Never seen one of these before - what a cool tool!
youtu.be/QBeOgGt_oWU
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Begs the question, what sort of vice were you googling ?
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You know how tough it's been for doctors recently. He was probably just trying to get a grip...
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Amazing engineering…and Mrs Aston wonders what I find to look at all day when she is wasting her time at work. One day she will know the joys of retirement.
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Interesting , I had a pop-up 2 days ago advertising a new fractal vice from China. Such a simple concept - but I guess the chinese version is probably constructed from chinesium that will self destruct under any heavy load. That video shows a properly made one!
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The video has had nearly 11m views in 6 weeks - I suspect the Chinese company saw this and has rushed into market.
Apparently there has been a lot of 3D printing interest in them since the vid.
Last edited by: Lygonos on Tue 10 Aug 21 at 17:08
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Could somebody 3D print me a Swiss Army Wife?
Yes you heard it correctly. :-)
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...you want a woman who can get stones out of your horse's hooves...?
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Nah...one who wakes him up on a morning with a good yodel and is liberal with her Emmental.
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...that sounds a bit cheesey...
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I used to have a mini Swiss Army knife on my keyring. Had it for decades, used it a lot for snipping leather samples etc. It went all over the world with me. Then came 9/11 and it got confiscated at some airport or other.
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>> Then came 9/11 and it got confiscated at some airport or other.
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I was returning from a business trip to Chicago in 2004ish and I brought my lad a very soft foam missile launched by pushing one cardboard tube inside a slightly larger cardboard tube. It was about 4ft long and sold in the airport shop.
It was confiscated with vigour by the US security as "Sir, you are not allowed to take missiles on to the airplane!" and wouldn't accept that it was a toy sold by the airport shop.
This was the same security that let a man board with out a valid passport and when the plane cleared the airbridge, decided he didn't want to fly, causing the plane back and a full search of the plane by police and sniffer dogs.
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..post 9/11 (very early 2004) we had a winter visit to NY with the kids.
We had queued for quite a long time to get access to the Statue of Liberty (or at least the island - the statue was out-of-bounds), when we passed a sign with the comprehensive set of prohibited items, which included no knives "of any kind at all".
I had my Swiss Army knife in my pocket, and not wanting to waste the time already queued, rather than bailing out I decided I'd try to hand it over to security, and hope I could get it back on the way out.
The Park Ranger doing the security checks (something to do with the area being a State park) looked at the proffered knife, looked at me, and then said "put it in your pocket, keep it there, and don't tell anyone".
Even at the age of 13, my daughter subsequently out of earshot accused him of racial-stereotyping (I don't think WASPs were then seen as quite the threat some might be considered now!).
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>> Even at the age of 13, my daughter subsequently out of earshot accused him of
>> racial-stereotyping (I don't think WASPs were then seen as quite the threat some might be
>> considered now!).
More likely I think is the Americans idea of a "Knife of any kind" A Ka-Bar is a knife, a swiss army knife is not a knife in American eyes.
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Traveling out to Spain one year with Ol Ma Zero, Junior Zero and Idris I let junior pack his own rucksack.
At Gatwick security it went through the scanner and something approaching near panic ensued. Junior's bag was pulled, he and I were summoned. Bag emptied, and out came various toy Eddie Stobart trucks and other 8 year old child type toys and comics. Much scratching of heads, security stood down, and we went on out way.
Upon arrival Junior bag was unpacked wherein we found a key ring & chain, with a replica Nato .762 round dangling on the end that he had bought at some English Heritage castle. (Pendennis I think)
Needless to say, The round stayed in Spain.
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I once got pulled over at Beijing airport, as you can imagine it was worrying . I was taken to look at the scan of my bag and asked to explain an item that they suspected may have been a bomb.
It was my washbag, square in shape with my ridged metal handled shaving brush in the corner which they thought was the battery and various other bits that I suppose looked suspicious to them.
Also once got pulled ovet in Atlanta with a small cigarette lighter which was confiscated. I argued the toss but apparently the regulations had changed the month before and I was simply not aware of the change.
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Did you ever visit the old glass "smoking room" airside at Beijing?
Didn't need to light up - just stand 10 metres away and wait for the door to open.
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Mate bought a small sword from Toledo and tried to bring it through the airport about 30 years ago.
He was escorted off to a side room by a security guy and turned to us with a grin on his face - I replied by mimicking pulling a rubber glove onto my hand and he just about tripped over his chin.
Luckily for him he only got a telling off and the blade confiscated but I can still remember that look on his face as if it was yesterday.
Last edited by: VxFan on Wed 11 Aug 21 at 13:39
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I did a photo-shoot in the mid 90s on a book about 'survival' or something like that and one of the items was a Swiss Army knife, not red but khaki-camouflage coloured. I was given it at the end of the shoot as usually happens (cookery books are fab for that).
It stayed in my pocket 24/7, my best friend, until the towers fell. Then it had to go in the hold luggage when flying. But it was never a problem checking in or going through security before that although when I flew to NY in '99 that had to go in the hold luggage too. I don't carry it around now but it's always handy and it goes on every holiday.
I love that knife, it's sitting on my desk. The most useful thing I've ever owned, every appendage has been used a million times. It's battered, has chipped blades and the tooth pick and tweezers are long gone. Haven't stabbed any teenagers with it either, I must be getting old fashioned.
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>>.... and the tooth pick and tweezers are long gone.....
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..give it a bit of TLC ;-)
www.swisstool.co.uk/st/Spares-and-Accessories/
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Fantastic, thanks for the link. That's what I'm going to do.
It appears mine is a Huntsman.
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I have the cybertool, has all you need for taking pcs and laptops to bits
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>> I have the cybertool, has all you need for taking pcs and laptops to bits
What a wonderful word. Can't but help thinking it would be a perfect "handle" for some online forum contributors.
;-)
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...and, come to think, "Fractal Vice" would be a great name for a Bond villain.
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When I smoked, I used to keep my baccy in a small discus type holder. At one airport, security opened it and poked about in the contents with their finger. I asked if they'd washed their hands recently, as I intended to smoke the contents. Some folk have no sense of humour.
In our early days of foreign holidays, SWMBO worried about the kids eating stuff they liked, so baked a fruit cake and wrapped it in tin foil! What fun that caused, fortunately it wasn't marzipanned.
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Fractal Vice - who knew? - legacylad
