SAK in Space

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Here's a little "Where's Waldo" sort of game for the space nerds among us...

Go to the link below, and then click on the "360-degree virtual tour" of the International Space Station. My wife was doing so and called me so I could see the SAK that she found. I can't tell the model, but it has the screwdriver instead of the corkscrew (of course.)

Happy hunting...

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/now-tour-international-space-station-180001267.html
 
Interesting:thumbsup: took awhile but I found it. Looks like a 6 layer (or so) with ruby translucent scales. I won't say where it is because the hunt for it was fun:)

Retraction: after looking at it more, I believe it has regular Cellidor red scales.
 
Took me a good 5-10 min to find it, there's so much to see and it's fascinating what gears they have up in the space. Some photography equipment is hardcore!

Btw, judging from its appearance, I am guessing it's the master craftsman(which is the original Space shuttle model).
 
Took me about three hours of whirling around the ISS (nearly getting space sick) but I found the SAK !:D

Just don't ask me to find it again.
Rich
 
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Actually there are two SAKs on the ISS. A guy on another board found a second one. I only found one (nuts ):)
Rich
 
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Hickory n steel said:
Let's just say it was Wonderful to find it.
If I had to guess I'd say it looks to me like a tinker.
They're everywhere and only $20, provide good utility without much that's unnecessary.
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You clearly must have found the other one... The one I saw seemed to be a 6-layer, maybe a craftsman, which adds pliers to the master craftsman. There was a Leatherman MT also; a wave?

It is smart of them to have them. Either one packs _a lot_ of capabilities in small and lightweight implements.
 
Hickory n steel said:
Let's just say it was Wonderful to find it.
If I had to guess I'd say it looks to me like a tinker.
They're everywhere and only $20, provide good utility without much that's unnecessary.
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Actually, I have found nothing on the Tinker to have been unnecessary, including the hidden pin. Maybe you will someday find you have used everything :) .
 
znapschatz said:
Actually, I have found nothing on the Tinker to have been unnecessary, including the hidden pin. Maybe you will someday find you have used everything :) .
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Mine never actually came with the pin.

The tinker is great, larger than I currently like and I dont like the backside tool position so i recently decided to pass it along.
 
If I remember correctly, all Shuttle crew members had Master Craftsman model.
It's no longer in production.
 
Never saw the SAKs :(
But Sweet-Vader's-Ass do they have a lot of MagLites!
You'd think some lighter weight rechargeable headlamps would suffice, be more efficient?
And..... I did spot a MultiTool... Definitely not a Victorinox Spirit/SwissTool variation.
Leatherman?



















MultiTool


 
Oh look! More MagLites.



















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Hey Look...Anti-Covid Kit :D
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The most important rooms in the house.
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Knipex Pliers
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Found one.
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Bonus, Magic Sauce.
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OP here... That IS of a lot of flashlights. I can't explain it either.

The SAK that you found is not the one that my wife found, so there are definitely at least two.
 
I actually think it makes a lot of sense, given the environment they operate on, once electricity goes out or become intermittent, they are operating in pitch black and those flashlights will be life saver. Also, the older twisty minimag is all mechanical, and the risk of using dry cells is far less than operating lithium
 
Way back in the 1980's I bought a AA mini mag light. Used the ever lovin dog poo out of it for years, then the LED hit the market. The little Mag was kind of obsolete, but stayed in service in my trucks glove box. Then they campout with the drop in LED modulate with the three little LED's in there and I dropped it on that one plus my wife's AA mini mag. They've been canoe camping, motorcycle camping, backpacking, car camping in as wide spread places as Yellowstone, Arches, Canyonlands, Badlands, Mesa Verde, and many others. Now, more than 30 year later both mini mags are still in service and used now and then. Totally reliable.

When you really need a flashlight, and it really has to work, I grab my Maglight. It's never let me down. About 6 years ago I finally bought a new factory Mag AA LED, and its been great.

My love of Maglights is right up there with my love of all things Victorinox.
 
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