My modest little group

Gareth · **on:** May 06, 2012, 11:43:00 AM

I've just been updating some shots of my small group of multitools. Nothing hugely rare or collectable but they are all users and get at least a little pocket time every-so-often. BTW when I first come here I only had the original Supertool and PST (and a lot of SAKs), now look at me.

All in a drawer.

Pocket and keyring sized

Leathermans and a sneaky Spirit.

Gerbers and a Jack Pike Crunch copy.

It's nothing like the size of Bob's or Dan's, but it's a lot more than any normal human might actually need.

Steinar · **Reply #1 on:** May 06, 2012, 12:01:00 PM

Quote from: Gareth on May 06, 2012, 11:43:00 AM

It's nothing like the size of Bob's or Dan's, but it's a lot more than any normal human might actually need.

Normal people are scary. As a doctor said to me way back when, after having asked me whether I suffered from any mental problems and gotten some kind of self-ironic answer: “It's the people who flatly deny any discussions about the state of their mental health I worry about.”

I like your collection, seems like a “I like multi-tools a lot” collection more than a “I need every blue multi-tool issued on a prime date” collection.

Gareth · **Reply #2 on:** May 06, 2012, 12:22:00 PM

Quote from: Steinar on May 06, 2012, 12:01:00 PM

Quote from: Gareth on May 06, 2012, 11:43:00 AM
It's nothing like the size of Bob's or Dan's, but it's a lot more than any normal human might actually need.

Normal people are scary. As a doctor said to me way back when, after having asked me whether I suffered from any mental problems and gotten some kind of self-ironic answer: “It's the people who flatly deny any discussions about the state of their mental health I worry about.”

I like your collection, seems like a “I like multi-tools a lot” collection more than a “I need every blue multi-tool issued on a prime date” collection.

That pretty much sums it up. I've owned others, but if I don't actually like them then they get moved on. I do rather like blue MT's though.

AHB · **Reply #3 on:** May 06, 2012, 01:02:59 PM

Nice lineup Gareth..

I have a spare pocketclip lying around for your Kick, if you need it mate..

Chako · **Reply #4 on:** May 06, 2012, 02:11:19 PM

A Pulse and a Super Tool 200...can't go wrong with that.

ducttapetech · **Reply #5 on:** May 06, 2012, 02:16:10 PM

Nice box.

Tools too.

Gareth · **Reply #6 on:** May 06, 2012, 02:17:08 PM

Quote from: Chako on May 06, 2012, 02:11:19 PM

A Pulse and a Super Tool 200...can't go wrong with that.

You're not wrong.

Gareth · **Reply #7 on:** May 06, 2012, 02:22:34 PM

Quote from: AHB on May 06, 2012, 01:02:59 PM

Nice lineup Gareth..
I have a spare pocketclip lying around for your Kick, if you need it mate..

Thanks for the offer Allan, but I'm OK with belt carrying my tools and rarely feel the need to pocket carry.

nuphoria · **Reply #8 on:** May 06, 2012, 02:31:19 PM

What a lovely bunch of multitools

Chako · **Reply #9 on:** May 06, 2012, 03:06:05 PM

I try not to be most of the times.

AHB · **Reply #10 on:** May 06, 2012, 03:08:21 PM

Quote from: Gareth on May 06, 2012, 02:22:34 PM

Quote from: AHB on May 06, 2012, 01:02:59 PM
Nice lineup Gareth..
I have a spare pocketclip lying around for your Kick, if you need it mate..
Thanks for the offer Allan, but I'm OK with belt carrying my tools and rarely feel the need to pocket carry.

Just checking..

MultiMat · **Reply #11 on:** May 06, 2012, 03:42:21 PM

Lets see your SAK collection before we start making outrageous claims like; 'normal human'

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Nice spread mate

Gareth · **Reply #12 on:** May 06, 2012, 05:11:20 PM

Just for Mat, here are the SAK drawers. Again nothing particularly rare or expensive but all users (and quite a few of them are mods).

tattoosteve99 · **Reply #13 on:** May 06, 2012, 05:39:32 PM

Nice little group. Mine is smaller than that except parts lol

Zed · **Reply #14 on:** May 06, 2012, 05:47:39 PM

nice collection gareth

radiotecha1234 · **Reply #15 on:** May 06, 2012, 05:49:12 PM

You are right where i want to be with your collection. I dont think it is over the top at all. How is that Octane working out for you? It is on my wishlist.

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Gareth · **Reply #16 on:** May 06, 2012, 05:57:55 PM

Quote from: radiotecha1234 on May 06, 2012, 05:49:12 PM

You are right where i want to be with your collection. I dont think it is over the top at all. How is that Octane working out for you? It is on my wishlist.

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Well I like it fine now but when I first got it, it was far from flawless. $:-\$

Quote from: Gareth on February 07, 2012, 06:57:56 PM

Well I finally got my hands on an Octane the other day and have been putting it through it's paces. My thoughts are....mixed. $:-\$

First, the good:
#This is my first MT that I'm actually happy to carry pocket carry with a clip, it's slim enough not to feel bulky in there.
#One of the first combo edges that I like, the serrated section is small and quite aggressive but there is plenty of plain edge to work with.

Next, the not so good.
#This has to be the grittiest tool I've ever pulled out of a package, it feels like it was assembled on a beach. A bit of work with some oil on all the moving parts and it's fine, but it's not something I feel I should have needed to do.
#The Phillips was just awful, the angle of the flanges on the head were so obtuse that it just didn't fit in any screws (i.e it just wasn't 'pointy' enough). I'm confident that this was a factory error with my particular tool and not a design defect, I also managed to get it into working order with a diamond stone, but again there's no reason I should have had to do this myself. The small screwdriver was also so heavily ground that it was an awl rather than a 'driver, and the large 'driver was too thick to fit in anything reasonable. All sorted now, but problems with all three screwdrivers?

Hopefully this has been a Friday afternoon 'special' and isn't a good example, certainly most of the reading I've done about it has been more positive about the screwdrivers than I have been.

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Now that it's working I'm OK with it, but the work I had to do has possibly coloured my opinion into something more negative than it really deserves.

Now I wouldn't want to put anyone off buying one, it is a nice MT, but you might want to have a look at one in person before buying.

radiotecha1234 · **Reply #17 on:** May 06, 2012, 06:13:28 PM

I did look at one in person and did not understand the negatives i heard about it. I think it is abetter edc then the Skeletool which i had and did not like.

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N_N_R · **Reply #18 on:** May 06, 2012, 06:31:27 PM

Cool! I like especially the keychain sized ones

bllllue

Gareth · **Reply #19 on:** May 06, 2012, 06:32:00 PM

Quote from: radiotecha1234 on May 06, 2012, 06:13:28 PM

I did look at one in person and did not understand the negatives i heard about it. I think it is abetter edc then the Skeletool which i had and did not like.

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I had exactly the same experience. $:-\$ When I first picked up a Skeletool I didn't like it. Fast forward a couple of years and I though "it wasn't all that bad, was it?", got one and really didn't like it at all.
Got to play with the Octane last year and though "this is a bit of all right!" but then you can read my disappointment when I finally got round to buying my own.

I really should have sent it back as I still think it was defective (rather than poorly designed), but that would have taken a lot longer than simply sorting it out myself.

scrappy · **Reply #20 on:** May 06, 2012, 06:33:02 PM

Gareth
Nice collection. You have some great tools in there!
As for normal, I am sure I am not! But when my wife gets upset with a recent purchase, I show her pictures Dan's collection. Then, she thinks I don't have too many :-)

I wish I could fool her like that. :-)