Here’s a request for a longer, more detailed video about using the toothpick and the tweezers to pick the lock. (In particular, a video where the pictures aren’t covered up by the ads for other videos.)
Back in the day the toothpick was made of something stiffer and was therefore more useful. Somebody at Victorinox decided to go with a cheaper (I assume) plastic that is so flexible I find that the toothpick is now nearly useless. Does anyone know of a better reason that the toothpick is now so flexible? If so, please tell.
It may have been justified, besides the likely cost savings, by the fact that a lot of people who notice and care are people who may also own one of those: nested, screw in, metal keychain toothpicks. And, at that point, may appreciate the softer version for delicate tasks, as they already have a rigid variation in their EDC. Edit: I agree, by the way.
I remember it being a brighter white more rigid plastic as well... But it was when I was really young and could have been a fake or maybe a Mandela effect
Yes...thank you I figured that out and ordered a Ranger and it is now my favorite SAK! Thinking of getting the Handyman too...like the pliers and is a bit smaller than my Champ !!!@@timetheory84
Somebody told me about one of the most important of these uses: To use the butt, hooked end to substitute for thumbnail to unfold another of the tool's features (like for people with weak or too-short a thumb nail).
@briangenn6479 the whole point is, if you're carrying a Swiss army knife, you have this multifunctional tool already in your possession... It doesn't need to be sought out before performing the task. How many wooden toothpicks are in your pocket at any given time?? Dipshit.....
I started carrying alcohol pads because I needed to disinfect the knives before and after cutting foods. Also, for a long time, I would wonder why anyone would use the toothpick from the knife? So I tried it and discovered that it is one of the best; sleek and comfortable.
@stephanieyee9784 well of course they could.... The point is that, if you're carrying a Swiss army knife, you already have this multifunctional tool at the ready....you don't hafta go find/fashion a device to complete the task at hand. Dipshit.....
The key to using the knife is your preception that everything they put there has multiple purpose. So you look st them with your creative imagination. You could do that with every tools we come across but it was not markeyed that way so we limit our imagination.
Just be careful and if you can possibly find an extra one I would really consider keeping it in a wallet for these kinds of uses. There's some fake Vic's out there that are easily broken and they have some you can rob from and throw the fake knives in garbage. Ofcourse keep the key ring too
I don't think anyone ever used that dirty thing to clean they teeth... It is safer if you cut a small piece of wood or sharpen a matchstick for that goal. Although I'm not sure you can find matchsticks nowadays...
You could *start* by quitting the nail-biting - disgusting and childish habit. Some were quite resourceful, especially when actual toothpicks are in most every restaurant/diner/café anyway and for home you got floss. Or for my preference, floss sticks - all-in-one toothpick and piece of floss strung between 2 anchor points to easily reach your whole mouth without having to jam 2 fingers slide down parallel to your molar gum line. I’ve also seen them called ‘floss harps’ for the resemblance that single piece of floss has for a string musical instrument, albeit unitonal in nature and not particularly recognisable.
Absolutely not. You had me right up till the end. Those practise padlocks are nothing like a proper lock. They pop open from just about anything poking around in the key way. This is complete misinformation that you could use it to help pick a lock. I’m triggered. Otherwise, decent ideas. Ha!
You put your hands all over the cheese and sausage, then use the tooth pick to be sanitary?? C'mon. Then use it to clean the opening of a tube of glue?? Its primary purpose is to be used in ones mouth. Yuck.
