Another use for my Kiwi

[mycroftt]

I found another use for my Kiwi. It makes a perfect seam ripper. You know those labels shirt manufacturers put in there to irritate the back of your neck? Push the point of the Kiwi blade carefully under the edge of the label and cut the thread. Work your way around until the label comes off. The pointy warncliffe blade is perfect for getting in there to make the first cut.

Call me a wussy. Call me a namby-pamby weak sister. Tell me to man up and live with it. Go ahead - but my neck isn't itchy and yours is. So there.

 

[amen74]

I use my UKPK for the same thing. Works great!:thumbup:

 

[Krefcenz]

I found another use for my Kiwi. It makes a perfect seam ripper. You know those labels shirt manufacturers put in there to irritate the back of your neck? Push the point of the Kiwi blade carefully under the edge of the label and cut the thread. Work your way around until the label comes off. The pointy warncliffe blade is perfect for getting in there to make the first cut.

Call me a wussy. Call me a namby-pamby weak sister. Tell me to man up and live with it. Go ahead - but my neck isn't itchy and yours is. So there.

Not trying to be difficult, but if it's a drop point or a clip point as long as it's plain edge, wouldn't it do the job? fwiw, am sure the Kiwi does it just fine. But figure a lot edcs do as well. btw, let me know if I'm off base here.

 

[The Deacon]

Not trying to be difficult, but if it's a drop point or a clip point as long as it's plain edge, wouldn't it do the job? fwiw, am sure the Kiwi does it just fine. But figure a lot edcs do as well. btw, let me know if I'm off base here.

Sure, any blade shape, aside from hawkbill and reverse S, can "do the job". Heck, with sufficient skill and patience, even those ill suited shapes could. But the wharncliffe blade is particularly well suited to this task and the size and shape of Kiwi give excellent control. And yes, you can add me to the wuss list, I've been using one or another of my Kiwis for that task for years.

Paul

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[mycroftt]

Not trying to be difficult, but if it's a drop point or a clip point as long as it's plain edge, wouldn't it do the job? fwiw, am sure the Kiwi does it just fine. But figure a lot edcs do as well. btw, let me know if I'm off base here.

Kref,

I'm with The Deacon on this. I've used some of my other EDCs for the same job but it was remarkable how much easier it was with the Kiwi. It must be a combination of the blade shape, hollow grind, etc, but it really does the trick. Plus, the shape of the Kiwi, despite its small size, give it a good hand feel and a good grip for detail work. I've damaged the fabric on some shirts in the past but I don't think that's likely to happen using the Kiwi.