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I've got a big tool !
Mar 30th, 2021 at 9:31pm
 
Binary oppositions......

Day and night.

Slingers and everybody else.

Coffee or Tea.

Tool user or someone who needs help  Grin

My big tool is a 14lb sledgehammer but a size competition is not for this thread.

I'm a bloke, I am genetically required to look at, fondle, caress and admire hand tools.

What is your most useful tool ? No, not the one in your trousers, and, I do not want to revisit the argument on swiss army or leatherman....... hammer (rock) and blade will always be needed before pliers !!! Grin

Today I bought a multi wrench. It has 8 sockets on one handle. The 8mm sleeved and spring loaded inside the 12mm and so on up to 21mm.

Only time will tell wether it is a worthy addition to the tool box or another lump of metal to be used as a sinker.

I will report back on wether it is a treasure or a turkey.

So, which of your tools has paid for itself and which are dead weight ?

Does a toolbox multi tool exist or are they all simple cash removal devices ?

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Reply #1 - Mar 30th, 2021 at 9:35pm
 
My every Day Carry.
This one is Victorinox. Wenger is just as good.
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Reply #2 - Mar 30th, 2021 at 9:53pm
 
A thoughtful gift and a perfect example of a tool not worth its
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Reply #3 - Mar 30th, 2021 at 10:05pm
 
And finally,

the multi wrench.
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Reply #4 - Mar 30th, 2021 at 10:39pm
 
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Reply #5 - Mar 31st, 2021 at 1:06am
 
I bought this axe off of ebay ages ago for something like £20. One of my best buys ever. Keeps it's edge well, is comfortable and is basically indestructible. I love it.
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Reply #6 - Mar 31st, 2021 at 7:56pm
 
So wait....


Youre just going to name this thread that and pretend like nothing happened. You naughty, naughty man you!

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Straight adze/bearded hatchet

Bought this about a month ago and it just arrived from Sweden. The wait was brutal but it chops like a real MF'er. Hence the trademark.
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Reply #7 - Mar 31st, 2021 at 8:53pm
 
How can you doubt my naughtiness ?

Kick lovely piece, can we have a close up of the mark please ?

Morphy, definite tingles. Understand the purchase.

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Reply #8 - Mar 31st, 2021 at 8:56pm
 
Do you carry them in your toolbox ?
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Reply #9 - Apr 1st, 2021 at 3:17am
 
It says "William Rodgers, I cut my way" No idea who William Rodgers is but he makes a good axe.
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Reply #10 - Apr 1st, 2021 at 9:18am
 
Zud...this is so you man. This...is so you.

https://youtu.be/m-tKnjFwleU
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Reply #11 - Apr 2nd, 2021 at 5:45pm
 
@ Morphy. The patented Johnson is a marvellous device. Mine is not as big as his but its a lot wider and made of brass  Roll Eyes
@ Kick. Only one of the most famous Sheffield knife makers. What you have there technically doesn't exist so I suspect its a contract job.
I have several knives with Sheffield names but PRC stamps.
It looks good and it works, what more can you ask ?

https://www.eggintongroup.co.uk/brands.html

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Reply #12 - Apr 3rd, 2021 at 1:05pm
 
xud9a - call me zud 👍 wrote on Apr 2nd, 2021 at 5:45pm:
@ Morphy. The patented Johnson is a marvellous device. Mine is not as big as his but its a lot wider and made of brass  Roll Eyes
@ Kick. Only one of the most famous Sheffield knife makers. What you have there technically doesn't exist so I suspect its a contract job.
I have several knives with Sheffield names but PRC stamps.
It looks good and it works, what more can you ask ?

https://www.eggintongroup.co.uk/brands.html

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Huh I didn't know that. Cool! Explains why it's such a nice axe I guess.
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Reply #13 - Apr 3rd, 2021 at 6:29pm
 
    As some of you might recall, in 2015 my town got hit by a tornado. It made a mess of my trees. The damage is still visible today. The tornado dumped countless tons of twisted tree wreckage on my fence and in my yard. It took months to clean up. The most useful tool  I had was my branch clippers. I did more work with them than with the chain saw, bow saw, or ax. It cuts three inch thick branches or roots like butter. I was very thankful to have this.

Edit:  I stuck my boot in there for some perspective but it didn't work because my feet are big... 13 EEE.  The clippers are bigger than they appear in the picture.
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Reply #14 - Apr 3rd, 2021 at 7:33pm
 
Nice tool ratman  Smiley
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