This count as a multi-purpose knife?

Lol I figured
Just wanted to make sure it wasn't gonna ruffle no feathers
I don't see em posted here and I got to wondering... why not
 
jackknife said:
Ahhh, the trusty old TL-29!

It cuts, it screws, it pry's, (very carefully), it strips cable. Thats pretty multipurpose in my book.

Friggin aye its a multi tool! :thumbsup:
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So...I presume a little side to side blade wobble is expected if one uses one of these as a screwdriver

I tapped the rivets last night and she was nice and tight
Did a couple screwdriver things and noticed there was some slight but noticable side to side wobble in both the blade and screwdriver

I of course retapped the rivets and they are nice and tight now...but I wonder if this is just an expected thing
 
Rsmith_77 said:
So...I presume a little side to side blade wobble is expected if one uses one of these as a screwdriver

I tapped the rivets last night and she was nice and tight
Did a couple screwdriver things and noticed there was some slight but noticable side to side wobble in both the blade and screwdriver

I of course retapped the rivets and they are nice and tight now...but I wonder if this is just an expected thing
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Yes. It an expected thing.

All the ones we had in our outfit had side to side play, but it didn't seem to affect the function of the thing. And my Uncle Charlie, who waded up a Beach in Normandy, carried his all the way to Germany, and for a few decades after the war as his pocket knife. It was a very very well worn tool by the time I brought a brand new one home for him on a leave.In the 24 year that he carried it, it was his everyday pocket knife, gardening tool, and work tool at the printing company he worked for as a pressman.
 
Yes
Blades can be sharpened at different geometries for different cutting jobs
 
Has there ever been a modern equivalent of this style knife? I know we have multitools and the like, but I don't know that I've seen an actual modern reimagining of the TL-29, with just a blade and the screwdriver/wire stripper tool. Seems like modern construction using fasteners rather than rivets would be perfect for this design.
 
Google Gerber PK3. It's from 50 years back and not really what you're looking for, but it is a more modern version of the TL-29.
 
In the early 1970's friends and I used to patronize "POZZI'S" a bar/restaurant in Solvay, New York, a village adjacent to Camillus, New York. We were introduced to a man who worked on railroad switchgear, probably for Penn Central/Conrail or possibly for the old Solvay Process that dominated the landscape. We started talking pocketknives and he brought out a well-used Camillus TL-29. When I asked how well it had held up for him he replied that when it needed tightening/rebuilding he'd simply give it to a friend who worked at Camillus Cutlery and it would be returned fully refurbished!
 
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