A handy tool from Tony Bose

[mendezj]

Nail nick for traditional knives and choke tool (20 and 12ga).

 

[brownshoe]

Neat! When was it made and what steel isit? Thx!

 

[mendezj]

Neat! When was it made and what steel isit? Thx!

It was finished yesterday. I haven’t asked about the steel. Good question.

 

[unwisefool]

What do you mean nail nick? Is it to help you open up a knife? This is just me thinking aloud, but if you need a special tool to open a knife, said knife miiiiiight not be the right choice for you...

 

[WValtakis]

Was it intentionally double stamped?

 

[mendezj]

Was it intentionally double stamped?

Great eye!! Yes, Tony kind’a mess up the stamp. I don’t mind it one bit.

 

[mendezj]

What do you mean nail nick? Is it to help you open up a knife? This is just me thinking aloud, but if you need a special tool to open a knife, said knife miiiiiight not be the right choice for you...

I’ve never been able to use a nail nick successfully. However, many people use them. ‍

 

[knarfeng]

What do you mean nail nick? Is it to help you open up a knife? This is just me thinking aloud, but if you need a special tool to open a knife, said knife miiiiiight not be the right choice for you...

Knife openers are an actual thing. Several companies have made them over the years. Some traditional knives rank 11 on a 10 point scale for spring strength. Springs that strong aren't acceptable to me, but I know some fellas like 'em that way.

 

[Rhinoknives1]

I’ve never been able to use a nail nick successfully. However, many people use them. ‍

I had a shooting buddy that was a surgeon that had a similar tool for opening his folders & he said he couldn’t risk having a thumb nail tear out & getting infected or even just hurting when he held a scalpel & operated....Enjoy!

 

[unwisefool]

Fascinating. Well learn something new every month! But a separate tool to open a knife would drive me nuts. I need a knife to be convenient and open quickly and easily.

 

[MayHemAndHaw]

nail nick aside, that's a really nice choke tool.

 

[tltt]

What do you mean nail nick? Is it to help you open up a knife? This is just me thinking aloud, but if you need a special tool to open a knife, said knife miiiiiight not be the right choice for you...

Here's video of Tony using one -

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You'd see them a lot in production / quality control settings in factories. I once saw video of an older lady who worked for either Camillus or Ka-Bar using one. She was fast, checking the fit and finish of dozens of multi blades an hour using it.

 

[eveled]

I have a couple in my drawer with my pocket knives. Handy when you are dealing with old stiff knives.

As stated more for bench work than for actual edc. But if one had weak nails or chewed them down to nubs, I guess you’d need one.

In this case it doesn’t need to be there, but it’s almost there by accident. How else would you finish the end of a choke wrench? It needs the extension, and you wouldn’t want sharp corners.

Does he stamp all his stuff like that?

 

[unwisefool]

You'd see them a lot in production / quality control settings in factories. I once saw video of an older lady who worked for either Camillus or Ka-Bar using one. She was fast, checking the fit and finish of dozens of multi blades an hour using it.

Well in that scenario it definitely makes sense.

 

[HOKIE_FAN]

Very nice.