This weekend I was working with another carp. and we were both on ladders installing some trim. Old house, nothing’s square and he pulls out a chisel from his toolbelt to trim something. The cool thing about the chisel is that the blade has a profile like a half round file, with rasp-like teeth on the rounded side and file like teeth on the flat side.
It wasn’t a four-in-hand with an edge ground on one end, but a real tool with a nice handle. As it turns out, I never got to ask him what it was called or where he got it, but I noted it was a handy multi purpose tool to carry around in your belt.
Another handy one that I sometimes carry in my belt is one of those 5-in-1 painters tools sharpened to a chisel edge. They’ll take alot of abuse cutting, prying hammering etc. before they break.
I’m just wondering what handy multi purpose tools some of you have gotta keep in your belt? I’ll bet there’s some great suggestions.
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I've got one of those chisels, really handy. My leatherman is probably one of the handiest tools I pack.
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The 5 in 1 is right up there. I grind it down to a cutting edge and temper the end, it's a great tool. I have three.
out of all my tools...I think my rock knife has been used the most for all kinda things from screwdriver to whittling my pencils to picking locks
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I have one of those chisel + rasp combos, it is made by Nicholson, think it's called a woodchuck or something similar. It is a nice chisel and I like the handle, the rasp is so course I never seem to have a use for it but I do use the file sides occasionally. Any else use the flat rasp part for anything? if so let me know, I'm curious as I'd like to get more use out of the tool. I have used the half round rasp portion for opening up a cylindrical lock bore a bit.
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the course rasp side is nice when your coping MDF crown and you need to remove some matirial from the back side. Of course a blade knife usualy works fine too and I allways have that in my belt. I really dont use rasps much at work but every now and then they really can save some time.
I use the half round rasp side for enlarging holes and curves but the flat end of the rasp gives such a rough cut I'm having a hard time thinking of an application where I'd use it. I'm sure someone out there has a ton of uses for it that I'm just not thinking of because they sure sell plenty of them.
-Ray