Handy Tools

[FishinCrzy]

Several times out and about last year I found that I needed to quickly cut down some tall grass, light brush, or maybe some poison ivy around my campsite. Ticks, chiggers, antsies, are also part of the problem with tall grass, etc. I just got this today and I think I can find a place for it without too much trouble. If it's heavier stuff I can pull out a big knife/small machete but that seems like too much work for just grass. I also keep a small electric chainsaw for limbs and trees but haven't had to actually deploy it yet. Another one of those those things that's better to have and not need.


What other obscure tools do you carry?

 

[Tundracamper]

That’s interesting and I could actually see using that, although on rare occassions. I carry a paint pole for the camera. I wonder if anyone makes an attachment.

 

[Anak]

Several times out and about last year I found that I needed to quickly cut down some tall grass, light brush, or maybe some poison ivy around my campsite. Ticks, chiggers, antsies, are also part of the problem with tall grass, etc. I just got this today and I think I can find a place for it without too much trouble. If it's heavier stuff I can pull out a big knife/small machete but that seems like too much work for just grass. I also keep a small electric chainsaw for limbs and trees but haven't had to actually deploy it yet. Another one of those those things that's better to have and not need.


What other obscure tools do you carry?

Gaa!!

Not one of those evil things. If that wasn't developed by the Marquis de Sade himself then it was a close relative.

Just as a drill press is great for snatching items out of your hand and whipping them right back into your hand that device is great for relocating a thistle right onto the nape of your neck.

It might be good for poking around in the fire. Maybe.

 

[FishinCrzy]

Gaa!!

Not one of those evil things. If that wasn't developed by the Marquis de Sade himself then it was a close relative.

Just as a drill press is great for snatching items out of your hand and whipping them right back into your hand that device is great for relocating a thistle right onto the nape of your neck.

It might be good for poking around in the fire. Maybe.

LOL, tools are only as good as the operator!

 

[MOAK]

I have one of these and break it out once in a while and use it behind our barn instead of our battery powered modern weed wacker. The neighbors just scratch their heads and wonder.

 

[FishinCrzy]

I have one of these and break it out once in a while and use it behind our barn instead of our battery powered modern weed wacker. The neighbors just scratch their heads and wonder. View attachment 223666

I have one of those hanging in the barn somewhere. Hurts my shoulders just to look at! I also have a couple of the regular sling blades but the one I just got is fairly light and I can handle it one-handed. After testing it some I think I really like it. My shoulders really are shot and the light weight really is nice. It was also particularly good while trying to fight a blackberry-like vine that I have been dealing with. With the open end I could pull up the runners then whack them off and pull it up by the roots. Herbicides weren't doing much. Pulling weeds out of the yard is some sort of therapy??

 

[ThundahBeagle]

Several times out and about last year I found that I needed to quickly cut down some tall grass, light brush, or maybe some poison ivy around my campsite. Ticks, chiggers, antsies, are also part of the problem with tall grass, etc. I just got this today and I think I can find a place for it without too much trouble. If it's heavier stuff I can pull out a big knife/small machete but that seems like too much work for just grass. I also keep a small electric chainsaw for limbs and trees but haven't had to actually deploy it yet. Another one of those those things that's better to have and not need.


What other obscure tools do you carry?

Wow. Havent seen one of these in the wild for 35 years. I remember making money as a kid going around cutting various neighbors lawns. That's where I first encountered one of these, at a neighbors house. After I cut his lawn he handed it to me and showed me how to swing it as if putting with a golf club. It was an effective trimmer for around the trees and bushes back before power weed whackers were widespread

 

[Anak]

I have one of these and break it out once in a while and use it behind our barn instead of our battery powered modern weed wacker. The neighbors just scratch their heads and wonder. View attachment 223666

Now that deserves points just for style.

 

[ThundahBeagle]

I have one of these and break it out once in a while and use it behind our barn instead of our battery powered modern weed wacker. The neighbors just scratch their heads and wonder. View attachment 223666

Used one of these as well. I was a kid who would go to various farms in upstate NY to help with hay, harvest, whatever. Once you get the hang of a nice sharp scythe, you see the value in it for harvesting large swaths that were too small for the machines

 

[Michael Golden]

I wonder what would happen if you tried to cross a border with one. “Do you have anything to declare?” WTH?

 

[Murphy Slaw]

I wonder what would happen if you tried to cross a border with one. “Do you have anything to declare?” WTH?

I keep a machete in my truck 24/7.

I've never had to explain it.

It's a truck, I own land.

 

[North American Sojourner]

It's a whalebone and it will split almost anything including a finger. LOL.
Zim

 

[ZombieCat]

I have one of these and break it out once in a while and use it behind our barn instead of our battery powered modern weed wacker. The neighbors just scratch their heads and wonder. View attachment 223666

Pair that with a long black robe and you’ve got a nifty Halloween costume
But seriously, my go to is the tried and true military folding shovel. It’s compact and if you keep the blade sharp, it’s great for multiple uses.

 

[JacksonRL]

“…is the tried and true military folding shovel. It’s compact and if you keep the blade sharp, it’s great for multiple uses.”

Hehe the old E-tool. You’re correct, sir. I did a subscription box a while back called Alpha Outpost and they had an “enhanced” E-tool. I’ll post about it when I get home so I can include pictures. It’s legit.

 

[JacksonRL]

“…is the tried and true military folding shovel. It’s compact and if you keep the blade sharp, it’s great for multiple uses.”

Hehe the old E-tool. You’re correct, sir. I did a subscription box a while back called Alpha Outpost and they had an “enhanced” E-tool. I’ll post about it when I get home so I can include pictures. It’s legit.

I just grabbed a diagram from the website. Better than uploading multiple photos. It’s worked wonders so far.