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Posted: 12/16/2018 11:02:54 PM EDT

Sending a few knives to Kershaw for warranty work. Found these in my Kershaw stash, circa 1998-1999.

Carried these everywhere back then, (highschool). Going to send them in to get sharpened and tuned up.

Does anyone still carry Multi-Tools on their belts?

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Posted: 12/16/2018 11:04:21 PM EDT

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Sending a few knives to Kershaw for warranty work. Found these in my Kershaw stash, circa 1998-1999.

Carried these everywhere. Going to send them in to get sharpened and tuned up.

Does anyone still carry Multi-Tools on their belts?

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What form of Chinese torture are those?!

Posted: 12/16/2018 11:05:00 PM EDT

[#2]

Me and my guys carry them all day at work

They come in handy

Posted: 12/16/2018 11:06:12 PM EDT

[#3]

Carry a Gerber MP every day, use it plenty too, got it replaced by Gerber 2 years ago, after I had broken 3 of the tools in about 10 years.

Posted: 12/16/2018 11:06:24 PM EDT

[#4]

I carry a multi-tool in all cars and all vehicles, boats, Side-by-side etc.

like Leatherman Wave the best, but fuck leatherman in the ass, so carry SOG and Gerbers. Have a few Wave's I got at a garage sale for 10 bucks apiece, I assume they were stolen since they had 10 or 11 of them so I was fine buying those.

Posted: 12/16/2018 11:06:35 PM EDT

[#5]

On my belt? No. In my office toolbox? Yes. Seems no one wearing suit and tie ever has tools for simple things

Posted: 12/16/2018 11:07:02 PM EDT

[#6]

Every day, I'd be lost without my Leatherman Surge.

Posted: 12/16/2018 11:07:40 PM EDT

[#7]

Still have a Super Leatherman on my belt every day.

I remember when the original Leatherman was still a novelty in the early to mid 80s and only available in catalogues like the Sharper Image.

Posted: 12/16/2018 11:07:41 PM EDT

[#8]

I can always tell when some multi tool user has been around a piece of machinery. All the fasteners are stripped and fucked up.

Posted: 12/16/2018 11:08:20 PM EDT

[#9]

Not a full multi tool, but I do carry the Leathermen Skeletool. It's basic but has come in handy lots of times.

Posted: 12/16/2018 11:09:25 PM EDT

[#10]

They were great to toss in a tackle box but that's about it.

Pretty much useless for actual work work.

Posted: 12/16/2018 11:09:40 PM EDT

[#11]

I never leave home without one

Posted: 12/16/2018 11:10:00 PM EDT

[#12]

I have a leatherman wave that goes everywhere with me and a surge that lives in my ghb.

Posted: 12/16/2018 11:10:26 PM EDT

[#13]

A good multi tool is the shit for plucking nose hair.

Posted: 12/16/2018 11:10:48 PM EDT

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I can always tell when some multi tool user has been around a piece of machinery. All the fasteners are stripped and fucked up.

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There you go blaming the tool again...

Posted: 12/16/2018 11:11:52 PM EDT

[#15]

I have a leatherman but I rarely carry it.

Posted: 12/16/2018 11:12:00 PM EDT

[#16]

I carried one the entire time I was in the army, but not so much now.

I think I have one in my truck now, its an older Schrade tool.

Posted: 12/16/2018 11:12:04 PM EDT

[#17]

I keep one in my truck. It goes with me around the farm.

Posted: 12/16/2018 11:12:55 PM EDT

[#18]

Still use my Leatherman Supertool 300.

Posted: 12/16/2018 11:13:03 PM EDT

[#19]

Carried them all the time when I worked landscaping.

Used it all the time.

I keep a multitool handy in my car and in a dish where I keep my keys by the door.

Used it today, in fact.

They are useful tools...

Posted: 12/16/2018 11:15:12 PM EDT

[#20]

Probably the worst tool ever invented. Really stupid to use something like that.

Posted: 12/16/2018 11:16:08 PM EDT

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I keep one in my truck. It goes with me around the farm.

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Yeah, they guys on the family farm are on their second and third tools... they get used a lot on the farm.

Posted: 12/16/2018 11:16:10 PM EDT

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Sending a few knives to Kershaw for warranty work. Found these in my Kershaw stash, circa 1998-1999.

Carried these everywhere. Going to send them in to get sharpened and tuned up.

Does anyone still carry Multi-Tools on their belts?

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I have that one in my BOB. It’s awesome because of the hacksaw blade and the locking pliers. Craftsman sold it under their brand too with an insert bit set and they sold replacement blades for it. If you open the tool handles and the hacksaw blade you can use the tool like a hacksaw handle. I’ve actually cut steel, brass and aluminum with it and finished with the file on job sites...

Posted: 12/16/2018 11:17:08 PM EDT

[#23]

I've had a Leatherman Micro on my key chain for almost 20 years.

If Tim Leatherman comes up with something new tomorrow that I want/need, I'll buy the shit out of it!

He woke up in fucking America this morning just like I did and he can have any opinion he wants.

You shitheads want YOUR freedoms, but you dont want him to have his!

Posted: 12/16/2018 11:17:48 PM EDT

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Probably the worst tool ever invented. Really stupid to use something like that.

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If you can’t recognize the limitations of a tool and still use it effectively maybe you shouldn’t be around tools...

The guys who work for me are always amazed by what I can do with just a multitool.

Posted: 12/16/2018 11:18:42 PM EDT

[#25]

The Kershaw in the op is what I've been using because I can't find my damned Gerber.

Posted: 12/16/2018 11:18:58 PM EDT

[#26]

Sog power series were always my fav due to needle nose pliers. I have one in the truck, bedside drawer, range bag and chest rig

Posted: 12/16/2018 11:19:42 PM EDT

[#27]

Swiss tool. Every day.

Posted: 12/16/2018 11:21:23 PM EDT

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There you go blaming the tool again...

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I can always tell when some multi tool user has been around a piece of machinery. All the fasteners are stripped and fucked up.

There you go blaming the tool again...

No, it's not the tool's fault some dickwad was too lazy to go get the proper tool.

Posted: 12/16/2018 11:21:48 PM EDT

[#29]

Gross.

I’ve had leathermans, gerber, and SOG. As much as they weigh and as terrible as they are you might as well have a 10 in 1 and a pair of pliers in a pouch.

Posted: 12/16/2018 11:21:50 PM EDT

[#30]

Leatherman skeletool most days.

Posted: 12/16/2018 11:21:55 PM EDT

[#31]

Several Leathermans, a SOG, and a few random oddities in my collection, some are pushing 20 years old now. My EDC is either a Skeletool CX, or my new all black Signal. (Those don't go on the belt though, they have pocket clips. Batman Utility Belts are so '98-2005, man....

Posted: 12/16/2018 11:22:39 PM EDT

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I've had a Leatherman Micro on my key chain for almost 20 years.

If Tim Leatherman comes up with something new tomorrow that I want/need, I'll buy the shit out of it!

He woke up in fucking America this morning just like I did and he can have any opinion he wants.

You shitheads want YOUR freedoms, but you dont want him to have his!

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Wow, that's super edgy and stand up of you to call the members here "shitheads".

Gerber Crucial EDC checking in. I have others, but the Crucial is ok for my usual needs.

Posted: 12/16/2018 11:23:17 PM EDT

[#33]

I don't carry one everyday, since I don't do manual labor as a profession anymore, but I do still keep a couple around the house for odd jobs when I'm not feeling like grabbing the proper tool.

Posted: 12/16/2018 11:24:07 PM EDT

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Me and my guys carry them all day at work

They come in handy

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Is yours inscribed "Always Think Forfeiture"?

Posted: 12/16/2018 11:24:14 PM EDT

[#35]

EDC wave. Probably use it at least every other day.

Posted: 12/16/2018 11:24:22 PM EDT

[#36]

I have carried one on my belt everyday at work for the last 20+ years. They are very handy for what I do.

Posted: 12/16/2018 11:24:50 PM EDT

[#37]

Yep- on my duty belt. SOGtool. Really comes in handy.

Posted: 12/16/2018 11:24:51 PM EDT

[#38]

Yeap MP600 in a RAE gear metal holster; really handy, you can manipulate the tool and reholster it with one hand

RAE Gear Sheath

Posted: 12/16/2018 11:25:05 PM EDT

[#39]

Leatherman juice is what I have carried for the last god knows how long.

Posted: 12/16/2018 11:25:41 PM EDT

[#40]

Carry one every shift at the FD. Pobably my most used tool.

Posted: 12/16/2018 11:27:24 PM EDT

[#41]

Leatherman Core or OHT, they get used almost daily.

Posted: 12/16/2018 11:29:57 PM EDT

[#42]

Not on my belt but always have one in a backpack or vehicle.

Posted: 12/16/2018 11:32:23 PM EDT

[#43]

Still have my SOG.

Posted: 12/16/2018 11:32:47 PM EDT

[#44]

I use mine every day at work.
They're not a perfect tool, but I switch job sites constantly, and am all over the place on them, so between that and a Lenox 9-in1 screwdriver I can do ~75% of what I need without going back to the tool cart or van.

Posted: 12/16/2018 11:33:41 PM EDT

[#45]

I carry one daily on the farm. They are rarely the best tool for the job, but they can come through in a pinch when it's something quick and small or you need it done now and time doesn't allow getting something better. A small Knipex cobra is also handy to have on hand.