Thank you to Paul and everyone else as well! This is great information! You are giving me much to think about while I try to make as much of an educated decision as possible when choosing which gear I carry and when and where. The more information I can get the better my decisions are.

As a forum newbie, I think this might be a good time to say that these ETS forums are excellent and it's due directly to the quality of the forum members! I am really glad I found these forums. I have learned so much already and hopefully I have been useful to someone at least once by sharing my own experiences. Thanks again guys!

Seriously .....

I wear glasses.
My Leatherman could allow me to do some repairs :
- tighten a screw (small screwdriver)
- replace a lost screw with a piece of wire (pliers, cutter) ....

well ...O.K.: glasses are man-made gear ... so, my answer is out-of-subject .....

another possible usage :
- had the character played by Tom Hanks in "Cast away" have a multitool, maybe he could have use the pliers to pull out that tooth (instead of using a ice-skate (is that the word ?))

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Actually, that is one of the big reasons why I am buying a Charge to replace my Wave, I like the mini screwdriver for my glasses. With my Wave I have to carry a seperate tiny screwdriver that tends to get lost.

Paul, I noticed that newer SAKs have a small screw driver that screws into the cork screw on the SAK. It's just the right size for glasses. I got a couple of them as replacement parts and retro fitted my SAKs.

Yea, In addition to my Wave and Benchmade folder I usually carry a small SAK ( a Sportsman now) for the corkscrew and good awl. Recently I put the small screwdriver from my Cybertool in the corkscrew and it has worked out well so far. However, being I don't always carry it everyday having the right size screwdriver in my multi-tool (which I do carry everyday) would be a bit better. I wonder if I can take the scales off my cybertool and put them on my Sportsman, I like having the pen and pin.

There's a problem with the mini-screwdriver in the Charge.

There's nothing really holding it in place, so it can slide out very easily.

Mine grips slightly better when inserted one way rather than the other (the bit has two degrees of rotational symmetry around the long axis).

I'm trying to think of a way of modifying it so that the bit will stay in place more reliably.

The Leatherman Micra has an excelent eye glass screw driver in it.Plus it has tweezers to pick up those TINY screws also.
BOATMAN
John

When I read about all the small screws and tools use posted on this thread, I haven't seen any postings on one of the most important necessaties when working with small things out in the "bush".

You better bring along a large white cloth to work on. If you drop a small screwdriver, or even worse a small screw on the ground, finding it in grass, leaves, snow or even plain dirt can be a real pain if not impossible.

Lay the cloth out and work very close to its surface with movements that will not cause the part to spring out past the cloth, but rather drop straight down.

Murphy's law applies here in huge amounts.

Bountyhunter

If I'm remembering correctly, Aaron Ralston used a multi-tool during his ordeal.

Check it out.