hold it in flame), red hot poker holdereriously people, this model must bu can do:

[Kampfer]

It was a windy day, I used my Spirit as paperweight, it was a big success.

[ToolJoe]

I use the pliers on my Spirit to pick up pieces of trash at work on the lot.

[Syncop8r]

I just want to say that inconventional is an unconventional word to use. 

[Dutch_Tooler]

I just want to say that inconventional is an unconventional word to use. 

Everyone has so far been too polite to comment this I guess. The intricacies of the English language are sometimes quite baffling... Indeed, why would a latin-derived word have a negative declination from the more nordic influences, one may logically ask? Never mind, sorry, back to the topic, shall we?

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