Have you ever USED a Leatherman for anything for more than a couple of minutes?
They're so uncomfortable.
I think you'd be better off with a machete :p
( Cawl, Tue 14 Jul 2009, 11:21, 2 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Okay
A titanium machete with a built in Leatherman and lots of spare parts.

That'll do it.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Tue 14 Jul 2009, 11:24, Reply)

Haha!
What would you need a screwdriver for?
( Cawl, Tue 14 Jul 2009, 11:26, Reply)

Fixing my PC and my mini-fusion power station...
...Obviously
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Tue 14 Jul 2009, 11:33, Reply)

Ah yes!
Silly me.
( Cawl, Tue 14 Jul 2009, 11:35, Reply)

I've got a Leatherman Ti and
...and by Christ, you're right! I'd never really noticed until just now. The screwdriver is unbelievably awkward and the saw is only useful on branches that I can easily snap with my bare hands.
( chart cat has an itch, Tue 14 Jul 2009, 11:25, Reply)

They're a useful little tool,
In that you've got all of the bits that you might need in one place.
But the amount they cost is crazy. You could get a tool kit and box for that.
( Cawl, Tue 14 Jul 2009, 11:27, Reply)

Mine was a leaving present
Yay for presents
( chart cat has an itch, Tue 14 Jul 2009, 11:28, Reply)

Yay indeed!
I've not got a tool kit either, to be fair.
*shrugs*

Putting together a flat-pack chest of drawers with a screwdriver, a rolling pin and my fists was an experience that I don't wish to replicate any time soon.
( Cawl, Tue 14 Jul 2009, 11:33, Reply)

Hahaha!
Genuine LOLs :)
( chart cat has an itch, Tue 14 Jul 2009, 11:33, Reply)

That image is very funny indeed.

(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Tue 14 Jul 2009, 11:35, Reply)

It worked extremely well.
Screwdriver for, well screwing stuff.
Rolling pin for tapping in fittings.
Fists for hammering the damn thing together.
( Cawl, Tue 14 Jul 2009, 11:40, Reply)

if you want a multi tool you are better off with a good old Swiss Army Knife
the saw on that could take apart a battleship.

and mine has pliers.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 14 Jul 2009, 11:31, Reply)

But the blade doesn't lock
On most models.
Fine for basic stuff, but one false move and you've sliced yourself.
( Cawl, Tue 14 Jul 2009, 11:34, Reply)

that is very true
but that is why you also have a machete

I only use the knives on my Swiss for delicate operations.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 14 Jul 2009, 11:34, Reply)

That's what scalpels are for :p

( Cawl, Tue 14 Jul 2009, 11:35, Reply)

Scalpels are for carving a roast chicken
or erasing lines on a drawing

I rarely use the knife on my army knife really. not the big one anyway. the pliers, scissors and saw are much more useful.

also, it has that thing for sewing leather and stuff. that's bound to come in handy when fashioning a sail for your rudimentary raft out of the sun-cured hides of the sharks you have skinned.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 14 Jul 2009, 11:38, Reply)

More like...
...when fashioning a sail for your rudimentary raft out of the sun-cured hides of the sharks halibut you have skinned..."
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Tue 14 Jul 2009, 11:41, Reply)

No way!
I'd make a fancy jacket out of the shark-leather.
( Cawl, Tue 14 Jul 2009, 11:41, Reply)

fair point
but you'd still need the tool to sew it together
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 14 Jul 2009, 11:46, Reply)

*sniggers*
Tool...
( Cawl, Tue 14 Jul 2009, 11:47, Reply)

I want to be on your desert island
you're clearly more cut out for this sort of thing than me.
(Bazongaloid, Tue 14 Jul 2009, 11:41, Reply)

of course I am
look at my beard!

I'm already more rugged than all of the rest of you put together.

also, I know how to build a boat. and have many other civil engineering related skills.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 14 Jul 2009, 11:45, Reply)

I am an archaeologist.
I know how society works and the tools that make it work, and I can rebuild one from scratch.

I also put out.

I win.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Tue 14 Jul 2009, 12:00, Reply)

sounds like we've got the makin's of a fine desert island getaway
cat-gnome can be a cabana boy
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 14 Jul 2009, 12:18, Reply)

and
cats like fish and gnomes like fishing, so he can get dinner for us.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Tue 14 Jul 2009, 12:22, Reply)

ideal
I cook pretty well too.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 14 Jul 2009, 12:32, Reply)