What did you just get?

[fullbreakfast]

Roxon Mini Companion Flex. It's so tiny!

Sweet. Let us know what you think of it!

[ReamerPunch]

Sweet. Let us know what you think of it!

It's great!
Tiny, well-made, and loaded with features. OHO blade and everything else, excellent scissors, claw can opener, package opener, tweezers and toothpick in the scales, pocket clip.
4mm bit driver which locks.
Comes with extra file to swap out. Comes with L-wrench which is T8 and T6.
And of course it is modular, so you can swap tools as you please.
And the modular implements lock open, and you can lock them in the closed position if you want.

I love it already, and can confidently say that this is one of the best tools Roxon has released.
And one of the best tools released in 2025. And ever. 

[fullbreakfast]

It's great!
Tiny, well-made, and loaded with features. OHO blade and everything else, excellent scissors, claw can opener, package opener, tweezers and toothpick in the scales, pocket clip.
4mm bit driver which locks.
Comes with extra file to swap out. Comes with L-wrench which is T8 and T6.
And of course it is modular, so you can swap tools as you please.
And the modular implements lock open, and you can lock them in the closed position if you want.

I love it already, and can confidently say that this is one of the best tools Roxon has released.
And one of the best tools released in 2025. And ever. 

Thanks for the notes!

I'm going to have to get one, aren't I 

[Farmer X]

And, where are you planning to land for relief?

California, Arizona, so Florida?

None of the above. I came to Michigan from California, and I will never go back there. Florida is too problematic, and I don't mean just the hurricanes. Arizona has been trending in the wrong direction as of late. Careful scrutiny of the 50 states left just two in contention: Texas and Oklahoma.

I love it already, and can confidently say that this is one of the best tools Roxon has released.
And one of the best tools released in 2025. And ever.

That's pretty high praise. The only things about it that would give me pause are "tiny" and "pocket clip."

[NeatBeard]

Just got myself a Leatherman Arc (with sheath and bit kit)!

Was trying to decide between the Wave Alpha and the Arc (only handled the Wave Alpha and was waiting on my local shop to get an Arc in to compare), but a great Black Friday deal came up here in the UK with 15% off and a free gift (worth another £20-£25) so I thought, ah sod it especially as it was older stock that still came with the belt sheath and partial bit kit.

Been reading up loads and watching loads of "reviews" (a lot are crappy unboxing and reveal type thing, not actual reviews in my book...) so I want to say a big THANK YOU for your knowledge and input on any questions i've thrown out there.

[Sven34]

Congratulations on getting a great tool on a good deal! 

The ARC is a fantastic tool; I am sure that you will love it! The one-hand accessibility is a game changer, and the addition of a hammering surface is incredibly useful for small tasks. 

Post some pictures and feedback when you can!

 

[LoopCutter]

Received this Wednesday morning!

Can only picture two of the three. Third is a gift, do not want to take a chance.

These two are Queen Cutlery, done by SMKW, USA made 1095 steel.   Package and and presentation first rate. F&F too!
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Unsure if these are part of the first run by a USA contracted builder or the 2nd run?  Of late SMkW has had Bear and Son making Queen label knives in D2.

Well done by my view. 😉🌹

[NeatBeard]

Congratulations on getting a great tool on a good deal! 

The ARC is a fantastic tool; I am sure that you will love it! The one-hand accessibility is a game changer, and the addition of a hammering surface is incredibly useful for small tasks. 

Post some pictures and feedback when you can!

 

Oh yeah how did I forget the pictures!!

Apologies for the newb behaviour.

[Sven34]

 Looks great! Nice score!

[MadPlumbarian]

Not a multitool, but an EDC and multitaskable, the Mrs has been doing much better on mobility, we started with 3/4 of a mile a day around the blocks with her walker which has rock hard polyurethane wheels and with the sidewalks around here it was noisy as heck, but her normal distance is up to 1-1/2mi, yet a friend bought her a convertible walker/wheelchair, which she used today and did 2mi, of course I had to pull a cart which has the same poly wheels as her other walker so we had to listen to that, the new walker makes no noise since it has rubber wheels and is like a tank! But the whole point of the new walker is because of her seizures, if we’re out and she has a seizure, yeah she can sit on the walker, but if I had to transport her home I can convert it to a wheelchair and get her home, it’s got a seatbelt and even armrests, I forgot to put them on for the pic, but wow!
JR

[matzesu]

Even though also an Olight Arkpro Ultra, an Vic Swisscard Classic and Synergy X, I did not photograph the Olight yet or the new VICTORINOX..
But my new Electronic Toys :
The Gameboy is an Modretro Chromatic, which is an FPGA Based Retrohandheld which works quite exactly like an Gameboy Color but whit a few extra Features, there I also got a few new made Games which work on the Chromatic and an original Gameboy
The 3DS is an AYN Thor Pro, an Dual Screen Retrohandheld which did not run on an FPGA but off an Snapdragon 8gen2 , which is powerfull enough even to play modern PC Games via Gamehub using X86 to ARM Translators Software..,  even Farming Simulator 22, but also Emulators up to WiiU and Switch.. it’s Android Based so you can even use it as an PDA thingy..

[MadPlumbarian]

Interesting, I got this one a couple years ago, it’s suppose to have like 20k games on it, yet I really have yet to get into it cause it was more for sitting in the waiting room,,
JR

[LoopCutter]

Not a multitool, but an EDC and multitaskable, the Mrs has been doing much better on mobility, we started with 3/4 of a mile a day around the blocks with her walker which has rock hard polyurethane wheels and with the sidewalks around here it was noisy as heck, but her normal distance is up to 1-1/2mi, yet a friend bought her a convertible walker/wheelchair, which she used today and did 2mi, of course I had to pull a cart which has the same poly wheels as her other walker so we had to listen to that, the new walker makes no noise since it has rubber wheels and is like a tank! But the whole point of the new walker is because of her seizures, if we’re out and she has a seizure, yeah she can sit on the walker, but if I had to transport her home I can convert it to a wheelchair and get her home, it’s got a seatbelt and even armrests, I forgot to put them on for the pic, but wow!
JR

JR,

Please tell the Mrs. “GREAT JOB!”

You both are looking good!    2 miles is so impressive. 

[MadPlumbarian]

JR,

Please tell the Mrs. “GREAT JOB!”

You both are looking good!    2 miles is so impressive.

Thank you, I will, today’s Sunday which is our day off but she wanted to go anyway, only did maybe 1-1/4mi but still it’s her day off, to top it off I didn’t have to drag that cart and I must say that walker was QUIET! It made “NO” noise, and she said it was great, we even converted it to see how it handled as a wheelchair and I had no prob pushing her on the sidewalk,
JR

[LoopCutter]

 

[MadPlumbarian]

OMG yes! Grant it there not inflated bike tires but there rubber vs a skateboard wheel that sounds like it’s dragging, and for 1-1/2 trying to push 2miles,  OMG what a difference! And she said thank you,
JR

Here look at the older ones wheels, not only smaller but rock hard, and talk about sensitive and these sidewalks are NOT city like, and we have trees lifting them but rough because of the ice,,
JR

[Farmer X]

A slide rule and manual. The manual seems to be for a different model?

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I'll do a little digging into how works the slide rule over the next couple-few days. And a big thanks to AzteCypher for sending it my way!

[matzesu]

On Topic of my Retrohandheld i did post above, its did not came whit a tonne of Games, which makes it a bit more easy to import to some countrys, if you do this hobby since an decate, you have your own enough Retrogames on your Collection to put on it ^^, Selling Handhelds whit Retrogames which are not licenced is called "Payed Piraty",  And setting up this stuff your own is much more fun ..
The Blue Gameboy Thing did not even came whit RetroGames on an SD Card, its got an different Concept: You buy actuall Gameboy/Chromatic Games some remakes or Remades of Licenced Games, or new Games portet to it, they came on Gameboy Cardridges and where quite cool, but also a bit expensive (around 40 € each), i have a few of them but are using mostly an EverDrive Flashcard as its a bit more easy to carry..
But the main concept of the Chromatic GBC is that you are playing also your own Gameboy Games on this thing the way it was intendet, but whit an nice Magnesium Case, an screen you dont need to play under an Night Lamp, and an optional Batterie Pack rechargeble whit USBC in the Handheld..

[fullbreakfast]

A slide rule and manual. The manual seems to be for a different model?

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I'll do a little digging into how works the slide rule over the next couple-few days. And a big thanks to AzteCypher for sending it my way!

Nice.

My dad was a scientist and would use a slide rule, and a mechanical adding machine, every day. Sometimes when I was a little boy he would bring me into the Physics Department with its dim echoey parquet corridors and huge, mysterious machines. I loved playing with the adding machine, which had a handle you could turn that made the numbers whizz round.

I was still quite small when the Department got one of the new electronic calculators from Texas Instruments. It cost as much as a good car, and had to be shared between all the researchers. I believe you had to sign your name in a book when you got it, but my dad still let me play with it a bit. It seemed like magic.

Not long after that the price of the calculators started to go down, and the Department got more of them. My dad gave me his old slide rule, a circular one in a worn out leather pouch, to play with. I had it for years. I wish I knew what happened to it.
 

[pfrsantos]

A slide rule and manual. The manual seems to be for a different model?

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I'll do a little digging into how works the slide rule over the next couple-few days. And a big thanks to AzteCypher for sending it my way!

Even if the model is different, the working principle should be the same, right? Have you tried it yet? Those things awlways fascinated me, as abacus do, but I never had any of the two.

[MadPlumbarian]

I had two sliding rulers, one just like that one and a mini pocket one, of course we’re talking like 30yrs ago so I have no clue how to use them,
JR

[MadPlumbarian]

I finished my latest model last night, this one had a few tough pieces, the lamp I use has a large magnifying glass, plus I have magnifying glasses, but when I was done my head was killing me! This one the wheels actually turn,,
JR

[Farmer X]

It seemed like magic.

I'm reminded of the work laptop my dad brought home one day. 33.6 KBPS seemed blisteringly fast 30 years ago. Of course, we'd never tolerate that today!

Even if the model is different, the working principle should be the same, right? Have you tried it yet?

Not yet. I got wrapped up doing other stuff today. The slide rule seems to be calibrated (for want of better term) differently than what's shown in the manual.

I finished my latest model last night...

That's pretty close to the Chevelle I'd order if I could go back in time. But as seen in this post, mine would have been Astro Blue instead of Forest Green.

[MadPlumbarian]

That's pretty close to the Chevelle I'd order if I could go back in time. But as seen in this post, mine would have been Astro Blue instead of Forest Green.

That was your car? The 70 chevelle ss was always one of my fav, my father-in-law and I used to rebuild, the first one we worked on was a 54 ford pickup, after we did a 53 Willie’s jeepster, that one the engine was seized so we dropped it out and put a special 79 corvette 350 in, but I got a Pontiac 66 lemans, with a 379, basically the same whole setup as a gto, the trunk was horrible so I fixed it and then lined it with truck bed liner, totally waterproof! These newer cars with all this computer crap and you need special tools to do, if you can do it, is nuts, give me something pre-80, and I’ll be happy!
JR

[Farmer X]

That was your car?

I wish! I've never been able to afford an LS6 Chevelle in any condition. That photo was pulled from Barrett-Jackson.

[MadPlumbarian]

I wish! I've never been able to afford an LS6 Chevelle in any condition. That photo was pulled from Barrett-Jackson.

I’d soo love to rebuild something, I just couldn’t afford anything, plus have to be supervised, besides that when done I couldn’t drive it, sucks,,
JR

[Farmer X]

Don't feel too bad. I lack both money and space to work on a project.

[Adam5]

A slide rule and manual. The manual seems to be for a different model?

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I'll do a little digging into how works the slide rule over the next couple-few days. And a big thanks to AzteCypher for sending it my way!

I used to have a couple of slide rules and knew how to use them. But that was almost 40 years ago.

[MadPlumbarian]

It was our family day out, normally we go to a mall and just walk around, if we find something then well, I’m sure you can fig the rest out, this is just my take home,, I must say I’m set for snacks till next year! I also got a roll of gorilla duct tape, and a fold up mini stool, as you can see someone else was interested in it, but we do a LOT of walking, and sometimes we have to wait, now the Mrs has a walker to help her get around, but she can also sit on it to relax, me I’m stuck standing, well, now I have a little stool that I can just hang over the shoulder or on her walker, why can’t I have a little something to have a seat on?
JR

[Adam5]

In the past couple of years I sold a few of my Leatherman MTs. There was one that I had come to regret selling: my SideClip. I corrected that mistake in the past week: