Portable pry bar

LUW said:
Yep, something like that, with a length from 100 t0 120 mm and that I can wrap with paracord for a better grip. What's the big one?
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I get them at my local hardware store and dress them up. I also cut them to different lengths as needed as in the previous photo. They're good for opening paint cans and pulling small nails etc. I also carry this Raid Ops in case I need to torque on something more robust.

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Forgive my ignorance, but what are the uses for miniature pry bars so that folks have them on key rings or carry them on their person at all times?

I just recently found this forum and have gotten some great information on a variety of knife related issues but I need to be enlightened about pry bars.

Thanks in advance.
 
A company named "DascoPro" (Made in USA BTW) makes some smaller pry bars that the sell at Home Depot or Lowes (I forget which) for around $5. You can strip them, paint them, cord wrap them, whatever. They come painted blue.

I don't carry one, regularly, but I do own a couple. Remodeling in my current home requires finding all the little nails stuck in the walls the moron who lived here before me never pulled out. The guy didn't know what a shelf was, he stuck a nail in the wall and hung it.

Anyways, I have stood on some of the smaller pry bars and I did not break them. They are remarkably well heat treated for $5. Eventually I just went and got a larger pry bar and got the nail that I wanted out, but I am still impressed with these tools.

If you needed to pry you are MUCH better off with a small prybar than a pocket knife.
That is why this is covered here.
 
Saves your knife tip and blade from snapping off or chipping. I carry Striders but still will use a pry tool. Saves me having to be without a blade due to a warranty repair.

I've also seen a guy sever a tendon using a SAK to take a nail out of a tree. See that happen and you'll want a pry tool real quick.
 
Pry with a bar, cut with a knife. :D I use mine to open packages and mail too.
 
fatcat55 said:
Forgive my ignorance, but what are the uses for miniature pry bars so that folks have them on key rings or carry them on their person at all times?

I just recently found this forum and have gotten some great information on a variety of knife related issues but I need to be enlightened about pry bars.

Thanks in advance.
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I guess it's probably "just another tool". I definitively don't have a reason to carry it around every day ("EDC" = every day carry) but it sure can come in handy to have in my grab bag if I need to get rough with something and want to spare my blades.

And welcome aboard! :thumbup:
 
Thanks for the responses. Makes sense to me.

I have a few blades with missing tips from prying...er, trying to remove, open, move things that were meant to be removed, opened or moved with a pry bar. Will have to check out some of those little ones myself.

Thanks again for the information.
 
Aside from the flat ones I've made for key rings I was asked if I could do any round ones. The round ones are harder to do for me. For one the round bar, particularly the 3/8" is harder to cut to length and more expensive to purchase and overall I gave up making them because I'd want to much to make it worth the time to mess with them but the ones I did came out okay. I kept two for myself. The one thinner one shown here in 3/16 round ti bar is actually quite handy. The bigger one is a tank with no flex or give at all though. Little harder holding these round things steady to free hand grind the convex shape to the pry end but not bad.

Then of course compared to the round ones these are a joy to make and much easier to manipulate and grind on being that they are flat.
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By the way. Its interesting that Stiletto tools came out with one of their own. The company head contacted me some time back asking me if I'd submit one of mine to him to examine because he liked the idea. I sent him two of my flat titanium pry bars. Interesting.

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STR said:
Aside from the flat ones I've made for key rings I was asked if I could do any round ones. The round ones are harder to do for me. For one the round bar, particularly the 3/8" is harder to cut to length and more expensive to purchase and overall I gave up making them because I'd want to much to make it worth the time to mess with them but the ones I did came out okay. I kept two for myself. The one thinner one shown here in 3/16 round ti bar is actually quite handy. The bigger one is a tank with no flex or give at all though. Little harder holding these round things steady to free hand grind the convex shape to the pry end but not bad.

Then of course compared to the round ones these are a joy to make and much easier to manipulate and grind on being that they are flat.
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Those round ones are pretty cool :cool::thumbup:

I've done a few round stock Ti "shivs" but those driver head ones are real nice :)
 
STR said:
By the way. Its interesting that Stiletto tools came out with one of their own. The company head contacted me some time back asking me if I'd submit one of mine to him to examine because he liked the idea. I sent him two of my flat titanium pry bars. Interesting.

STR
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So basically you were the inspiration for Stiletto?
That´s pretty cool! :cool::thumbup:
 
After 5 years fooling around with small pry-bars and still no success then got to a 5' bar like I have !!
Small jobs ,small tools ,, large jobs , large tools !!!
 
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