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What tools are essential to you?
on: June 16, 2018, 11:23:02 PM
Got the idea from Leatherman's FB page.
Here's my list:
Needle nose pliers
Serrated Blade
Pihilips or Bit driver
Metal File

This thread isn't limited to plier based tools. SAKs are welcome as well :tu:
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Re: What tools are essential to you?
Reply #1 on: June 16, 2018, 11:34:54 PM
A blade.  Pliers.  Bit driver but mostly phillips and flat.  I now require scissors.  I'd prefer metal file over saw day to day.
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Re: What tools are essential to you?
Reply #2 on: June 17, 2018, 12:55:19 AM
blunt nose pliers, regular knife, serrated knife, phillips / flat head scewdriver.

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Re: What tools are essential to you?
Reply #3 on: June 17, 2018, 07:58:14 AM
At work:
ALL LOCKING TOOLS.
Pliers - strong and tight, with excellent cutter portion. BN or NN are good, depending on the circumstances.
Wood saw - well formed for cutting off dowels and excess wood.
File - good cross cut side for wood and single cut side for de-burring metal.
Small slot driver - antiques mostly have slot slot head screws.
Medium slot driver - antiques mostly have slot head screws.
Large slot driver - antiques mostly have slot head screws + opening paint/stain cans and light-medium prying.
#2 phillips driver (or a #1 that can work with #2 as well) - I use phillips drivers often for general mantainance duties.
*an exchangeable bit driver is also a good stand-in for the four necessary drivers.
Awl - starting screw holes in wood before driving in wood screws.

I actually don't like MT knife blades and don't use them often(I carry two knives anyway. 1 SE and 1 PE). The ergonomics of a big MT as a knife handle don't jive well with me. I am not opposed to an MT having blades, because most people need them, but I personally use MT blades very rarely(maybe I left my knife somewhere and I need a blade asap).

Personal carry:
Precise and tight NN pliers with a decent cutter section.
Medium slot screw driver.
Small slot screw driver.
#1 phillips driver.
Scissors - light scissor-centered actions.
File - for fingernails.
Pocketable.

Personal carry is preferred to be outside tools if possible.

Neither work or personal need to have a can opener or cap lifter. I don't use these, except at work I may pull wood staples up with a can opener once in a blue moon (I could do this with a slot driver too).

In reality I am not all that picky, but my response is in the spirit of putting myself in the position of having just a couple of MTs.
Thankfully I have about 140 MTs and enjoy changing things up all the time. I still don't care for blades on MTs, but it doesn't worry me that most MTs have them. :cheers:
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Re: What tools are essential to you?
Reply #4 on: June 17, 2018, 03:52:36 PM
Frequently or daily  :whistle:
Pliers, most often NN
Drivers, a big flat, a medium or small flat and a Phillips
Scissors

very far behind  ::)
Awl
File
Saw

I carry a FAK with tweezers and toothìck, a couple knives and other gear to cover the most common implements found in multitools  :salute:
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Re: What tools are essential to you?
Reply #5 on: June 17, 2018, 06:36:23 PM
knife
philips screwdriver
flat screwdriver
can opener

pliers - not so much lately, and my vic hiker has become the only knife i edc

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Re: What tools are essential to you?
Reply #6 on: June 18, 2018, 03:32:54 AM
I like these (in no particular order)

- pliers
- knife (both PE and SE are nice but plain edge if can only have one)
- scissors
- file
- awl
- Phillips driver (rather have the dedicated and use the bit adapter but a bit exchanger I am flexible on)
- flat driver
- saw is nice but optional
- toothpick and tweezers

This is about it and this is why I carry more than just a MT all the time :cheers:
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Re: What tools are essential to you?
Reply #7 on: June 18, 2018, 06:42:05 AM
Pliers / wire cutter,
Saw,
Large flat blade driver,
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Re: What tools are essential to you?
Reply #8 on: June 18, 2018, 09:17:04 AM
Day to day, bare minimum:
Blade
Scissors
Tweezers

Flat blade screwdriver/prybar/cap lifter comes in handy occasionally, as does a phillips driver and awl.  I like to have both large and small blades available - large for food, small for utility.  A Victorinox Climber would cover the vast majority of my normal tool needs but an Alox Electrician + LM Style CS or Vic Rambler suits me better.

Not much else, though it's nice to have a pliers-based multi close to hand, and I'll grab a Rebar, Charge or Spirit if I'm 'working' around the house.
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Re: What tools are essential to you?
Reply #9 on: August 01, 2018, 06:07:43 AM
In order of importance:

-NN pliers
-Bit driver for philips / flat
-Dedicated med. to large flathead
-Fully serrated blade

I always carry an OHO blade. For me, the near-perfect multitool is the LM Wave, but those are the necessary tools for a MT.

(The bit driver can be exchanged for a regular driver set, but the bits are more space efficient)
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Re: What tools are essential to you?
Reply #10 on: August 01, 2018, 06:20:43 AM
In order of usage as far as I remember correctly:

Blade
Drivers
Scissors
Pliers (not necessarily big, but sturdy enough for real use)
Tweezers
File
Awl
Toothpick
Magnifier (!)
Serrated blade
Pen
Saw

I think locks are helpful for some tools to make them function better, but as long as I know what I'm dealing with I'm ok with either safety wise. (Well, so far - probably jinxed it now!)

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Re: What tools are essential to you?
Reply #11 on: August 01, 2018, 02:29:18 PM
Minimum requirement
Pliers
Bit driver
Scissors
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Re: What tools are essential to you?
Reply #12 on: August 01, 2018, 04:37:14 PM
Most of my day-to-day use comes down to:

Knife
Scissors
Awl/reamer
Tweezers


Nice to have other stuff like pliers and drivers, but I usually have those within reach in the garage or a tool kit in the truck or bike. When fishing, I make sure I have some pliers with me, often in a multi, but sometimes as a stand alone.

The SAK Compact ticks most of those boxes. My one regret is that the Compact doesn't have an awl. That might get me to try doing a mod one day.
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Re: What tools are essential to you?
Reply #13 on: August 01, 2018, 04:41:30 PM
No change it what I require day to day.  Funny thing is, just as soon as I carry a tool with saw it seems to be used quite often and vice versa as well  :facepalm:.  Go figure.  Which is why I carried my Swisschamp  :whistle:
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Re: What tools are essential to you?
Reply #14 on: August 01, 2018, 05:18:18 PM
Pliers, knife blade, scissors, bit driver, metal saw & file, basically a LM Surge.
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Re: What tools are essential to you?
Reply #15 on: August 01, 2018, 07:21:43 PM
In no particular order:

Blade
Serrated blade
Capable pliers
Caplifter/canopener
Basic drivers ( flat(s) , #2 Phillips , ability to be adapted to a bit holder .
Scissors( SAK usually covers this territory)
File, Wood, metal saw
Pocket clip is nice
Awl

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Re: What tools are essential to you?
Reply #16 on: August 04, 2018, 12:57:40 AM
Honestly have to say it depends what I'm doing. For 3 decades the Super Tinker has been a staple for me, but the last 7 years or so I suppliment with plyers based.if I'm hiking or camping I want a wood saw. If I'm at work doing computer networking, serrated blade (for cutting velcro strip off the roll ) and scissors (same reason) and philios screw driver are more important than woodsaw. In either environment, I may have need for plyers. Outside to pick up water from fire, inside to turn nut hardware.

So...those are the MOST important ones I guess

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