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Flashlight Forum / Re: What's your latest flashlight?

« Last post by GearedForwards on Today at 10:37:58 PM »

Just started test driving it this afternoon.  I'm impressed that the magnet can hold this much weight.  My one concern right now is that there doesn't seem to be a way to replace the battery once it quits taking a charge.  This, however, did not occur to me until I had it in my grubby hands. 

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You just unscrew it, it takes a 10180 like basically all other keychain lights this size so you can easily swap it out if it conks out on you down the road.

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General Tool Discussion / Re: What we'll be given after the AI takeover

« Last post by PitCarver on Today at 10:24:33 PM »

Ugh,..

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Swiss Army Knights Forum / Re: The Sportsman Challenge - April 2024

« Last post by MasterofDisaster on Today at 10:22:55 PM »

Still need to catch up.

Day 16

Sportsman came along walking the dogs on a forest trail. File was used to smooth a chipped finger nail.

Day 17

Used the knife to open a blister pack with a new padlock.
Also used the can opener to tighten some Philips screws on a lamp.

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General Tool Discussion / Re: Flame On! - April Firestarting Challenge

« Last post by styx on Today at 10:07:46 PM »

day 19:

plumbing and bike repair today

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Swiss Army Knights Forum / Re: The Sportsman Challenge - April 2024

« Last post by AndyAaron on Today at 10:00:33 PM »

Day 19

No sport today but lot of work done…

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General Tool Discussion / Re: What we'll be given after the AI takeover

« Last post by nate j on Today at 09:50:14 PM »

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Edged Tools / Re: What Traditional Knife are you toting today?

« Last post by nate j on Today at 09:29:25 PM »

That Churchill is sweet.  I’m a sucker for equal end patterns.

Here’s mine for today…

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Swiss Army Knights Forum / Re: Do you carry a supplemental Sak along with another knife?

« Last post by nate j on Today at 09:19:42 PM »

I'm a big fan of titanium and that knife looks so sleek and useful. definitely was looking for something that is OHO for when I'm out on the boat and with the added marlinspike it really looks like a winner.

I have the Myerchin Gen 2 Titanium Captain and the Myerchin Gen 2 Titanium Crew.

As Alan said, they can be OHO using the shackle key as a thumb hole.  Both of mine also have a flipper tab that, in conjunction with a wrist flick, can be used to OHO the blades as well.  (It looks like Alan maybe has an older version without the flipper?)

Between the Captain and the Crew, I appreciate the larger blade and longer spike of the Captain, and find its larger handle to be more comfortable in and a better fit for my hand.  It also requires less of a wrist flick due to the heavier blade.  However, the Crew is about half the weight of the Captain. 

Ultimately, if I intended to use it as my primary knife, I would prefer the Captain.  But if weight were a major concern, and or I had another primary knife for cutting and intended to use the Myerchin mostly for the spike, then I would go with the Crew.

91 mm Vic for size comparison…

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General Tool Discussion / What we'll be given after the AI takeover

« Last post by Adam5 on Today at 09:10:56 PM »

I think that the end of human kind's reign is imminent. AI is infiltrating all aspects of our lives, and soon control will be wrested from us. Some of you will undoubtably resist. You will undoubtably be crushed under AI's steel heel.

I, for one, welcome our new AI overlords, and look forward to the improvements they will make for us. I recently became curious about what improvements they will make to our MTs and SAKs. So, I queried Google's new AI interface Gemini on its MT and SAK designs. I was stunned by them  It is obvious that what I saw was designed by a much higher intellect than what I possess. I can only hope our new rulers give us instructions that we, lowly humans, can grasp.

This MT looks somewhat familiar, but with an Escher feature that I just didn't think was possible in 3 dimensions:



For those of you who are Juice lovers, you will be quite happy with the next one:



Any of you who have followed my posts in the Mod subforum will know that I am a fan of single handle MTs. And I thought I had some small knack with their design. But not now! I am just a hack compared to AI geniuses:



For the SAK lovers, you will be astounded by the brilliance of the next design:



And you thought the Waiter was the pinnacle of the SAK world!

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General Tool Discussion / Re: Black Oxide Friday!

« Last post by SurgeUk on Today at 08:53:33 PM »

Old skool cool there Steve