The great multitool picture thread

[J-sews]

Another nice find there supratentorial! I've been trying to research that one for awhile now. Right now all I've got is that it was made in Germany, either in the 60's or 70's. Do you have any more info on it?

[supratentorial]

Another nice find there supratentorial! I've been trying to research that one for awhile now. Right now all I've got is that it was made in Germany, either in the 60's or 70's. Do you have any more info on it?

Nothing more yet but I've bought some old A&F catalogues.  I'll be happy to send you scans if I'm able to find anything.

[J-sews]

Cool, I hope you find something!

By the way, there was also a take-apart variation that used a slotted pivot screw to break down into two halves. (It was made in Solingen for Tell Cutlery.)

[Spoonrobot]

Oh I love you Zilla-Tool.

[Dunc]

Very nice pictures Spoony  ;D That Zilla tool looks more interesting every time I see it .

Dunc

[David Bowen]

The black one is much more stunning than the bead blasted  Can't go wrong with tactical black 

David

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

The black one is much more stunning than the bead blasted  Can't go wrong with tactical black 

David

I think we've found another ninja for your poll dunc ;D

http://forum.multitool.org/index.php/topic,2093.0.html

Vote my man, vote ;D

[bigfoot]

Thought I would try posting a pic here that I took a while back...

Lots of great photos in this thread!

[J-sews]

Howdy bigfoot! (I always knew you were real)   

[665ae]

Damn... I spent a weekend looking for BigFoot last winter in Northern Michigan... and now he just shows up here

[bigfoot]

Hello, thanks for the welcome! Somehow I discovered this place, I believe from EDC Forums. Yet another conspiracy to rid my wallet of the green stuff.  ;D

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Thought I would try posting a pic here that I took a while back...

Lots of great photos in this thread!

Welcome mate , good to see another Alox nut swelling the rank's ;D

[Sparkey]

Thought I would try posting a pic here that I took a while back...

Lots of great photos in this thread!

Welcome mate , good to see another Alox nut swelling the rank's ;D

Long live Alox!!! ;D

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Thought I would try posting a pic here that I took a while back...

Lots of great photos in this thread!

Welcome mate , good to see another Alox nut swelling the rank's ;D

Long live Alox!!! ;D

Couldn't agree more matey ;D 

[Stormdrane]

Here's a Sheffield multitool with locking pliers that I've had for several years, it appears the same as the Kershaw A100CTA.    I remember buying it at an Auto Zone, I don't recall the price.  It's usually kept it in the kitchen tool drawer, so my mom's probably used it more than I have. 

[Grant Lamontagne]

Very cool!  I like the finish!

If it's Sheffield, it's probably a Chinese knockoff though.  Does it say where it's made?  What's the quality like?  The brass thumb stud is usually an indicator that it's a cheapo.

Def

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

I can here a lot of bodies in sheffield spining in there graves as we speak ;D

[Grant Lamontagne]

When Sheffield was in Sheffield, they were fantastic.  I remember back in the days when Wilkinson Sword was a damned fine British name too!  Unfortunately, there is a marketing company based in North Carolina (I think) that imports cheap crapola from China, Pakistan and other Crap Capitols of the World and calls them Sheffield.

I haven't heard of much, if anything coming from the real Sheffield in a long time.  Are there still blades of various kinds being cranked out there?

Def

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

When Sheffield was in Sheffield, they were fantastic.  I remember back in the days when Wilkinson Sword was a damned fine British name too!  Unfortunately, there is a marketing company based in North Carolina (I think) that imports cheap crapola from China, Pakistan and other Crap Capitols of the World and calls them Sheffield.

I haven't heard of much, if anything coming from the real Sheffield in a long time.  Are there still blades of various kinds being cranked out there?

Def

Yeah quite a few but it's all pretty low tech knives made out of traditional materials...

http://www.sheffieldknives.co.uk/

It's all quite reasonably priced, but unless your an ardent traditionalist your going to go down the swiss route arn't you

[Grant Lamontagne]

There are a few there I wouldn't mind adding to the stable.

Nice to see they are still hanging on too.  I'd all but written them off.

This is the Sheffield I am used to:







The quality control is so high that they can't even get the puffy stickers on straight.

Def

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

I've got one off those ;D

There so crap you can't even use them as a paper weight

[Grant Lamontagne]

I have many of them.  My Mother in Law got me a 10 piece set for Christmas one year.  They were on sale at Home Depot for $11.99 or something.  I have one very much like a SOG ToolClip and now that I have a real SOG I may just do a comparison, similar to my recent rant on SOSAKOnline:

http://www.sosakonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=195&Itemid=35

Def

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

I have many of them.  My Mother in Law got me a 10 piece set for Christmas one year.  They were on sale at Home Depot for $11.99 or something.  I have one very much like a SOG ToolClip and now that I have a real SOG I may just do a comparison, similar to my recent rant on SOSAKOnline:

http://www.sosakonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=195&Itemid=35

Def

God your mother in law must really HATE you to inflict 10 of the bugger's on you I mean eqypt only had to suffer 10 plagues  ;D

[Grant Lamontagne]

And you thought I was making all of that up!

Here's the real one and the Sheffield.

Def

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

And you thought I was making all of that up!

Here's the real one and the Sheffield.

Def

Hmm, I think I'll go with the sog if you don't mind ;D

[Grant Lamontagne]

Are you sure?  The Sheffield has the extra phillips driver on it.  Of course it's a typical, useless knockoff phillips, but it's there!

Also, in place of the clip on the opposite site they have (can you guess?) another crooked sticker!

Def

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Are you sure?  The Sheffield has the extra phillips driver on it.  Of course it's a typical, useless knockoff phillips, but it's there!

Also, in place of the clip on the opposite site they have (can you guess?) another crooked sticker!

Def

you can't buy quality like that ;D

[Grant Lamontagne]

Yes you can- you just aren't looking deep enough in the discount bins!

Def

[Stormdrane]

Very cool!  I like the finish!

If it's Sheffield, it's probably a Chinese knockoff though.  Does it say where it's made?  What's the quality like?  The brass thumb stud is usually an indicator that it's a cheapo.

Def

It is made in china, but it's fairly decent quality compared to most of the chinese multitools I've handled.  Other than a bit of side play with the liner lock knife blade, everything on it works well.  With the number of parts counting the tools, screws, springs, and such, I'd imagine it was a bit more labor intensive to assemble than the average multitool knockoff.  I did think it odd that it has 'Patent Pending' on it though, I don't recall seeing that on a knockoff before.  I thought maybe Kershaw might of had some kind of deal with Sheffield.

[damota]

When Sheffield was in Sheffield, they were fantastic.  I remember back in the days when Wilkinson Sword was a damned fine British name too!  Unfortunately, there is a marketing company based in North Carolina (I think) that imports cheap crapola from China, Pakistan and other Crap Capitols of the World and calls them Sheffield.

I haven't heard of much, if anything coming from the real Sheffield in a long time.  Are there still blades of various kinds being cranked out there?

Def

The old Sheffield companies sell from here-

http://www.sheffieldknives.co.uk/

Good stuff but dated.

Dave