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Tool Talk => Keychain and One Piece Tools => Topic started by: Mr. Whippy on August 21, 2013, 10:01:53 PM

Title: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: Mr. Whippy on August 21, 2013, 10:01:53 PM: This is a thread that's been sorely lacking. >:(

So, to start of Post #1 of what I predict will be a top 10 thread within a few months:

Today I used my PocketWrench II to fix the secretary's electric stapler that was jammed up. PocketWrench II--a kingmaker! :salute:
Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: enki_ck on August 21, 2013, 10:11:16 PM: Any pictures? Was she cute? :D

Of the secretary of course. ;) We know how a Pocketwrench II looks like. :P

Good idea for a thread, Nate. :cheers:
Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: kirk13 on August 21, 2013, 10:15:32 PM: Used my Tofty to open one of my display cabinets at work
Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: Goatlord666 on August 22, 2013, 10:23:55 AM: used my gerber shard to fix a broken alarm clock

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Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: Mr. Whippy on August 22, 2013, 04:58:51 PM: Used my Atwood Crypto as a wedge, to level a drawer.

(Borrowed image)

(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5byFC8H3cuo/UUTKExiDeKI/AAAAAAAACmU/_ba7JoF4_WQ/s320/DSCF1315.JPG)
Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: Bensasupertool on August 24, 2013, 01:37:36 AM: Boker plus Vox to pry a window safety catch open.
Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: Freudian Frog on August 26, 2013, 12:54:13 AM: Atwood Shiner opened a cold Mexican glass bottle Coke*. :tool:

* Pretty much all I've ever done with the thing, open bottles. Thanks again to GG! :P
Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: Mr. Whippy on August 26, 2013, 02:54:17 AM: PocketTool X Piranha (Leatherman now...)

Pulled a bunch of electrician staples. (Excellent tool for that job!)
Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: Mr. Whippy on August 27, 2013, 01:59:30 AM: Today, I was hanging a new outdoor light. The ground screw was tightly fastened, with a hex head and Phillips slots. I could not get it to budge with my Leatherman Squirt ES4, Leatherman Charge or Vic Cybertool. Before resorting to going and getting the impact driver, I tried my Atwood Crypto (with 1/4 bit opening). It turned the hex head with no issues. :)
Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: bmot on August 29, 2013, 08:16:41 PM: Not today, but last week, I used my Pocketwrench II to install two G-hooks (are they called that in English?) to a couple of lights used at a band performance.
Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: Cupboard on August 29, 2013, 09:09:38 PM: Hook clamps usually :)
Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: bmot on August 30, 2013, 10:19:49 PM: Quote from: Cupboard on August 29, 2013, 09:09:38 PM
Hook clamps usually :)

Aah, that makes sense :)
Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: parnass on May 20, 2014, 05:56:38 AM: I used a Nite Ize DoohicKey to pry pebbles from the sole of my shoe and clean some dirt from underneath a fingernail.
Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: edcgear on May 20, 2014, 08:42:42 PM: Nice thread!!

Used Atwood G3 keyton to scrap some dirt from magnetic clutch coil housing we removed from one truck...

:D

100$ tool on plain mud + oil

Someone would say I'm nuts!! But I hope not you guys... :D
Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: getahl on May 26, 2014, 03:37:30 AM: I attached a154CM Piranha 2 to a spare house key in my garage toolbox. Never use for anything else, so it just helps new locate my key when I get locked out of the house. My Craftsman 4way driver popped the tab on a soda. I don't use my few one piece tools that much

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Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: AaronX on May 27, 2014, 05:26:41 AM: I used my new titanium OPMT as a wedge to open a steel clip:
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-C0xxY56qvrI/U4QCYKAqOZI/AAAAAAABf1A/YgmR_HjhmPY/s800/IMG_5777.JPG)
This is the clip. The thick main part is about 2.4 mm thick, so it's very difficult to bend by hand.

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-IKtd53ahLIA/U4QCYC6EyfI/AAAAAAABf1I/xiqqXPPDAEI/s800/IMG_5778.JPG)
This is my "Tiremet" tool, which I got from eBay. It has hex wrenches, bottle opener, screwdriver and package opener. I got it mainly for the package opener. If you Buy It Now, it costs $23 USD but I got it from auction.

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-t1E58hLriHA/U4QCYdmFbWI/AAAAAAABf1M/DFueQXUauK8/s800/IMG_5779.JPG)
This is it forced into the clip (reenacted picture). The tool is 4 mm thick, which I thought was a bit bulky, but as a wedge the thickness is useful.

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-39YbrWCH1PU/U4QCYwmPqxI/AAAAAAABf1Q/CwdfnAKxGyI/s800/IMG_5780.JPG)
Unsurprisingly, it suffered a few scratches, but only on the surface. It fared much better than aluminium would have, which it weighs similar to!

I realised this wedge function is something my existing tools don't have, and it might come in useful. If I didn't have this OPMT, what would I have used? A screwdriver, I guess, or maybe a fork. But the screwdriver needs to have a very thin point, and e.g. the Leatherman Rebar's screwdrivers don't have this.
Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: JAfromMn on May 27, 2014, 05:36:38 AM: Quote from: getahl on May 26, 2014, 03:37:30 AM
I attached a154CM Piranha 2 to a spare house key in my garage toolbox. Never use for anything else, so it just helps new locate my key when I get locked out of the house. My Craftsman 4way driver popped the tab on a soda. I don't use my few one piece tools that much

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I'm confused

I thought piranha 2s are made from 420 stainless.

I know my ptx piranha is made of 154cm I thought all leatherman tools are made of 420 stainless

am I wrong ?

PS

I used my pocketwrench 2 to remove the screw holding the air filter onto my mower this evening.
Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: Kampfer on May 27, 2014, 10:14:24 AM: LM's site states Piranhas are made of 420.
Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: JAfromMn on May 28, 2014, 02:16:38 AM: Used my pw2 to loosen the screws holding a fridge door on that I was removing from a home .

it was to big to fit through a doorway.
Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: parnass on May 28, 2014, 03:10:48 AM: I pried a pebble from the sole of my shoe using a Nite-Ize DoohicKey. Been doing that often with Schrade titanium pry tool, as well.
Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: David on May 28, 2014, 06:52:35 AM: Used the PWII to open a big plastic package.
Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: nate j on May 31, 2014, 02:03:35 AM: Used my PWII to measure the diameter of a hole in a pipe at work today.
Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: JAfromMn on May 31, 2014, 02:33:52 AM: today
I used my pw2 a bit extension and nut driver to remove a water meter remote.
Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: Mr. Whippy on May 31, 2014, 02:38:20 AM: I used my Atwood Crypto to fix a broken frost free hydrant. I used the prytip (with the hammering of a pipe wrench) to break free the side plates on the handle. The open end alligator wrench was used to loosen nuts that hold the handle on and the slider bolt that pinches the long valve rod.
Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: rongallo on June 04, 2014, 12:47:13 AM: Used my Leatherman 1 to pry open a can of stain.
Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: JAfromMn on June 04, 2014, 02:59:55 AM: Nothing :multi:
Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: AaronX on June 04, 2014, 06:29:19 AM: I used the bottle opener. I don't drink from those bottles, so I don't think I've ever used one. This was a bottle of cough mixture whose stopper was difficult to open. It worked quite well, despite being a different size and material from normal bottles.
Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: JAfromMn on June 05, 2014, 02:55:11 AM: I did some serious prying with my pw2 opening some mailboxes.
Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: Mr. Whippy on June 05, 2014, 04:06:44 AM: On Saturday, I had to fix a frost free hydrant. I used my Atwood Crypto and a pipe wrench to remove the side plates that attach the handle to the rod.
Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: zoidberg on June 05, 2014, 04:30:11 AM: Quote from: Mr. Whippy on June 05, 2014, 04:06:44 AM
On Saturday, I had to fix a frost free hydrant. I used my Atwood Crypto and a pipe wrench to remove the side plates that attach the handle to the rod.

Long week eh? :)

Quote from: Mr. Whippy on May 31, 2014, 02:38:20 AM
I used my Atwood Crypto to fix a broken frost free hydrant. I used the prytip (with the hammering of a pipe wrench) to break free the side plates on the handle. The open end alligator wrench was used to loosen nuts that hold the handle on and the slider bolt that pinches the long valve rod.
Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: David on June 14, 2014, 07:56:24 AM: Yesterday used the PWII to scrape off some crude from a piece of pipe. Today used the PWII topry open a high pressure clamp that was stuck shut. :)
Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: parnass on June 15, 2014, 04:58:36 AM: I used a Nite-Ize DoohicKey to open a UPS package.

I carry a knife, but wanted to see how well the DoohicKey performed this task. The DoohicKey required noticeably more effort and took longer, but it presented no danger of damaging the box contents.

I gave my wife the gift of a DoohicKey and she put it to use the next day, tightening a screw and scraping goo off something at work.
Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: edcgear on June 15, 2014, 03:52:06 PM: Tighten up a leg of table at friends house with Atwood Prybaby...

Though it is ISO and we use metrics here it was up to the task!!
Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: JAfromMn on June 15, 2014, 08:02:35 PM: I put together a baby walker with my piranha.
Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: edcgear on June 15, 2014, 08:57:18 PM: Quote from: JAfromMn on June 15, 2014, 08:02:35 PM
I put together a baby walker with my piranha.

Nice work! :cheers: :cheers:
Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: Mr. Whippy on June 15, 2014, 10:42:15 PM: Quote from: edcgear on June 15, 2014, 03:52:06 PM
Tighten up a leg of table at friends house with Atwood Prybaby...

Though it is ISO and we use metrics here it was up to the task!!

Well done!
Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: David on July 01, 2014, 06:38:46 AM: The pull tab on my can of chili pulled off so had to finish opening the can of chili with the Pocketwrench II. :D
Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: dipti on August 21, 2014, 01:07:27 PM: Well not today but yesterday I used my training knife with my friend and we were playing with it. I was actually using it in place of my latex sword... :D . This is the first time I was using it for such purpose as of now they were used only for some serious purpose like getting trained to use any knife.
Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: David on October 04, 2014, 07:19:46 PM: Scraped some crude off a HVA with a PWII. :D
Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: parnass on October 05, 2014, 05:37:01 AM: I used the flat blade on a Nite Ize DoohicKey as a screwdriver to turn a slotted screw. The screw is used to access my headlamp's battery compartment.

There are dozens of screwdrivers scattered around the house, but I keep the DoohiKey on my key ring so it was nearby.
Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: rongallo on November 05, 2014, 09:48:22 PM: I used my Leatherman 1 to remove adhesive labels from 200 plastic trays.
Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: kkokkolis on November 06, 2014, 06:41:47 AM: Used my Pocketwrench to scrap wax off the floor.
Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: parnass on December 04, 2014, 05:41:36 PM: I used a Leatherman #2 one piece tool to pry the cover off a plastic faucet knob on my sink.

The edge of the Leatherman #2 tool is sharper than my other one piece tools. A more blunt tool would not work here.
Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: ba-ta on December 05, 2014, 06:10:31 AM: Used my niteize doohicky to pry off the outer rings of some sprinkler heads. Someone didn't install them properly and so I had to remove them to try and reset them properly.
Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: parnass on December 11, 2014, 02:18:09 AM: My wife used her Nite Ize DoohicKey to remove staples from the gloves she just purchased.
Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: nervium on December 12, 2014, 12:50:46 AM: opened a soda with my brewzer
Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: David on December 22, 2014, 12:46:01 AM: Used two PWII's to tighten up the tool end of a friends ST200. :D
Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: parnass on December 25, 2014, 05:43:11 AM: I used a Leatherman #2 to lift up the molle webbing on the back of a new sheath so I could thread a strap underneath the webbing.

Earlier, I used it to pry a pebble loose from the sole of my shoe.
Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: David on December 28, 2014, 08:37:15 PM: I used the PWII to pry a clove out of a bulb of Siberian glaric. :D
Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: parnass on March 03, 2015, 08:33:04 PM: I used a Nite Ize DoohicKey to pry an AA battery from a tight battery holder.

BTW, my wife lost her Nite Ize DoohicKey. It must have fallen off her key ring which she often puts in a jacket pocket. Could be the same unintentional gate opening problem which haunts the original S-Biners.

I replaced her DoohicKey with a Leatherman #2 pry tool.
Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: sergemaster on March 11, 2015, 03:34:26 AM: Amici,
Despite that fact that I loathe Gerber MT's, there is only ONE that I will carry.. that is the Gerber Artifact.. I like the replaceable X-acto blade first off, and second, the Phillips head is pretty reliable also.. It can be mean in the pocket, but clip it and it rides fine.. Today I used mine to open mail as well as pry open a paint can lid for some touching up around my fortress of solitude while the weather allowed for it..

Cheers,
Serge
Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: Sparkydave on March 15, 2015, 05:02:57 PM: Opened a couple oarcels with my brewzer, a couple beers at the beach and scraped some gunk out of a gasket
Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: ironraven on April 01, 2015, 02:59:58 AM: Not sure if this qualifies as a multi, but I EDC an offset screwdriver in the same pouch with my Rebar and Pocketwrench- when you really need one, there is nothing else that works at all.

I used it to fish laundry soap packets from the vending machine for a little old lady. I just needed the reach and the right angle.
Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: jday2727 on February 22, 2016, 01:31:09 AM: Bring some love back to this thread people! I used my Raker Ring Tool today to pry pieces off of a door frame to put in an alarm system.
Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: JP on February 22, 2016, 03:14:47 AM: I did.....nothing with them. Damned Shelf Queens!

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Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: zoidberg on February 22, 2016, 01:47:01 PM: I used the quick brew to open some beers. :drink:
Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: parnass on March 25, 2016, 03:19:25 PM: I used the Boker Minibar to pry the top off a plastic shampoo bottle before recycling the bottle. The cap was tight and not meant to be removed by the consumer.

(http://parnass.com/images/boker-minibar3.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: Aloha on March 25, 2016, 03:34:05 PM: That OPT looks awesome.
Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: zoidberg on March 30, 2016, 12:22:56 PM: Quote from: Aloha007 on March 25, 2016, 03:34:05 PM
That OPT looks awesome.

+1 :tu:
Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: ToolJoe on March 30, 2016, 04:21:13 PM: That looks like an opt that Rambo would carry :cheers:
Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: ironraven on March 31, 2016, 04:37:23 AM: Quote from: ToolJoe on March 30, 2016, 04:21:13 PM
That looks like an opt that ~~Rambo~~ Klingons would carry :cheers:
Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: parnass on April 13, 2016, 10:14:57 PM: I used the pointed end of a Boker Minibar to pry a lock washer off of a carriage bolt on my wheelbarrow. The lock washer had become slightly deformed and wouldn't slide freely off the carriage bolt.

(http://parnass.com/images/boker-minibar3.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: ThePeacent on April 23, 2016, 06:22:02 PM: Used this great tool a bit today. We were at the dining table (lotsa people) and I'd left the jacket at the entrance. I had my SAK there, and my MT was on my belt but it wasn't appropiate to take out such a beast (SOG Powerplier) in there.

(http://i1314.photobucket.com/albums/t562/ThePeacent/13051653_1063728193689026_5619622297779762966_n_zpsm5hpekyw.jpg)

The son of one of the guests came to me after being told I was the guy to ask for when something broke (I'm known as the "always prepared" guy almost everywhere I go), 'cause his new drone's controller needed new batteries. I unscrewed the four phillips with the piece, pried open the really stiff AA batteries and changed them for the ones he had in hand, and screwed it back again.

(http://i1314.photobucket.com/albums/t562/ThePeacent/13062094_1063728363689009_6925904245453621650_n_zps1kuxiwmx.jpg)

No one even noticed, the kid got what he wanted and everyone happy as he went away to play with his stuff.

(http://i1314.photobucket.com/albums/t562/ThePeacent/13015676_1063727933689052_4175954360005550334_n_zpszint2nbz.jpg)

Just an anecdote, but I thought it fit here quite well. Great EDC idea, really.
Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: zoidberg on April 23, 2016, 10:48:38 PM: Good work TP. :tu: :tu:
Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: yourbadneighbor on April 24, 2016, 05:45:51 AM: Quote from: ThePeacent on April 23, 2016, 06:22:02 PM
Used this great tool a bit today. We were at the dining table (lotsa people) and I'd left the jacket at the entrance. I had my SAK there, and my MT was on my belt but it wasn't appropiate to take out such a beast (SOG Powerplier) in there.

(http://i1314.photobucket.com/albums/t562/ThePeacent/13051653_1063728193689026_5619622297779762966_n_zpsm5hpekyw.jpg)

The son of one of the guests came to me after being told I was the guy to ask for when something broke (I'm known as the "always prepared" guy almost everywhere I go), 'cause his new drone's controller needed new batteries. I unscrewed the four phillips with the piece, pried open the really stiff AA batteries and changed them for the ones he had in hand, and screwed it back again.

(http://i1314.photobucket.com/albums/t562/ThePeacent/13062094_1063728363689009_6925904245453621650_n_zps1kuxiwmx.jpg)

No one even noticed, the kid got what he wanted and everyone happy as he went away to play with his stuff.

(http://i1314.photobucket.com/albums/t562/ThePeacent/13015676_1063727933689052_4175954360005550334_n_zpszint2nbz.jpg)

Just an anecdote, but I thought it fit here quite well. Great EDC idea, really.
What is the name of that tool, it looks mighty handy?

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Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: ThePeacent on April 24, 2016, 05:38:22 PM: Quote from: yourbadneighbor on April 24, 2016, 05:45:51 AM
Quote from: ThePeacent on April 23, 2016, 06:22:02 PM
Used this great tool a bit today. We were at the dining table (lotsa people) and I'd left the jacket at the entrance. I had my SAK there, and my MT was on my belt but it wasn't appropiate to take out such a beast (SOG Powerplier) in there.

(http://i1314.photobucket.com/albums/t562/ThePeacent/13051653_1063728193689026_5619622297779762966_n_zpsm5hpekyw.jpg)

The son of one of the guests came to me after being told I was the guy to ask for when something broke (I'm known as the "always prepared" guy almost everywhere I go), 'cause his new drone's controller needed new batteries. I unscrewed the four phillips with the piece, pried open the really stiff AA batteries and changed them for the ones he had in hand, and screwed it back again.

(http://i1314.photobucket.com/albums/t562/ThePeacent/13062094_1063728363689009_6925904245453621650_n_zps1kuxiwmx.jpg)

No one even noticed, the kid got what he wanted and everyone happy as he went away to play with his stuff.

(http://i1314.photobucket.com/albums/t562/ThePeacent/13015676_1063727933689052_4175954360005550334_n_zpszint2nbz.jpg)

Just an anecdote, but I thought it fit here quite well. Great EDC idea, really.
What is the name of that tool, it looks mighty handy?

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It's a Swisscard driver from Victorinox or any other brand. It is basically a four headed slab of metal, that you find on Vic Swisscards as well as most of their knockoffs and copies. It can be purchased separately, though, as it is a removable piece from the card itself.
Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: Fortytwo on April 24, 2016, 07:12:43 PM: Quote from: yourbadneighbor on April 24, 2016, 05:45:51 AM
Quote from: ThePeacent on April 23, 2016, 06:22:02 PM
Used this great tool a bit today. We were at the dining table (lotsa people) and I'd left the jacket at the entrance. I had my SAK there, and my MT was on my belt but it wasn't appropiate to take out such a beast (SOG Powerplier) in there.

(http://i1314.photobucket.com/albums/t562/ThePeacent/13051653_1063728193689026_5619622297779762966_n_zpsm5hpekyw.jpg)

The son of one of the guests came to me after being told I was the guy to ask for when something broke (I'm known as the "always prepared" guy almost everywhere I go), 'cause his new drone's controller needed new batteries. I unscrewed the four phillips with the piece, pried open the really stiff AA batteries and changed them for the ones he had in hand, and screwed it back again.

(http://i1314.photobucket.com/albums/t562/ThePeacent/13062094_1063728363689009_6925904245453621650_n_zps1kuxiwmx.jpg)

No one even noticed, the kid got what he wanted and everyone happy as he went away to play with his stuff.

(http://i1314.photobucket.com/albums/t562/ThePeacent/13015676_1063727933689052_4175954360005550334_n_zpszint2nbz.jpg)

Just an anecdote, but I thought it fit here quite well. Great EDC idea, really.
What is the name of that tool, it looks mighty handy?

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I have the Swiscard Lite that comes with it and I'll just say that it is indeed surprisingly useful for its size.
Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: Mattexian on April 25, 2016, 09:06:58 PM: I've got a similar 4-way driver from Sears, rides with the car keys.

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Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: David Bowen on April 25, 2016, 10:12:52 PM: Just carrying a David Sharrp pry bar on my keys today. Nothing too exciting today, used it to pull apart a stuck child retraint on a Wal-Mart buggy.

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Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: parnass on April 26, 2016, 01:47:00 AM: I used a Nite-Ize DoohicKey to pry a leaked alkaline battery out of my mother-in-law's transistor radio.

(http://parnass.com/images/doohickey.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: maximus0723 on April 29, 2016, 01:05:52 PM: Used my Brewzer to cut open plastic covering on case of water bottles.

Sharp end is not bad but will need to resharpen it to my liking.
Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: cody6268 on May 24, 2016, 03:06:46 AM: Nite Ize Doohickey--Prying out a jammed weed eater string spool from inside the removable head.
Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: ToolJoe on June 27, 2016, 10:10:19 PM: I used the box cutter edge on my Leatherman 6 to open some packaging yesterday.
Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: ThePeacent on June 27, 2016, 10:29:56 PM: Been using the flathead on the key holder for prying and to turn 2 battery screws from a Drone battery compartment this week

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Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: Outback in Idaho on July 05, 2016, 05:14:14 AM: Busting taped boxes. Add some sweat to the box cutter end, and the friction rips the tape apart! Still hard to believe that I still EDC this crazy little OPT after all these years. Is one of two tools I can use at work that cannot be considered a lethal weapon.

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Oh, did see a manager at Wally's World carrying a PST. Was elated to see a woman carrying such a beloved tool. She said it was her father's and now she carries it. And if the store wanted to fire her over it, she didn't give a rats ass. :D

I gotta find me a 4XL t-shirt with that picture on it!
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Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: ThePeacent on July 12, 2016, 04:35:15 PM: yesterday...

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and today

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Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: cody6268 on September 02, 2016, 03:09:31 AM: Used the strap cutter on my CRKT KERT to shorten the straps on the bottom that adjusted the shoulder straps on my backpack today at college. While I had both a Case Hawkbill electrician's knife and a Bear Jaws on me, I figured most people wouldn't know what the KERT was, so I used it instead. It's stored on the keyring slot inside the front pocket of my pack, a SwissGear.
Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: ThePeacent on September 11, 2016, 01:56:02 PM: Enjoy an unhealthy, unnatural but mouth watering yoghourt with cookies while preparing the stuff to go to the beach this evening.

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Today is Holidays here in my country, so I'm having a fun time, no-worries day today! :drool:
Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: SteelRaven on September 23, 2016, 01:43:15 PM: Great Chopper!

Fredric Dick Italian meat cleaver!

The BIG one tool woods option!
Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: Josh613 on September 25, 2016, 04:24:19 PM: After looking through the whole thread and doing some research I've ordered a doohickey and a leatherman brewser see how they work out. Really like the look of those piranhas too
Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: SteelRaven on September 25, 2016, 11:08:25 PM: Quote from: ThePeacent on April 24, 2016, 05:38:22 PM
Quote from: yourbadneighbor on April 24, 2016, 05:45:51 AM
Quote from: ThePeacent on April 23, 2016, 06:22:02 PM
Used this great tool a bit today. We were at the dining table (lotsa people) and I'd left the jacket at the entrance. I had my SAK there, and my MT was on my belt but it wasn't appropiate to take out such a beast (SOG Powerplier) in there.

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The son of one of the guests came to me after being told I was the guy to ask for when something broke (I'm known as the "always prepared" guy almost everywhere I go), 'cause his new drone's controller needed new batteries. I unscrewed the four phillips with the piece, pried open the really stiff AA batteries and changed them for the ones he had in hand, and screwed it back again.

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No one even noticed, the kid got what he wanted and everyone happy as he went away to play with his stuff.

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Just an anecdote, but I thought it fit here quite well. Great EDC idea, really.
What is the name of that tool, it looks mighty handy?

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It's a Swisscard driver from Victorinox or any other brand. It is basically a four headed slab of metal, that you find on Vic Swisscards as well as most of their knockoffs and copies. It can be purchased separately, though, as it is a removable piece from the card itself.

I have one of those in my gun toolbox made for a 4H club in NC. I have no idea whatsoever how old it is! Indeed VERY HANDY.
Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: parnass on November 03, 2016, 04:03:02 AM: I used a Nite-Ize Doohickey to pry a small stone from my truck's tire tread.

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Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: jday2727 on November 03, 2016, 04:53:04 AM: Lately I have been using my Raker ring tool a surprising amount to sharpen my pencil when it wouldn't be appropriate to pull out a knife.

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Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: David on November 08, 2016, 05:17:48 AM: Quote from: jday2727 on November 03, 2016, 04:53:04 AM
Lately I have been using my Raker ring tool a surprising amount to sharpen my pencil when it wouldn't be appropriate to pull out a knife.

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Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: cody6268 on August 12, 2017, 06:12:49 PM: CV PocketWrench II. While studying for my Siemens Mechatronics Level II test, my grandmother tells me she needs help unscrewing a gate hinge. Someone rammed into our front gates, breaking the aluminum elbow in half. So, we had to use a spare 4 foot farm gate to temporarily replace that until my granddad and I can get the new elbow on the old gate. She was trying to unbolt the hinge to adjust it with a pair of slipjoint pliers and had partially rounded the nut off. So, I pull out the PocketWrench II, and it both loosened and tightened the hinge with no problem, and more leverage than the 4" Craftsman Crescent that it replaced, since that only has like a 2" handle, as Wilde changed the smaller head to be as big as a 6" on the current model.
Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: Old Boy on August 12, 2017, 06:51:19 PM: At the hardware store used the Pocketwrench to measure in eights of an inch plastic sliders for our dining room chairs feet.
Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: ironraven on August 13, 2017, 01:24:38 AM: My Dooohickey, leashed to a table, openned beers at a block party this afternoon.
Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: raistlin65 on October 18, 2017, 06:37:50 PM: Turned my UST Tool A Long Hiker into a fridge magnet.
Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: ThePeacent on November 14, 2017, 10:51:59 AM: added it to the keychain for testing week

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Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: gene stoner on January 09, 2018, 07:24:28 PM: Used the 9/16 and 1/2 inch wrenches to change a propane hose the other day.
Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: cody6268 on April 26, 2018, 04:20:37 PM: I just ordered one of those Gatco Frog tools, it's automotive-specific features are often needed, but not found in the toolbox easy.

Found a new use for the CV Pocketwrench II.

I was fixing a section of fence that had been cut, and was having trouble twisting the wire when I spliced it into a section running perpendicular to it. My 6" Lucas Engineer's Pliers couldn't get enough leverage or grip, the head of the fence pliers couldn't get in there, so I pulled the PocketWrench II out of the Leatherman Surge's sheath, stuck the 1/4 bit driver hole near the end of the wire, and using that method, had no problem twisting it tight. I think my next purchase will be the big Orbis fencing pliers with a linesman's style head. 6" and 7" pliers fit great in a pocket, but fail in the leverage department.
Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: Barry Rowland on June 09, 2018, 02:03:52 AM: My wife fixed the arm rest in her car with her Husky tool.
Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: Aloha on June 10, 2018, 01:14:57 AM: Well done :tu:
Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: RF52 on November 10, 2018, 05:31:20 PM: Used my sanrenmu opt to put up a clothesline wire that had fallen down, just needed to attach it to the wire lock and thighten the nuts and it was as good as new (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181110/1759cabdacf66630fee73bd057506537.jpg)

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Title: Re: What did you do with your one piece tool today?
Post by: pfrsantos on November 12, 2018, 05:21:43 PM: Quote from: Barry Rowland on June 09, 2018, 02:03:52 AM
My wife fixed the arm rest in her car with her Husky tool.

Nice! Looks like the Victorinox Quattro. What are the sizes/number of the drivers in it?

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