new use for the awl on a Victorinox Pioneer.

[jpvjr71]

I got a booboo on my left wrist.
OK I burned myself somehow & it blistered up in less than an hour.
So out comes the awl 1 poke later squeeze out the pus & back normal.
Once again my gf, the quad and pretty Marine are thinking something's wrong with me.

 

[Hickory n steel]

I got a booboo on my left wrist.
OK I burned myself somehow & it blistered up in less than an hour.
So out comes the awl 1 poke later squeeze out the pus & back normal.
Once again my gf, the quad and pretty Marine are thinking something's wrong with me.

I make a pick out of a windshield wiper insert which replaced the toothpick on my 58mm models, it's used to pick out splinters and pierce blisters.

 

[David Nowlin]

Never thought of that? I usually use a rusty nail!

 

[LimuHead]

I make a pick out of a windshield wiper insert which replaced the toothpick on my 58mm models, it's used to pick out splinters and pierce blisters.

Sounds like a great idea, but I'm having a hard time envisioning this.

Could you possibly post a picture of it?

Thanks!

 

[David Nowlin]

Come on i thought my comment was hilarious? Totally off the cuff. Where oh where has sense of humor gone?
Back on subject. I too would like to see a pick-ture?

 

[Hickory n steel]

Sounds like a great idea, but I'm having a hard time envisioning this.

Could you possibly post a picture of it?

Thanks!

Basically I'm making an extra sharp approximation of the Victorinox toothpick using a piece of springy stainless steel salvaged from a discarded semi truck windshield wiper ( it's inside the rubber wiper and just pulls right out ).

 

[SharpBits]

I used to just use the point on the knife blade.

 

[Hickory n steel]

I used to just use the point on the knife blade.

I've tried, but that's not pointy enough many times.

Just the other day I had to dig a 3/8" long walnut splinter out of my index finger, and even with my splinter pick it was difficult.

 

[David Nowlin]

Damn be careful you’ll put someone’s eye out with that!!
Hurts my eyes just looking at it!

 

[LimuHead]

Basically I'm making an extra sharp approximation of the Victorinox toothpick using a piece of springy stainless steel salvaged from a discarded semi truck windshield wiper ( it's inside the rubber wiper and just pulls right out ).

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Wow. Thanks.

That's really nice work you did. I'm hoping to scavenge an old wiper blade from my auto mechanic and give this a try!

 

[Hickory n steel]

Wow. Thanks.

That's really nice work you did. I'm hoping to scavenge an old wiper blade from my auto mechanic and give this a try!

It takes a little fitting and experimenting but it's not hard.
Look for a wiper for a truck, many regular car wipers have much smaller inserts that aren't big enough.