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Feb 27, 2017
Had an old cheap knife from Lowes; used the hell out of that thing. Slitting insulation to check for leaks in pipes, opening things, eating things. Tip broke off, and it became a pretty passable screwdriver.
ISK
552
Aug 31, 2016
I had this post ready when I made this thread - and I accidentally deleted it and didn't take the time to repost it.
One day while fishing - the piece that holds the reel to the end of the fly rod came unglued (cheap rod). I didn't have any glue on hand but I do know how to make pine pitch glue from raw materials. I won't go into the full details on how to make pine pitch glue - you can read about it plenty online .
From my fishing kit I grabbed a bit of beeswax from a candle - my spoon from lunch (to mix in) - ferrocium rod and tinder to start a fire, and my Delica. The only thing I was missing was some pine pitch, which I picked up from a tree near by and a little charcoal which would come from the fire.
One day while fishing - the piece that holds the reel to the end of the fly rod came unglued (cheap rod). I didn't have any glue on hand but I do know how to make pine pitch glue from raw materials. I won't go into the full details on how to make pine pitch glue - you can read about it plenty online .
From my fishing kit I grabbed a bit of beeswax from a candle - my spoon from lunch (to mix in) - ferrocium rod and tinder to start a fire, and my Delica. The only thing I was missing was some pine pitch, which I picked up from a tree near by and a little charcoal which would come from the fire.
WRay
19
Keyboard Club Member
Aug 31, 2016
Heh. EDCing stuff that you don't need every day, defines the difference being stuck, and being prepared, when something out of the ordinary happens.
Ended up dismantling the exit gate on our secured parking lot yesterday with the Spyderench that's always in my bag, when the power to our block was shut off and everyone was trapped in the lot at closing.
Fused the ends on about 200 polypropylene ropes (I hate polypropylene - why do people buy that crap instead of nylon?) a couple days ago with the little butane pencil torch that's in the bag too, when my local boy-scout troop was setting up a small tarp-city for a garage sale and no-one seemed to have heard of whipping the ends of ropes.
One of the scouts borrowed the jeweler's screwdrivers to dismantle and repair a toy that his little sister wanted from the garage sale.
An friend in the next office over borrowed my tweezers yesterday to pick a splinter from a 3D printer (how do you give yourself a splinter, with a 3D printer?) out of his thumb.
There's hardly a day that goes by when someone doesn't need /something/ out of my EDC kit. Rarely the same thing, rarely the same reason, but geez do I feel naked and exposed if _I_ am the guy asking to borrow something...
Ended up dismantling the exit gate on our secured parking lot yesterday with the Spyderench that's always in my bag, when the power to our block was shut off and everyone was trapped in the lot at closing.
Fused the ends on about 200 polypropylene ropes (I hate polypropylene - why do people buy that crap instead of nylon?) a couple days ago with the little butane pencil torch that's in the bag too, when my local boy-scout troop was setting up a small tarp-city for a garage sale and no-one seemed to have heard of whipping the ends of ropes.
One of the scouts borrowed the jeweler's screwdrivers to dismantle and repair a toy that his little sister wanted from the garage sale.
An friend in the next office over borrowed my tweezers yesterday to pick a splinter from a 3D printer (how do you give yourself a splinter, with a 3D printer?) out of his thumb.
There's hardly a day that goes by when someone doesn't need /something/ out of my EDC kit. Rarely the same thing, rarely the same reason, but geez do I feel naked and exposed if _I_ am the guy asking to borrow something...
kds5084
3
Aug 31, 2016
I was dealing with a dead battery in my old Dodge Stratus about 2 hours away from home. Due to what I can only call "innovative" design, to change the battery I had to remove a wheel and the underside of my driver's side quarter panel, as well as a bolted-on bar holding in the battery. Thank goodness for my CRKT Guppie. You can't really call it the best adjustable wrench, but when stranded with less options and barely any tools, it was nice to be able to accomplish a "simple" automotive task without hitching a ride to wal-mart and buying one-use tools.
WRay
19
Keyboard Club Member
Aug 31, 2016
kds5084Yup - the guppie is a great utility tool too. Hardly sexy by Massdrop standards, but I'll take "gets the job done" any day.
(pretty awful automotive design these days though. I swapped a spare fuel pump into my '62 Austin Healy in a K-Mart parking lot once, using only the pair of nail clippers that was on my key-chain. I really miss simple, straightforward and accessible mechanical design. Of course, I suppose there's a reason I /have/ a spare fuel pump in the trunk of the Austin, while I don't in most of my newer vehicles, but...)
(pretty awful automotive design these days though. I swapped a spare fuel pump into my '62 Austin Healy in a K-Mart parking lot once, using only the pair of nail clippers that was on my key-chain. I really miss simple, straightforward and accessible mechanical design. Of course, I suppose there's a reason I /have/ a spare fuel pump in the trunk of the Austin, while I don't in most of my newer vehicles, but...)
Pays_in_Bitcoin
117
Aug 31, 2016
I didn't get a photo during the situation for obvious reasons.
I was doing rescue for the annual club racing here in Ireland. A young girl capsized her topper, luckily we were sitting on the open water side and saw the rigging wrapped around her neck. The boat was turtling and she was being dragged down too, panicking as you would. I rammed our nose under and cut her out while the other fellow hauled her head from under the water. Next time I'll get a selfie with her little blue face (chuckling to myself)
Safe to say she never came back. I imagine being hung while drowning isn't a pleasant way to die. Here's my working knife, a useful thing I keep on me most days. Legal to carry in the UK and doubles as a hammer and flat head screwdriver when not a knife. However it's not flashy enough for massdrop to sell it! Note this is the blade after it's been submerged in salt water daily for the last 6years. It's in pretty good condition if I do say so myself. 10/10 quality
I was doing rescue for the annual club racing here in Ireland. A young girl capsized her topper, luckily we were sitting on the open water side and saw the rigging wrapped around her neck. The boat was turtling and she was being dragged down too, panicking as you would. I rammed our nose under and cut her out while the other fellow hauled her head from under the water. Next time I'll get a selfie with her little blue face (chuckling to myself)
Safe to say she never came back. I imagine being hung while drowning isn't a pleasant way to die. Here's my working knife, a useful thing I keep on me most days. Legal to carry in the UK and doubles as a hammer and flat head screwdriver when not a knife. However it's not flashy enough for massdrop to sell it! Note this is the blade after it's been submerged in salt water daily for the last 6years. It's in pretty good condition if I do say so myself. 10/10 quality
Newf
45
Aug 29, 2016
If I don't use an EDC item everyday, it is retired from my pocket. I do not need anymore weight in my pockets pulling down my pants.
BTW: Buy a 2 inch wide bull belt. Best support for holding EDC items.
BTW: Buy a 2 inch wide bull belt. Best support for holding EDC items.
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