Knives and alternative tools

[Hickory n steel]

With all this talk about lock strength and stuff, it got me thinking about the things others carry at work...ect to use when the task at hand is not cutting. When you want to use a more appropriate tool for the job instead of misuse or abuse your knife.

So let's see a knife or two and the other tool / tools you carry to avoid misusing your knife.

Here's the knives I carried at work today along with two tools I carry every work day which I use for non cutting tasks I would never use a knife for ( besides work bench beaters ).

At work time is money, but I don't consider an extra second to draw a different tool than my knife when more appropriate a waste of time.
I'm not judging anyone, but I personally don't consider my pocket knife a do everything kind of tool which is the reason for the other things I carry.

 

[tiguy7]

View attachment 1188855 Titanium tools for jimmying and prying.

 

[Rykjeklut]

For the things a knife CAN do, but which I don't want to put my folder through, I have a Mora Companion.

For things a knife neither can or should do, I use an appropriate tool.

 

[Shorttime]

At home, I have a selection of prybars, scissors, and saws to do the "non-knife" work. If it requires really serious power tools? There are some problems I would rather throw money at.

At work, my Alox (here with some friends)

handles things like cardboard and the occasional wire jacket (I like to keep in practice). I've used the flat blade tool on a reluctant panel latch, but I have three prybar sizes in the truck, from my EOD Robotics 6" Breacher Bar

(not my photo) to a 24" prybar. If that doesn't work, I have access to a 6" digging bar that has been used as a leverage tool, many times. In addition, I have a hacksaw, wire stripper, Linesmans pliers, end-cutters, and a ratcheting tool that will cut up to 500 MCM. I hope I never have to use it for that.

I can call my Millwright co-worker, who brings along an angle grinder, a truck-mounted arc welder, and an oxy-acetylene torch. If that won't separate one thing from another, we call a contractor. Long story short, there is no excuse whatsoever for me to abuse my work tools, because I have practically unlimited alternatives.

 

[Rich S]

What model Boker is that? Size, slip joint or flipper, easy of opening (arthritis), etc.
Thanks
Rich

 

[Shorttime]

What model Boker is that? Size, slip joint or flipper, easy of opening (arthritis), etc.
Thanks
Rich

Who, me?

That's the Boker Slack, a collaboration with Raphael Durand.

It's a slipjoint, with nested liners, and the stiffest detent I've ever seen. We're talking about Triad-Lock-stiff, here. I'm pretty sure I could take the pivot pin out, and the spring would hold the blade in place, by itself.

It is nice and light, and the rounded profile means it settles into the bottom of my pocket without jamming into my leg.

If arthritis is a problem, I don't recommend it. It's two-handed, on the open and the close, and there is no nail nick, so you have to pinch the blade.

 

[Rich S]

Thanks for the info. Doesn't sound like a knife for me. I do like the lines of it - nice knife.
Rich

 

[Henry Beige]

There are a couple of more or less comprehensive that I carry in my vehicles, one developed for motorcycles, the other required carry for transit drivers. On a schhol bus, there is not a lot of use for tools, but the channellocks come in handy for tightening loose sun visors and fan mounts. Over all, the channellocks are called upon more often than the knives, by a small margin.

 

[Hickory n steel]

There are a couple of more or less comprehensive that I carry in my vehicles, one developed for motorcycles, the other required carry for transit drivers. On a schhol bus, there is not a lot of use for tools, but the channellocks come in handy for tightening loose sun visors and fan mounts. Over all, the channellocks are called upon more often than the knives, by a small margin.

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I've been meaning to get me a pair of those little Channellock ignition pliers, but keep forgetting for some reason.
I carry a pair of 426's every work day and use them about every day too.

 

[Hickory n steel]

View attachment 1188855 Titanium tools for jimmying and prying.

Definitely more appropriate to pry Jimmy and scrap with one of these than a knife.