Eat' N Tool

[Mistwalker]

This is a new piece of kit I got a while back. It is an Eat'n tool from CRK&T. It is a light weight ( 1.5 ounces) combination of spoon, fork, and a few tools combined and made of 3CR13 stainless steel.

It works well for the more mundane things like MREs...

and it comes in handy for tinned foods too, even if the pull tab breaks off.

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[Mistwalker]

However, and more importantly to me personally, it also works well with actually cooking and eating "real" foods.

Even when using hot grease that would melt any plastic tool the eat'n tool did great.

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[nate1714]

I would prefer the fork tines to be a bit longer in addition to a can opener, that can cut into a can. But it looks like a decent over all tool.

 

[Mistwalker]

The on-board tools are... A Bottle opener for one.

A slotted screw driver

And, rather than just cutting random round holes to reduce the weight of the tool they took the opportunity to make those holes something useful... three sizes of wrenches that could come in handy; 6mm, 8mm, 10mm.

Of these it was the 8mm wrench that really caught my attention from a previous use for a wrench that size at work. An 8mm wrench fits the shaft on the quick-connect coupling I keep in my cordless drill box. So, by that the potential was there for this eat'n tool to also become a handle for a small but diverse tool kit with various types and sizes of bits all in a compact space.

I can have better leverage to tighten or loosen screws, and using the long extension I can reach screws in hard to get to areas

With the socket adapter I can loosen and tighten nuts.

I can put a drill bit in it to bore some small holes. This could come in handy for quietly making screw holes or holes for wire or cordage to make a shelter frame at a time when hammering might not be the best idea.

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[Mistwalker]

In testing the steel to see how durable it would be in such use I ran a 3 inch decking screw into a hard Cedar post with no distortion at all as far as I could tell. It's not a very thick steel so I am sure there are limits to what it could take but I am impressed with it so far.

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[xtestifyx]

Nice review mist. Personally, I think a longer handle would be beneficial and the Light My Fire Titanium Spork just seems exactly what anyone would need for eating.

Why someone would want to merge Multitool with a Spork? I don't know but it seems like a bad idea.

 

[TheGame]

Great review as always Mist. I was actually looking at these a few weeks back when I thought I was heading to TN again. (Last time I went to the Dixie Stampede with my mom and sister and no silverware.. this would have been helpful)

Does it hurt the hand in any way in use?

 

[Mistwalker]

I would prefer the fork tines to be a bit longer in addition to a can opener, that can cut into a can. But it looks like a decent over all tool.

I thought about making the tines longer on this one but haven't needed to yet. An SAK style can opener wouldn't be bad to have.

Nice review mist. Personally, I think a longer handle would be beneficial and the Light My Fire Titanium Spork just seems exactly what anyone would need for eating.

Why someone would want to merge Multitool with a Spork? I don't know but it seems like a bad idea.

Thanks man, yeah I know not everyone is going to like it.

I think it is aimed at the minimalists...which I'm not really...but I really like the little tool.

There is a lot I can do with just it, a few small tools, and an a SAK.

Great review as always Mist. I was actually looking at these a few weeks back when I thought I was heading to TN again. (Last time I went to the Dixie Stampede with my mom and sister and no silverware.. this would have been helpful)

Does it hurt the hand in any way in use?

Thanks TG, I think it's going to be pretty handy to have around on my outings.

Hasn't hurt my hand so far and I've cooked a couple of meals with it, and eaten with it several times. The edges or rounded.

 

[tknife]

This is one of those things where I first saw it and thought, yeah it looks kinda cool and never thought about it again. Then you go and post all these great pics showing how handy it is, and I go and order one Thanks a lot! Right now I carry the LMF combo spoon/fork but it is kind of flimsy and this will be a replacement.

 

[mqqn]

Hi mistwalker -

Nice review and pictures - thanks!

best regards -

mqqn

 

[JUST1MOR]

Wow, I wasn't even hungry until I scrolled down to the middle pics. Well, it's lunchtime anyway here in Ohio. Mist, this looks like something that would be useful to keep in a day bag/pack for those walks/hikes. How many times have any of us used our knife to finish opening a can, stir food, try to tighten a screw with the spine, etc. etc. I am like everyone else, tines a little longer, a little longer o/a for leverage, but it has it's purpose. Thanks for all the pics & reviews, if your day job doesn't work out, you could always apply at Consumer Products . . .
Be safe.

 

[powernoodle]

What are we looking at here, please?

 

[m_calingo]

What are we looking at here, please?

May I take a guess? I say...smoked oysters!

 

[JUST1MOR]

#2 on the smoked oysters. Now, where are the crackers ???

 

[Bierkameel]

This thread is making me hungry :/

 

[FortyTwoBlades]

You may also find that it's possible to hold the Eat'N Tool in such a way that it may be employed as a "push spork"

 

[RevDevil]

Thanks for the cool review, that is definitely an awesome tool, no doubt about it. I might get one and toss it into my BOB.

What are we looking at here, please?

You've never eaten smoked oysters with stone ground wheat crackers? You are missing out noodle.

 

[Mistwalker]

This is one of those things where I first saw it and thought, yeah it looks kinda cool and never thought about it again. Then you go and post all these great pics showing how handy it is, and I go and order one Thanks a lot! Right now I carry the LMF combo spoon/fork but it is kind of flimsy and this will be a replacement.

Yeah, I've got a few of the LMF sporks too. I was actually doing a search on metal sporks when I ran across this one and remembered what the 8mm wrench could be used for.

Thanks man, glad you enjoyed the post.

Hi mistwalker -

Nice review and pictures - thanks!

best regards -

mqqn

Thanks man, glad you liked the pics.

Wow, I wasn't even hungry until I scrolled down to the middle pics. Well, it's lunchtime anyway here in Ohio. Mist, this looks like something that would be useful to keep in a day bag/pack for those walks/hikes. How many times have any of us used our knife to finish opening a can, stir food, try to tighten a screw with the spine, etc. etc. I am like everyone else, tines a little longer, a little longer o/a for leverage, but it has it's purpose. Thanks for all the pics & reviews, if your day job doesn't work out, you could always apply at Consumer Products . . .
Be safe.

Thanks man, glad you liked the photos. Lol, hard to do a review of an eating tool without getting food involved.

Oh, I have multiple jobs thanks, my photography is one of them.

What are we looking at here, please?

Smoked oysters, one of my favorite trail foods. Makes lousy improvised fish bait up here though...could use it to catch cats lol.

You may also find that it's possible to hold the Eat'N Tool in such a way that it may be employed as a "push spork"

Yeah, I noticed that too...just wasn't sure I wanted to go there...

 

[powernoodle]

I'm going to have to grab some now. Sounds good. And no doubt will boost my noodletosterone.

 

[Mistwalker]

Thanks for the cool review, that is definitely an awesome tool, no doubt about it. I might get one and toss it into my BOB.


You've never eaten smoked oysters with stone ground wheat crackers? You are missing out noodle.

Thanks man, glad yo liked the review.

Man, that's definitely one of my favorites!