Small, prying-oriented knife to compliment my PM2?

22-rimfire said:
It would for VERY light prying or minimal scraping. That sharpend chisel edge will eat up your pockets. If you want a prybar, get a real prybar.... something around 12" work pretty well for light to medium prying.
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Sounds good but not sure he/she wants to carry something that size in pocket.
 
In my opinion, those little prybars are trinkets meant to separate money from your wallet with little practical use. I think we're back to a knife as long as it is light prying..... :)
 
Rostislav said:
You want a knife to pry with? Why not a pry-knife? :)
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*Of course, that is if you don't mind lugging around a 16 oz knife.

*Woman's hand not included.
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Honestly, you had me sold till I read the fine print :D
 
I have a key chain pry bar by Enderes that I purchased at a hardware store. It was about $1.95 I think. Works great. I also have a benchmade 916 triage which is for light prying etc.
 
Knives are cutting instruments, not meant for prying. By all means use your knife any way you want, but don't expect it to perform in that task as well as it performs in cutting tasks.
Thats why I keep this beauty on my keys.

 
I just pop a Gerber shard on my keychain. A light, cheap but suprisingly effective prybar and bottle opener, and the philips/flathead screwdrivers are handy in a pinch (I probably would just carry a Leatherman or something if you're going to need them often, though).
 
Spyderco Techno, It's a small tank of a knife. I use mine daily, and am not afraid to pry with it.
 
Esee izula is perfect, can carry sheathed in pocket and not even know its there. Then when you take it out it is a brut and a great slicer for such a small package, with a great warranty. I pry stables and nails out of 2 by 4's a lot with this little guy.
 
Check out TTpockettools (not sure I can post the link here) he makes some AWESOME looking pocket pry bars that double as wrenches, bottle openers, and even knives

EDIT: the post by chambleona59 is an example of his work, that's a version that doubles as a knife, most are made in Ti or 154CM
 
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22-rimfire said:
In my opinion, those little prybars are trinkets meant to separate money from your wallet with little practical use. I think we're back to a knife as long as it is light prying..... :)
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What?:confused:

Have you ever tried the county comm widgey bar? I have 3 of them and trust me, they can pry! I've pryed everything from paint cans, to wood boards, to brake sensors off a car and they hold up just fine. You'd be surprised on how useful they are since they can get in places that a full size pry bar can't reach!

Just because you can't find a use for one, doesn't mean the rest of us can't;)
I'd be lost without my mini prybars:thumbup:
 
Blues Bender said:
What?:confused:

Have you ever tried the county comm widgey bar? I have 3 of them and trust me, they can pry! I've pryed everything from paint cans, to wood boards, to brake sensors off a car and they hold up just fine. You'd be surprised on how useful they are since they can get in places that a full size pry bar can't reach!

Just because you can't find a use for one, doesn't mean the rest of us can't;)
I'd be lost without my mini prybars:thumbup:
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Have to chuckle. I use pry bars all the time. I tried the little ones (not country comm although I have looked at them) available from places like Home Depot/Lowes. Basically what I learned was (1) that I have enough junk in my pockets already, (2) if you use one frequently, I could see carrying one, (3) the ones I tried are hard on pockets and as a result, I end up putting them in my field bag and I can keep a larger one there if I choose to. It really depends on how frequently you need a "pry bar" and the kind of things you might pry. I usually use screw drivers for paint cans as I don't trust using my SAK for that. Yes, the small ones would get you into places the larger ones won't fit. I have that covered in my field bag.

The goodies in my field bag are a diverse lot. I even keep a water bandit in there. This is a little device that allows you to connect a regular water hose onto a kitchen type faucet where a garden hose would never fit the threads.

I have to admit that these little pry bars or tools are kind of cute. I am interested in them overall, which is why I keep coming back to this thread.
 
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