I have read in several threads about an EDC device refered to as a Pry Baby and was wondering where to purchase one. I have searched the ETS forums and Google searched to no avail. Any assistance would be appreciated.

If you Google it as one word, you first hit is:
http://www.phlaunt.com/atwoodknives/10959617.php

Got it now!! Thanks!!

Those things are cute. Lots of other neat variations on that dealer's homepage. All very cute. And expensive (some of them majorly so!) I can't imagine a whole lot of uses for them. But still ... they're so darn cute!

I don't know. Yes they are beautifully made and I am sure sometimes a prybar is handy but it think it is mostly a case of "gadget-itus".
Plus I have seen some pretty overloaded keychains over at the EDC forum and the prybaby is ubiquitous with the most heavily loaded ones.
I know it has a lot of fans but I think it is a little silly to both pay that much and walk around with a prybar everyday.
Get a good multitool and pry with that.
How much leverage can a tiny prybar give you anyway?

Here:
http://www.equipped.org/ubbthreads/showf...=true#Post59565
is what you can do for about 10% of the price.

CountyComm is selling a set of two small "pocket" pry bars for $10.

Yeah, 'cute' is the term I use to describe it to.

I'd rather have a pocketwrench slipped in behind my Leatherman. As good a pry bar (the length advantage is cancelled out by the cut out), the wrench part is darn useful, and it is a fraction of the cost.

And consider McFeely's Pocket Wrench II.

http://www.mcfeelys.com/product.asp?productID=PW-1000

If that link doesn't work, go to the home page:
http://www.mcfeelys.com

and search in the Quick Order Item # box for the product number PW-1000

Bear

I keep a prybaby on my keychain. i've had one for about a year now. youd' be surprised on how handy this little gadget is. Atwood makes some very nice tools and knives. i know some of them look pretty crazy but for the most part i would have to say don't knock them till you try them

I carry a wonder bar II . It is about seven inches long and was only $3.50. at the local wal-mart. I am thinking a bout grinding off one end to make it flatter and easier to carry in my kit. Also need to sharpen the end some. Once it is done will try to post some pics. <img src="/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

I would carry a lot of items before a Pry-Baby... Unless you are a carpenter, I don't really understand why someone would want to EDC one.

Just my 0.02$.

Yeah. Very nicely made, very pricey, but I just can't get my mind around the price. It seems more like a status symbol for those whose pockets are fuller than mine of that pesky green paper stuff. For what I'd use it for (just about nothing) I can't justify the expense. The $3.50 prybar by Stanley - - that's an expense that I can justify.

I recently bought a Prybaby. It wasn't cheap ($35 + $5 S&H), but it is definitely a quality tool (and work of art). And it's custom made here in the U.S.A. This thing ought to outlast me and become a family heirloom!

For that much money, such a small piece of metal should become a family heirloom.

So, for the $64,000 question- does it actually work better than, say, a Pocketwrench or a Wonderbar?

Or is it what it looks like- survival bling, like the TAD Life Capsules?

I'm sort of in the same boat on cost vs. usability. I ended up getting the McFeely's pocket wrench II about 8 months ago based on the previous recommendation here. It's a solid tool and fits well in the pocket, while easily costing a third of the prybaby. It's not well suited to pulling nails, but can be used for such with the teardrop wrench slot. I have found that I almost NEVER use this, despite EDC for 8 months. I have used it for a paint can or two, but never as a wrench or the hex socket screwdriver (for which you would need to carry bits). I think McFeely's would do well to add in an actual nail pry slot and beef up the socket "grip" they are using.

I can't imagine spending the money on the prybaby unless I used it daily - and I would think most carpenters or heavy destruction workers would use a Wonderbar or longer prybar for leverage. For smaller nails like finish ones, I often just end up pulling with my pliers so the surface doesn't get marred.

About the only reason I still carry the Pocket Wrench II is out of force of habit. I'm interested in the reasons why others carry it and what they use it for most of the time. I know for doors or windows in an emergency - but a 4" piece of steel with very little leverage or 'bite' might not be the best tool for that job (they prybaby may be better suited)...

Ironraven,

Which pocketwrench do you have?

Pocketwrench II from McFeely's. Worth every penny.

I'll second that! I carry mine in a small pouch attached to my Swiss Tool Spirit pouch.

I too have both the Pocket Wrench II and the Wonder Bar and carry them in my Max Jumbo - for a little over a year now. I've used the Pocket Wrench a couple times to tighten bolts and it works well, provided there is enough room for it to swing. I have little use for prying on a daily basis and carry the Stanley mostly "just in case". Well, that and I'm the embodiment of inertia and habit.

I'm not saying it's not worth the money (certainly more so than the prybaby)... I'm just curious if you use it very often, and if so, for what? The prying part I mean. When it comes to nuts and bolts I rarely have emergencies and if I do need to crank something down, I'm using wrenches and sockets. Not a bad Idea relegating it to your tool pouch. I think I may have to do that too.

It is sort of a stauts item; for those who already have everything.
It is really cool looking and made really well but it is really a very expensive bottle opener. I don't even EDC a regular bottle opener because I can open a bottle without a dedicated tool.

I use the wrench part to hold nuts while I unscrew the bolts, and I pry with it every so often do things like lift wall plate that got painted over. For those roles, it is great. But I've also wedged it between two pieces of firewood that have frozen together and given it a kick- they now fit in the wood stove, and the pocketwrench didn't get bent, so I'd say it's pretty tough.