Gran Torino

Grant Lamontagne · **on:** February 19, 2009, 03:14:04 AM

OK, gotta get a disclaimer out first- there's no multitool content in the film.

There is however a lot of gratuitous tool use in Clint Eastwood's latest movie. In one scene Squint is working in his garage when the neighbor's kid comes to see him and marvels at all the tools hanging on the walls. Eastwood lectures him on how you start with a few tools and add some here and there as you need them, then hands the kid a can of WD-40, a set of vise grips and a roll of duct tape and tells the kid that most household problems can be solved with those three items.

Thinking about it as I have for the past 24 hours, I have to agree, and the repair job really depends on your own creativity or lack thereof. The vise grips could also be used for a light duty hammer, you could use the WD-40 to locate leaks (smear it on and look for bubbles) then use the duct tape to fix them. You could do that with pipes, windows.... just about anything.

For the last few months I have been marveling at the understated usefulness of my Leatherman Crunch, I keep a can of GUNK (similar to WD40) in the Jeep, and duct tape is something else I am not usually far from, but I never put the three of them together like that. I think I may have to experiment down this road a little more...

Def

Leatherman123 · **Reply #1 on:** February 19, 2009, 03:17:37 AM

I haven't seen this film yet, looks interesting! But yeah, I agree with you.. A lot of day to day tasks could be completed by having these items readily available!

RaptorMan · **Reply #2 on:** February 19, 2009, 03:50:41 AM

Heard good things about it, actually 98% of his films are great

cliosguy · **Reply #3 on:** February 19, 2009, 03:59:03 AM

great wisdom there

, i carry some duck tape on my car always and ive been thinking about getting me a crunch or a kershaw A100 for a while

RaptorMan · **Reply #4 on:** February 19, 2009, 04:04:26 AM

I have found that it is best to get the good duct tape and not the cheap stuff. The adhesive isnt as good on the cheap stuff so splurge on the name brand. I have some in about everything I travel or use just in case.

Leatherman123 · **Reply #5 on:** February 19, 2009, 04:05:13 AM

I like Gorilla Tape the best.. Way better than the comp, IMO!

RaptorMan · **Reply #6 on:** February 19, 2009, 04:11:59 AM

yep good stuff and a real pain in the A$$ to get off once its set in the sun for a few hours

american lockpicker · **Reply #7 on:** February 19, 2009, 04:39:18 AM

Quote from: Leatherman123 on February 19, 2009, 04:05:13 AM

I like Gorilla Tape the best.. Way better than the comp, IMO!

+1

Anthony · **Reply #8 on:** February 19, 2009, 04:57:58 AM

I was looking for duct tape at Home Depot and all they had were $8 rolls of Gorilla tape. I don't doubt it's adhesivness or overall quality...but my $1 made in USA "generic" duct tape works great for me

max6166 · **Reply #9 on:** February 19, 2009, 05:05:44 AM

Though Gran Torino is a good movie in general, the "respect of tools" theme was what I liked best.

kwakster · **Reply #10 on:** February 19, 2009, 11:46:47 AM

Lately i've been using a nice videosite to view various movies, and one of them was Gran Torino.
I think it's one of Eastwoods better ones.

http://stagevu.com/video/eejxhiuroqya

Not sure if it's allowed to post the link here, but the mods can always remove it if think it's necessary,

ratslash7 · **Reply #11 on:** February 19, 2009, 02:01:08 PM

I've been EDCing my Crunch lately. I've been practicing the one hand opening technique and I'm quite good at it now. I also carry a few inches of duct tape in a spy capsule. Now, if I could only find a way to EDC some WD-40 I'd be set. They do make a small (about 1" dia X 4") container which I keep in mt tool bag but I'd need it to be much smaller to carry on my person.

I would add coat-hanger wire to the list of things that can fix 90% of the daily problems.

Dave

Nutznboltz · **Reply #12 on:** February 19, 2009, 03:52:59 PM

Excellent movie, ending was a surprise but I guess that was the only was to end it. Surprising how Eastwood manages to come up with such winners.

NeitherExtreme · **Reply #13 on:** February 20, 2009, 01:31:42 AM

I thought this was a great movie.

And the tool content was a nice bonus.

american lockpicker · **Reply #14 on:** February 20, 2009, 01:53:23 AM

Quote from: ratslash7 on February 19, 2009, 02:01:08 PM

I've been EDCing my Crunch lately. I've been practicing the one hand opening technique and I'm quite good at it now. I also carry a few inches of duct tape in a spy capsule. Now, if I could only find a way to EDC some WD-40 I'd be set. They do make a small (about 1" dia X 4") container which I keep in mt tool bag but I'd need it to be much smaller to carry on my person.

I would add coat-hanger wire to the list of things that can fix 90% of the daily problems.

Dave

I've seen some smallish spray bottles of it.

jzmtl · **Reply #15 on:** February 20, 2009, 02:17:36 AM

Yep they make a pocket sized spray bottle, and even a WD40 pen.

Leatherman123 · **Reply #16 on:** February 20, 2009, 02:17:58 AM

The WD40 pens are sweet!

Anthony · **Reply #17 on:** February 20, 2009, 02:20:32 AM

Quote from: ratslash7 on February 19, 2009, 02:01:08 PM

Now, if I could only find a way to EDC some WD-40 I'd be set.

Check these out..I don't own one, but if it is designed to hold lighter fluid on your keychain...WD-40 shoulden't be a problem.

jzmtl · **Reply #18 on:** February 20, 2009, 02:26:10 AM

Or you can edc some WD40 with this

NeitherExtreme · **Reply #19 on:** February 20, 2009, 02:28:57 AM

^ Yes, I like that.

^

american lockpicker · **Reply #20 on:** February 20, 2009, 02:57:57 AM

Quote from: Corrugated on February 20, 2009, 02:20:32 AM

Quote from: ratslash7 on February 19, 2009, 02:01:08 PM
Now, if I could only find a way to EDC some WD-40 I'd be set.

Check these out..I don't own one, but if it is designed to hold lighter fluid on your keychain...WD-40 shoulden't be a problem.

(Image removed from quote.)

My dad used to carry something like that but smaller, he kept olive oil in it for anointing.

Craig · **Reply #21 on:** February 20, 2009, 11:25:01 PM

I bought a set of US made vise grips last year, having only had cheap ones before, they really are a joy to use

american lockpicker · **Reply #22 on:** February 21, 2009, 01:15:26 AM

Were they Irwins?

duckman1975 · **Reply #23 on:** February 21, 2009, 01:19:00 AM

Quote from: american lockpicker on February 20, 2009, 02:57:57 AM

Quote from: Corrugated on February 20, 2009, 02:20:32 AM
Quote from: ratslash7 on February 19, 2009, 02:01:08 PM
Now, if I could only find a way to EDC some WD-40 I'd be set.

Check these out..I don't own one, but if it is designed to hold lighter fluid on your keychain...WD-40 shoulden't be a problem.

(Image removed from quote.)

My dad used to carry something like that but smaller, he kept olive oil in it for anointing.

Yup my friend used to carry something like that too olive oil for anointing. But he switched to plastics, because sometimes the gasket brakes on the metal cylinder and the oil will leak all over his pocket.

ducktapehero · **Reply #24 on:** February 21, 2009, 11:48:44 PM

I've been preaching the Gospel of Ducktape for years. It is, without a doubt, one of the greatest if not THE greatest multi-tool ever invented. That Gorilla tape is good stuff but most of the time I don't need that much. However I don't use the generic stuff either. I generally use the Duck brand duck tape but Scotch makes a good tape too.