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I have been meaning to update for some time so lets do this now early 2015 Jan. Already familiar and just want to reorder? Scroll down to the red print...
The mini ti pry is still being made. It runs $35 each via check or money order made out to Steve Rice
4006 Woodville Rd. Bartlesville, Ok 74006 or you can pay via pay pal and I ask for $40 on the first with each additional being $35 if you use that method.
The Mini Ti Pry. What is it? Perhaps "useful" describes it best. Simple, lightweight, convenient and handy. These are 4" in length and 1/2" wide.. I have carried one of my own for a time now and mine is not wrapped. I use it for all kinds of things. The "Breaking Bad" series took almost all my fingernails off during the time it ran and I found my pry to be like carrying a titanium fingernail around with me. My own personal ti nail if you will. Had it not been for that scoop end with the bend I'd have never been able to pick up that dime I dropped in the Wal-Mart parking lot during that time! I use it for cutting Rice Krispie treats out of the pan because it is handy and I keep it clean so no big deal and I've used it for all kinds of other things too.
No two are exactly alike since these are done using raw materials and each grind will be different in some ways. Honestly I used a service for a time to cut these out but it just added expense really. I have gone back to the old way of cutting it out in strips. These are roughly 1/2" wide. They start out as a strip sheet 12" wide 48" or more in length of bare dirty titanium. Using my band saw I cut it to approx. 1/2" wide. The thickness is .090 + or - and I use the 6AL-4V knifemaker grade titanium on these so they are the same titanium that I use for my folding knives.
I can wrap these pry bars in para cord for you and I have a lot more than shown and in various colors of para cord. I'm out of orange or the flame orange tho. Finish choices are stone washed or etched. I do not bead blast any longer. I can hand rub these out too! Once you chose one of those choices you can choose to have it anodized a color. There can be too many options here to confuse if you think too much so I recommend keeping it simple. The choices in color schemes can be infinite and para cord is often discontinued so don't get attached to any one.
These are all a pry bar on one end and a flat head screw driver on the other. At request I am offering straight bars or bars bent on the pry end where I put the V notch. Be specific and cover the options and yeah I know there are a few to go over but its for your benefit so take your time, look over the options and you pick it I'll stick it.
In effort to try to make these more usable,
I have tried to be sure these screw drivers are geared to work quite well for adjusting the pivot barrels of Emerson knives as well as many other light to medium duty jobs you may need a flat head driver for and of course you can pry with that end as well if you like. Some like it for minor box opening jobs. While these pry tools don't replace a knife they seem to fill a niche for some of the abusive things we do with our pocket knives at times and can work in place of a knife for those of you in situations where you cannot carry a knife at work or in the office or for those that simply don't want to carry a knife by personal preference.
Who buys these? Mostly it is the military to be honest. They use them for ammo jam removal tools and chimney stack removal tools from anything from 22 cal on up to 50 or more. I hear they work well for shotguns also.
I've sold these to office workers, secretaries, teachers and even law enforcement and security people and many military members who use these as tools to pop open stubborn ammo box latches from what I've heard and here recently through an email from a customer working in the CIA I was told that some very high up people in DHS, and DOD speak highly of this little tool and carry one of my mini ti pry bars when on tour because apparently they have saved some lives.
Also, these have been reported to make good investigative probes for working crime scenes for digging around in places one would not want to go with their fingers. It has become more and more obvious that I was ahead of the pack with this idea for a key ring pry bar. When I first started doing these several years ago they trickle sold. Now its a steady flow as I'm hearing more and more about how this product was just the ticket for folks being told their work areas were now gun and knife free zones or weapon free zones and so on, and how glad they were to find my offerings and my prices. As you know I could ask more for these and I'd probably get it but I think many of these simple tools are simply over priced in the industry. I try to keep it reasonable.
In a pinch these pry bars can open boxes, pop tape, pry staples, lift water meter lids in the yard or hot pot lids in the kitchen, pop stubborn canned food pop tops or beverages for those wanting to save a fingernail and I've got some guys that use metal detectors, some 'diggers' as they call themselves that use these also for some extraordinary finds!
Some have sharpened one end down more to do rough cutting jobs or box tearing, paper cutting and so forth. They can be used to untie stubborn knots and many other things limited only by your imagination.
In recent years many businesses have adopted no blade or no weapon policies in the work places. For those that either can't carry a knife or just don't happen to have one on them, they like the light weight (1/2 oz) and 'sheeple' friendly acceptance these receive in public places compared to pulling out a knife. Being that I can make them girly colors too they appeal to both sexes. I've been told they save your blade for what its made for, cutting so that is the main benefit in my book!
So rather than ruin the tip of your expensive blade to pry something use a mini ti pry instead. Do you really want the point of your knife broken off?
Point is, they do come in handy at times. I hear tell they are hell on the insides of washing machines also so if you forget to remove the one you carry consider yourself warned! Clean out your pockets before washing. What can I say, they are tough little buggers.
If you need to contact me personally: This email is also my pay pal address. STR@bladeforums.com works or
STRsbackyardknifeworks@gmail.com Speaking of pay pal, please know that I do not ask people to pay me with a personal or gift payment. I don't mind giving pay pal their cut so pay normally for goods. Besides the address never shows up when you pay it other ways using the gift or what other non fee options they have so it forces me to have to reach out to you to get the address and can delay shipping of your item sometimes for a day or more if I don't hear back from you right away to get the address to ship.
NOTE
Ordering is easy if you just email me the answers to the questions below in red STRsbackyardknifeworks@gmail.com
Reminders for ordering. What I need to know to fill your order
1- Finish choice and or anodized color? I offer stone washed or etched for flat finishes and after either of these you can color the bar if you want? Remember, I cannot get black or red colors
2-Do you want one straight as in flat bar? Or do you want a slight bend in the end of the bar?
3-Cord Wrap color choice?
STR
The mini ti pry is still being made. It runs $35 each via check or money order made out to Steve Rice
4006 Woodville Rd. Bartlesville, Ok 74006 or you can pay via pay pal and I ask for $40 on the first with each additional being $35 if you use that method.
The Mini Ti Pry. What is it? Perhaps "useful" describes it best. Simple, lightweight, convenient and handy. These are 4" in length and 1/2" wide.. I have carried one of my own for a time now and mine is not wrapped. I use it for all kinds of things. The "Breaking Bad" series took almost all my fingernails off during the time it ran and I found my pry to be like carrying a titanium fingernail around with me. My own personal ti nail if you will. Had it not been for that scoop end with the bend I'd have never been able to pick up that dime I dropped in the Wal-Mart parking lot during that time! I use it for cutting Rice Krispie treats out of the pan because it is handy and I keep it clean so no big deal and I've used it for all kinds of other things too.
No two are exactly alike since these are done using raw materials and each grind will be different in some ways. Honestly I used a service for a time to cut these out but it just added expense really. I have gone back to the old way of cutting it out in strips. These are roughly 1/2" wide. They start out as a strip sheet 12" wide 48" or more in length of bare dirty titanium. Using my band saw I cut it to approx. 1/2" wide. The thickness is .090 + or - and I use the 6AL-4V knifemaker grade titanium on these so they are the same titanium that I use for my folding knives.
I can wrap these pry bars in para cord for you and I have a lot more than shown and in various colors of para cord. I'm out of orange or the flame orange tho. Finish choices are stone washed or etched. I do not bead blast any longer. I can hand rub these out too! Once you chose one of those choices you can choose to have it anodized a color. There can be too many options here to confuse if you think too much so I recommend keeping it simple. The choices in color schemes can be infinite and para cord is often discontinued so don't get attached to any one.
These are all a pry bar on one end and a flat head screw driver on the other. At request I am offering straight bars or bars bent on the pry end where I put the V notch. Be specific and cover the options and yeah I know there are a few to go over but its for your benefit so take your time, look over the options and you pick it I'll stick it.
In effort to try to make these more usable,
I have tried to be sure these screw drivers are geared to work quite well for adjusting the pivot barrels of Emerson knives as well as many other light to medium duty jobs you may need a flat head driver for and of course you can pry with that end as well if you like. Some like it for minor box opening jobs. While these pry tools don't replace a knife they seem to fill a niche for some of the abusive things we do with our pocket knives at times and can work in place of a knife for those of you in situations where you cannot carry a knife at work or in the office or for those that simply don't want to carry a knife by personal preference.
Who buys these? Mostly it is the military to be honest. They use them for ammo jam removal tools and chimney stack removal tools from anything from 22 cal on up to 50 or more. I hear they work well for shotguns also.
I've sold these to office workers, secretaries, teachers and even law enforcement and security people and many military members who use these as tools to pop open stubborn ammo box latches from what I've heard and here recently through an email from a customer working in the CIA I was told that some very high up people in DHS, and DOD speak highly of this little tool and carry one of my mini ti pry bars when on tour because apparently they have saved some lives.
Also, these have been reported to make good investigative probes for working crime scenes for digging around in places one would not want to go with their fingers. It has become more and more obvious that I was ahead of the pack with this idea for a key ring pry bar. When I first started doing these several years ago they trickle sold. Now its a steady flow as I'm hearing more and more about how this product was just the ticket for folks being told their work areas were now gun and knife free zones or weapon free zones and so on, and how glad they were to find my offerings and my prices. As you know I could ask more for these and I'd probably get it but I think many of these simple tools are simply over priced in the industry. I try to keep it reasonable.
In a pinch these pry bars can open boxes, pop tape, pry staples, lift water meter lids in the yard or hot pot lids in the kitchen, pop stubborn canned food pop tops or beverages for those wanting to save a fingernail and I've got some guys that use metal detectors, some 'diggers' as they call themselves that use these also for some extraordinary finds!
Some have sharpened one end down more to do rough cutting jobs or box tearing, paper cutting and so forth. They can be used to untie stubborn knots and many other things limited only by your imagination.
In recent years many businesses have adopted no blade or no weapon policies in the work places. For those that either can't carry a knife or just don't happen to have one on them, they like the light weight (1/2 oz) and 'sheeple' friendly acceptance these receive in public places compared to pulling out a knife. Being that I can make them girly colors too they appeal to both sexes. I've been told they save your blade for what its made for, cutting so that is the main benefit in my book!
So rather than ruin the tip of your expensive blade to pry something use a mini ti pry instead. Do you really want the point of your knife broken off?
Point is, they do come in handy at times. I hear tell they are hell on the insides of washing machines also so if you forget to remove the one you carry consider yourself warned! Clean out your pockets before washing. What can I say, they are tough little buggers. If you need to contact me personally: This email is also my pay pal address. STR@bladeforums.com works or
STRsbackyardknifeworks@gmail.com Speaking of pay pal, please know that I do not ask people to pay me with a personal or gift payment. I don't mind giving pay pal their cut so pay normally for goods. Besides the address never shows up when you pay it other ways using the gift or what other non fee options they have so it forces me to have to reach out to you to get the address and can delay shipping of your item sometimes for a day or more if I don't hear back from you right away to get the address to ship.
NOTE
Ordering is easy if you just email me the answers to the questions below in red STRsbackyardknifeworks@gmail.com
Reminders for ordering. What I need to know to fill your order
1- Finish choice and or anodized color? I offer stone washed or etched for flat finishes and after either of these you can color the bar if you want? Remember, I cannot get black or red colors
2-Do you want one straight as in flat bar? Or do you want a slight bend in the end of the bar?
3-Cord Wrap color choice?
STR
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