Article on the latest fad in multi-tools

[walton6467]

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324240804578418653965382908.html?KEYWORDS=leatherman

 

 

[Oh Shoot]

Nifty.

 

I can recommend Swiss Tech stuff. I have the 19 in 1 on keychain, use it all the time for one thing and another:

 

 

 

http://swisstechtools.com/proddetail.aspx?pid=29

 

 

- OS

Edited April 22, 2013 by Oh Shoot

[LagerHead]

I used to have the Swiss Tech 9 in 1 keychain but it loosened up to the point where it would fall off all the time. Cool tool though.

[dlm37015]

Nifty.

 

I can recommend Swiss Tech stuff. I have the 19 in 1 on keychain, use it all the time for one thing and another:

 

 

 

http://swisstechtools.com/proddetail.aspx?pid=29

 

 

- OS

i would get hurt with that

[Oh Shoot]

I used to have the Swiss Tech 9 in 1 keychain but it loosened up to the point where it would fall off all the time. Cool tool though.

 

Take a same size punch and smack the flat part of brad on each side of inside part of the pliers while the other side lays on steel plate or vice or something, will tighten up the parts that swivel so will stay closed well again.

 

The small nubs that show in pic on other side aren't really that way in reality on either of the two models I have (including the one depicted)  they're flattened already into a flange.

 

 

 

- OS

Edited April 22, 2013 by Oh Shoot

[Guest drv2fst]

I have the Swiss Tech 6in1 on my keychain.  It's REALLY convenient.

[Dolomite`s Breezy]

I ha d something like that..then someone (ahem!!) took it off my keychain and its gone......its in the same place where all the scissors, tapemeasures and single socks go...

[Monkeyman2500]

I've been looking for a nice full size multitool. I need the larger pliers for work stuff. I like leather man but hear the owner is a big o supporter.

[JAB]

For full-size multi-tools, I really like the Gerber I have.  Not sure of the model (and not sure they even still make that model.)  What I like about it is that the pliers can be deployed one-handed.  You squeeze buttons on either side and the pliers slide out/in rather than having to fold it open like many other multi-tools.

 

Honestly, though, I have gone back to a good, old Victorinox Swiss Army knife (the Tinker) for every day use.  So far, I have even managed not to lose the toothpick or the tweezers (and I use them both fairly often.)  I found that I wasn't really using the multi-tool enough on a daily basis to make it worth carrying it on my belt.

[Guest Lester Weevils]

I have a couple of tiny older multitools for EDC, a gerber and a leatherman "technician". Usually carry the leatherman that is badly scratched up and slightly loose from years carry and daily use. The leatherman is skinnier and moer rounded than the gerber. The sharper edges of the tiny gerber can rub against the skin of the leg too much and cause irritation in the pocket, especially if i'm crawling around on the floor and end up laying on the tool.

And the leatherman is so useful for sich a tiny thing, wire cutter, GREAT wire strippers as good as my full size wire strippers except for big guage wire, phillips head and flat heads work surprisingly good, it opens real easy, and the knife blade takes an edge easily and keeps the edge pretty good.

However, those swiss tech tiny tools look slicker than snot in the pictures, might have to get one or two totry out. That 19 in 1 looks real nifty.