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#14746 - 04/05/03 05:33 PM has any body used this ?
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#14747 - 04/05/03 06:54 PM Re: has any body used this ?
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I had a similar tool in stainless steel (it was polished as a mirror). I wasnīt really satified with it. I found that it was an inferior cutting tool and a mirror with a sharpened edge isnīt exactly a smart idea (maybe Iīm just clumsy <img src="images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />). So I stopped carrying it after a short time. I think that a single edged razor blade provides more value for the money.
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#14748 - 04/05/03 07:28 PM Re: has any body used this ?
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here is another strange one
http://www.tadgear.com/edged%20tools/tad_gear_titanium_dog_tags.htm
i like the idea but i can see how it could be hard to put to real use

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#14749 - 04/05/03 07:54 PM Re: has any body used this ?
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I really liked that idea too. I even made a couple of cutting tools in that style and size. Some of them were even made of old high speed turning tools (both steel and tungsten carbide). Eventually I stopped making and carrying these tools because of the safety issue and the lack of utility.
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#14750 - 04/05/03 09:12 PM Re: has any body used this ?
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Two thing of interest to me in the TAD Gear Tools are size and titanium. Being titanium they are supposed to elude certain metal detectors - tho I suspect that they would show up fine on X-ray. But dog-tags didn't ring the bell when I last flew so ... In any case, I sharpened the long edge of a p38 for use in my PSK and find that it is a fine edge for what can be fit into a PSK and it has the added advantage of being a p38 as well. I keep the sharpened handle piece of the p38 together with a safety razor in the cardboard protector that came with the safety razor. Gives me a really sharp fine work sharp that dulls rapidly and a sturdy sharp with more gripping surface and more durrable edge in a very economically sized PSK package. Other in such space confined situations I wouldn't find a use for such small sharps. When camping I have my PSK as well as my Bushman and my Leatherman Wave. When around the office I have my Leatherman Wave and a small Dakota multitool about the size of a micra that has a LED light built in.

I'm all about redundancy and multi-function when it comes to tools.

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#14751 - 04/05/03 10:23 PM Re: has any body used this ?
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I haven't thought this all the way through, but I'm not sure that I'd want something sharp enough to use hanging around my neck, blade exposed.
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