Gift from a older gentleman at work....

combatjiujitsu

combatjiujitsu

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Been looking for one of the old Sears 4 way screwdrivers for the last couple of weeks and have had no luck. Was talking to a guy about pocketknives and every day carry kinda stuff at work a few days ago and lo and behold he tosses one of these babies at me at the time clock the next morning. He also carries one along with a Old Boker Tree Brand Jack Knife that has been in his pocket for over 25 plus years! Always have respect for the older generation and pick their brains as much as you can, they have been through alot more than you and have made alot of the same mistakes that you will make.
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Be sure to take a mill smooth file and make sure the edges of the screw drivers are nice and square. Some of the 4-ways are too polished, like the screw driver tool on the SAK"s. You have to file then to square them up so they don't slip out of the slot and bugger things up. Not a lot, just a couple strokes with a mill smooth file will do it, so don't go hog wild on it!

The smallest flat blade will work pretty decent on Phillip's screws as well.

Now you need a P-38 in your wallet. We'll get you young guys up to speed eventually.

Carl.
 
Since I started reading Carl's posts, I had wondered about the P-38 and the Sears 4way SD. A very kind forumite gifted me one of each. I know the P-38 gets a bit more feedbacks around here...but personally I've found that the 4way serves me much more. That's why it now resides permanently on my work keyring.
And, of course, it's always nice to meet kind people who are willing to make you some gift :)

Fausto
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nice, :D (i'm looking for one of those too, if anyone has one to sell, and is willing to ship it in Europe, please shoot me an e-mail).
 
Just a heads up. Sears still sells em. 89 cents I believe. I recently bought a handful.
 
@LKJW I actually went to the Sears in my area and they said those have been out of production for years. Actually the girl working the counter had no clue what it was and went to get the floor manager who tried looking them up.....got nothing. Maybe just the one here?
 
combatjiujitsu said:
@LKJW I actually went to the Sears in my area and they said those have been out of production for years. Actually the girl working the counter had no clue what it was and went to get the floor manager who tried looking them up.....got nothing. Maybe just the one here?
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Went to Sears early this morning to pick up a toolbox, and at the front checkout counter they had a little display with them. 1 dollar...
 
jackknife said:
Be sure to take a mill smooth file and make sure the edges of the screw drivers are nice and square. Some of the 4-ways are too polished, like the screw driver tool on the SAK"s. You have to file then to square them up so they don't slip out of the slot and bugger things up. Not a lot, just a couple strokes with a mill smooth file will do it, so don't go hog wild on it!

The smallest flat blade will work pretty decent on Phillip's screws as well.

Now you need a P-38 in your wallet. We'll get you young guys up to speed eventually.

Carl.
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Carl, maybe I'm missing something here, but why do you carry a P-38 around? I have one but I never carry it because I don't really see a use. Is there some special use or trick that with it that I don't know about????
 
thesouthernguitarist said:
Carl, maybe I'm missing something here, but why do you carry a P-38 around? I have one but I never carry it because I don't really see a use. Is there some special use or trick that with it that I don't know about????
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There's a little zipper compartment in my Eagle Creek try-fold wallet that keeps some small items on my. I do carry a P-38, even though the Sear's keychain driver works better as a screw driver than the P-38. The P-38 makes a decent emergency screw driver, but most of all, I think I have to admit to some sentiment there. It's an old carbon steel P-38, and it's one of the oldest items I have, aside from my Cross pen that dd gave me when I went off in the army to write home every week with, and a dented up Zippo that has my old unit crest on it. I guess it's a hold over from my army days and lot's of Gi's tend to keep keepsakes. I still have my dog tags and a few other items. That P-38 has covered a lot of the earth's surface with me, and it's even opened some can's along the way. Once in a while, it does come in handy.

A few years back, we, that is Karen and I were over her sisters house and Diane was making dinner. I love Di, but she puts way too much faith in modern appliances. Mid dinner prep and her electric can opener takes a hike. No manual opener in the house. I take out my P-38 and dinner prep goes on. I'ver used the point as an awl, scraped mud from between the treads of my shoes, and some other stuff here and there. I've used it as a screw driver when there was no room to get the sear's in someplace. It's sooo small it just is not bother to carry in my wallet. So, yes, it has been used now and then, and on camping trips. The P-38, sears 4-way., two large paper clips, two large safety pins, take up very little room.

Carl.
 
I believe a screwdriver set I bought a couple years back had a 4-way screwdriver included with it. You can buy them on the sears site.
 
why carry a p38? well, there are 38 uses, among which are all the things Carl said, a small knife, tupperware groove cleaner, door knocker, letter opener, bee remover, letter opener, seam ripper, steel thumbnail, cap lifter, and more/
 
thatotherguy said:
why carry a p38? well, there are 38 uses, among which are all the things Carl said, a small knife, tupperware groove cleaner, door knocker, letter opener, bee remover, letter opener, seam ripper, steel thumbnail, cap lifter, and more/
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Not to mention opening a can.

Not too long ago, we were at Karen's sisters house, and Diane was making a spagetti dinner. She went to open a can of diced tomatoes for the sauce and her can opener didn't work. Now I love Di, she's the best sister in law one could have, but she's a techno nut. Loves everything to be as high tech as possible, including her can opener. With dinner coming to a halt, she went to get her car keys to go buy another can opener. She didn't even have a 'old fashioned' type crank opener in a drawer. I told her to hold up, and got my P-38 out of my wallet and went to work on the can of diced tomatoes. Di and her better half Roy, looked on in wonder as the little P-38 made fast work of the can top. Roy had never been in the military and had never seen one either. Dinner preparation went on and it was good. Now Di keeps an 'old fashioned' can opener in the drawer. Just in case.

I've used mine on many occasions to actually open a can. Makes a good cap lifter as well.

Carl.
 
yeah I forgot about that one. And I put letter opener twice, oops.
They are so handy for how easy they are to carry, they're like the peanut of the can opener world.
 
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