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EDC term is new to me.
Tell me about durability of your hobby, maybe I will pick this hobby.
That's great. I too carry a Wenger (the scissor design is far superior to the Victorinox imo), and have found the toothpick useless.Sclass wrote: ↑Thu Sep 28, 2017 4:49 pmEDC steel pin for my Wenger Swiss army knife.
I got a nasty splinter, actually several in my hand at the beach off a stair rail last weekend. My SO didn't want to go home so I had to sit there grossing her and her sister out while I tried to pick the splinters out with my nails. The Swiss Army Knife I had on me didn't have tweezers and even then, the last splinter was really in deep. So SO and her sister chatted away as I freaked over my hand.
I got home and decided I'd start carrying a knife that had tweezers. When I chose one, I noticed the toothpick was gone. The gears started turning. Why not put in a needle or pin instead of a toothpick? I really could use a sharp pin for EDC and it should be easy to carry. Victorinox knives have this but I prefer to carry the smaller Wenger knives that left out the pin. The do have this really silly toothpick. It is so flimsy I really wonder what they were thinking of when they designed it.
So I made this with a T pin from my stationary drawer. Now I can dig out splinters with this tool stowed where the toothpick used to be.
To make it I started with a T pin and cut the head off. I found a plastic buyer loyalty card from Chipotle that I don't use. I cut some material out of the card to make a handle.
I heated the pin base with a lighter and imbedded into the plastic handle then reinforced it with a little superglue and baking soda.
Now I have an EDC sharp pin in my pocket. Yeah, I could have figured out another way to carry it, but this is a tidy way in the knife handle. It's in the black knife below.
Fun fifteen minute project.
Hey,jennypenny wrote: ↑Thu Jul 23, 2015 9:15 amWomen are lucky they always have an emergency mask on them. Technically they have two, so make sure you've got a women with you when SHTF.![]()
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