People without pocket knives when they want to get into a box:
It’s part of the experience.
Lol, it’s literally why they’re carried in a lot of cases.
I’m usually like, ooh, I have a Swiss army knife in my pocket. And another on the keychain.
…Except when I’m home, the keys go to the tray and I switch to indoors pants, so when I actually need the damn things I usually need to take extra effort to go grab them anyway.
“everyday carry” people fantasy: the lights went out but we have to open that box and sign this form. We’re doomed!! Who can save us!?!
reality: I guess I will just do it later.
I have this thing for a reason!
The Cybertool really is the best of the Victorinox knives. Unfortunately, I lost mine 😢.
My condolences
but mine has tritium on the handle!!
One time I brought a watermelon to a picnic so that I could show off my fancy butterfly knife and I ended up cutting myself so badly that I had to wrap my hand in duct tape to stop the bleeding while someone else distracted the children. Worth it.
Something similar happened to me the first … And last … Time I used a mandoline.
What’s hilarious about this pic is the thing you’re supposed to be using to keep your hands safe is sitting off to the side
Tbf with many mandolins those things are utter garbage especially if you need to go fast, not waste 20% of your food, and aren’t into dulling the blades when you slam metal prongs into them which is 40% of why you never see professional chefs use the guard in videos (the other 60% being “I’m a super cool chef” bullshit which is why they also never wear the protective gloves either
that’s what the cowboy hat is for
That’s true! That was the one included safety device I used right before cutting off my finger tip.
It’s an initiation rite, not a measurement of personal failure.
Happened to my mother. She sliced her palm very badly, sibling had to take her to emergency care.
Sibling got me metal slicing gloves when they got me my mandolin lmfao
This is the only reason I own a pair of cut resistant gloves. Makes the mandoline actually a useful and safe kitchen tool.
I don’t see how anyone could look at this device and be like, “yeah, that seems safe.”
No one does. Pros will tell you to wear the special gloves and use the hand guards when working a mandoline or a meat slicer or the like.
Nor do I. It wasn’t for me.
However, I was unfamiliar with its operation. There was a guard, which I did use; but apparently it was supposed to interface with rails, which I didn’t know about or use. Also it’s commonly used with blade resistant gloves, which I didn’t even own at the time.
So yes, it’s a potentially dangerous device, but there are ways to make it less so.
people without pocket knives when they need to cut something ☞
My family always gives me shit for always having my Gerber on my belt, until it’s Christmas morning or any of the other times someone needs a knife or pliers.
I keep a tiny 1" knife on my keychain. It’s incredibly handy, unless I forget to take it off when going through airport security…
Can you not fly with it? In Europe, you can, the limit is 5 or 6 cm of blade. I regularly fly with mine.
I’ve done the same with my Gerber quite a few times
Your family Christmas morning sounds vicious. You should try getting everyone to sit down and have the youngest child hand the presents out one at a time.
Christmas morning! Every single time I’m the person that pulls out the knife.
I’ve cleaned a moose with my pocket knife.
Are you Jordan Jonas?
I’m way more insufferable:
Let me introduce to you the open source and modular multitool
thanks!
I’m way more insufferable
Sanic username checks out
Man I don’t edc anything, or simultaneously, everything.
If I put my keys, wallet, or phone down outside of my pocket or bedside, it’s lost until I’m late to the next thing.
I actually don’t edc it anymore. I have an office job now, and half that giant belt clip doesn’t really fit in with the business- casual attire.
But I do keep them in my car, and happened to be using them today in time for those pictures because we’re moving offices this week and I was using them to take apart monitor arms, cut boxes, etc.
I was using them to take apart monitor arms, cut boxes, etc.
… disassemble the corporate helicopter fleet, clean the salmon & beef steaks for the team’s BBQ lunch, tighten the bolts on the hatchway to the HVAC-access roof, recalibrate our GPS markers for the DST changeover… just the usual.
Yeah, when I carried it all the time I was fixing shit left and right.
What it’s really good for is all the little annoyances you notice day to day that aren’t worth a trip to the garage in the moment.
Door knob slightly loose in the back bedroom? Fixed next time you walk in. Drawer sticking? Take care of it now instead of forcing it and forgetting about it later. You don’t even realize how much of that stuff there is until you have the multitool handy at all times.
And the bit driver really is a game changer. You can get a ratcheting version now too.
Dude, where did you get that holster. I’ve been looking for one that would carry the bits and blades for my surge.
Edit: looks custom printed, nice
Bought it years ago on Etsy. Just looked in my email history, and it looks like it was from a user named HoldMyGear. Looks like they’re still active, and they have a version for the ratcheting bit driver too.
I have a 3d printer, but it doesn’t look like the stl is available anywhere. It’s printed really well, though. I don’t know what material it is, but it’s held up a lot better than standard PLA or PETG would.
Edit: looks like he has one for the Surge as well.
This is like when you go round someone’s house for dinner and they ostentatiously get out the “Japanese steel” to chop the vegetables with, which you have to ceremonially bloody on your palm every time it comes out of the block. Later you see the shitty little serrated knife they normally use while helping load the dishwasher.
Can confirm. I once had a letter opener made to look like a tiny katana, with a scabbard and everything. It was fucking awesome.
I have a keychain mini-multitool (Gerber Dime) with a dedicated “retail package opener” and it’s by far the function I use the most. It’s actually getting worn down and needs to be resharpened.
“you just wanted to pull out the knife!”
“yea. i did. so i did.”
Or unwrapping Xmas presents.
