New RYP projects

We were actually thinking about adding another bottle opener since we seem to wear them out during our survival trips opening all those Coronas.
 
fixer said:
for lockpocks the bogota picks from serepick.com get good reviews and don't look quite like what they are.
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What's even nicer, if you do a little digging, you will see that you can take certain ballpoint pen springs along with the right size safety pin and make a nice carrier for a pair of them and you can hide them in various places.

...they also have a plastic handcuff key that can be sewn into clothing like a button, and comes in colors so it's likely to pass a casual inspection. problem is they don't sell the keys to civilians.
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It's the same one in the ESEE E&E Kit.

Works great, too. It's not the disposable key a lot of people think it is.

...and while i'm eagerly waiting for any new goodies they come up with, some things i've seen from other sources are sometimes underwhelmong. i'm hoping that they come up with something useful, practical, rugged and affordable that's not just another "also ran", but one of those items that you find yourself wishing someone had come up with sooner.
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You know what the world needs? An excellent, tough as nails, zippered wallet that isn't like a trucker's/biker's wallet in size. Something you can a dedicated Kevlar or ParaCord line attached to that is more discreet than a chain hanging around announcing to the world that you are a trucker, biker or some type of crackpiping motherless balloonknot of a gang banger. :D
 
Esav Benyamin said:
I hadn't thought of that, but it's a great basis for a few ideas.

For one, give up the spearpoint. This is a multitool, not a knife. Think breaking and entering.

Put some kind of coptool on it instead: a short serrated blade with a gut hook and a prybar tip.

Combine the bottle and can openers on one blade.

Cut a shackle wrench into the side, like the old Spyderco Mariners.

Wirecutter and saw blade, and awl/punch with hole for use as a sewing awl, definitely.
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The shackle wrench is a great idea, Aitor used them as well on some of their knives as well as a folder they had.

Al Mar's 4X4 Tool was a copy of the original S.O.E./O.S.S. Escape Tool. The lock "breakers" on that original pig worked because there was a plethora of padlocks back then that were cast bodies with riveted construction. you could literally tear the body apart or tear the shackle out of the side of the body with a thick, sturdy "blade."

The handle was a mini-prybar that was pretty stout as well. The older SOG Tool Clip was another version of the old WW2 clandestine unit.

The really great part of the four tools mentioned is, they all had real pliers. Not that I don't value the Leatherman's, Victorinox or Gerber, but the three aforementioned tools really had more stout pliers.

So, with the proliferation of even cheap padlocks from China, but cheap in the way of inexpensive, they still have laminated steel or cast brass construction and the days of the extremely frail, cast body riveted together padlock are probably gone. You are generally not going to force them with this size tool but will have to resort to picking, shimming or some other bypass method.
 
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