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#53095 - 11/03/05 07:50 PM Re: Convenience item not seen on any post for EDC/PSK
SgtMike88Ret Offline
Journeyman

Registered: 08/23/05
Posts: 73
That's FAK item for me - stainless steel clippers made by Tweezerman. Got 'em at Bed, Bath & Beyond for around $3 and they even handle my SO's rapier like claws. She can ruin a pair of Gem or Trim brand in just two fingers...

M
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#53096 - 11/03/05 08:02 PM Re: Convenience item not seen on any post for EDC/PSK
KyBooneFan Offline
Enthusiast

Registered: 06/19/05
Posts: 233
Loc: West Kentucky
Sir, you need more help than I can offer with a flimsy pair of nail cutters. Perhaps you should consider a pair of 8" electrician's side cutters. When not used for trimming, you could use them to administer a temporary sort of 'ANESTHESIA' when she get's totally out of control! <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
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#53097 - 11/03/05 08:10 PM Re: Convenience item not seen on any post for EDC/
fugitive Offline
Member

Registered: 08/26/05
Posts: 183
Loc: The Great Pacific Northwest
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does this make me a gear geek?


7k7k99,

This choice puts you firmly in "Uber- Geek" or "Geek Meister" territory! <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

TR


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#53098 - 11/03/05 08:15 PM Re: Convenience item not seen on any post for EDC/
fugitive Offline
Member

Registered: 08/26/05
Posts: 183
Loc: The Great Pacific Northwest
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In all honesty, I haven't used nail clippers on anything in 10 years. Why start now?


Duuuuude!!! Too much information. <img src="/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" />

I've got the whole Howard Hughes image creeping through my head now.

Repeat after me..."Kleenex boxes are not proper foot atire".

Put your wife on and let's see what she thinks. <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

TR, (Considering starting a ETS nail clipper fund for Paul)

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#53099 - 11/03/05 08:33 PM Re: Convenience item not seen on any post for EDC/
Paul810 Offline
Veteran

Registered: 03/02/03
Posts: 1428
Loc: NJ, USA
Haha! Most of the time I just use a file. I don't let them get long enough that I need cut them. If they do get too long I tend to subconsciously bite or "tear" them shorter, so I have to keep them short all the time. <img src="/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />

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#53100 - 11/03/05 08:36 PM Re: Convenience item not seen on any post for EDC/
7k7k99 Offline
Enthusiast

Registered: 06/01/05
Posts: 375
Loc: Ohio
I have the Gerber deluxe nail clippers and they won't cut anything, very disappointed in them. Maybe I got a pair they forgot to sharpen, but they are junk.

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#53101 - 11/03/05 08:40 PM Re: Convenience item not seen on any post for EDC/PSK
7k7k99 Offline
Enthusiast

Registered: 06/01/05
Posts: 375
Loc: Ohio
of course, these are considered dangerous weapons by the TSA, so you can't travel with them anymore, I just buy more at my destination when I fly. I don't know if anyone has ever been killed by nail clippers, but who am I to argue with the government?

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#53102 - 11/03/05 08:45 PM Re: Convenience item not seen on any post for EDC/
xbanker Offline
Addict

Registered: 04/21/05
Posts: 484
Loc: Anthem, AZ USA
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Most of the time I just use a file.

Perhaps you've overlooked an opportunity for redundancy in your PSK. I can envision an appropriately sharpened thumbnail serving as a back-up striker for your ferro rod. <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
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#53103 - 11/03/05 09:05 PM Re: Convenience item not seen on any post for EDC/
Craig Offline


Registered: 11/13/01
Posts: 1784
Loc: Collegeville, PA, USA
Quote:
ETS gear geeks


As my dad would have said, "I represent that comment!"

-- Craig

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#53104 - 11/03/05 09:46 PM Re: Convenience item not seen on any post for EDC/PSK
philip Offline
Addict

Registered: 09/19/05
Posts: 639
Loc: San Francisco Bay Area
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Another question: What are the brand names and models of some high quality nail clippers? My wife will shoot you if you lose her prized clippers (they are not all created equal). Go into a grocery store or drug store and the clipper options will probably be chrome plated, pot metal crap.

I wish I knew. Good ones have a sharp edge and cut the nail. Crappy ones are blunt and leave a huge burr on my nails. If I find I have one like that, in the trash it goes.

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