another use for Dutch W-Hooks

[bob2guns]

...a new ( unauthorized ) use for Dutch W-Hooks .......firesteel

strikers....i carry a firesteel every day..all the time..and i wanted a

dedicated striker that's as small as possible...and still useable...

the two small knives i carry don't have a sharp enough spine to strike...

and they're SS which is not as good as carbon....


..the black rock hunter is a good striker, but i

don't carry it that much ...i kno i can use the blade in an

emergency, but it's not too healthy for it...





i put a sharp 90 edge on the hooks...i'm not sure which one i like better..

i think they both strike just as well as the commercial strikers...and the

Ti-mini biner is just right for 1 1/8 in. belts....the surefire EDC hangs

from another Ti-biner...

[Bubba]

Good idea. I assume you are not going to use the modified biner on your suspension.

[bob2guns]

well...its probably a little derated....but not that much...

multi-use only goes so far i guess...

now, if i could only figure out how to make a bottle opener out of it...

ya kno, the good beer doesn't twist off...

[Bubba]

ya kno, the good beer doesn't twist off...

True. I was reminded of that very fact last night.

[fly-chucker]

well...its probably a little derated....but not that much...

multi-use only goes so far i guess...

now, if i could only figure out how to make a bottle opener out of it...

ya kno, the good beer doesn't twist off...

Great new idea for Dutch...are you listening? There's a problem here is search of a solution.

[SilvrSurfr]

now, if i could only figure out how to make a bottle opener out of it...

ya kno, the good beer doesn't twist off...

Though I mostly use a lighter, you can open a beer with just about any rigid item with which you can get leverage - tent stake, butt of a knife, a stick.



There are even videos on how to open a beer with a piece of paper, a dollar bill, and of course, opening the bottle with another beer.

[SilvrSurfr]

Once you have mastered opening a beer with another beer, you can move onto opening a bottle of wine without a corkscrew.



And when you have mastered that, you can then practice opening a bottle of wine without a corkscrew in front of an audience while you are inebriated.



Those French people are quite ingenious.

[Manchego]

And when you have mastered that, you can then practice opening a bottle of wine without a corkscrew in front of an audience while you are inebriated.

I swear I thought the guy was going to whack the bottle against the wall and shatter it.

Does bring to mind a neat business plan, wine openers by the pair.

[eightweight]

pretty neat , have to drink more alcohol to master this!!!!

Once you have mastered opening a beer with another beer, you can move onto opening a bottle of wine without a corkscrew.



And when you have mastered that, you can then practice opening a bottle of wine without a corkscrew in front of an audience while you are inebriated.



Those French people are quite ingenious.

[TheCoyote]

That's a ferrocerium rod (ferro rod) not fire steel. Very commonly mistaken named for some reason. Fire steel is a steel striker used to spark flint, chert, obsidian and other rocks with a hardness of 7.

Jeremy