Strangest tool you carry?

[User33236]

Not a tool as such, but i was talking to a guy at one of the stops on RideLondon yesterday who's rear derailler was bent. He had a spare gear hanger in his pocket.

I rake a spare hanger with me when I do a bit or touring. Minimal weight to carry alongside everything else

Probably oldest thing I carry is a fine metal pick. Handy for getting tiny stones etc out of tyres

 

[youngoldbloke]

I have one of those. It was my dad's when he was an apprentice in the 1940's.

They have their uses - I still use one occasionally, as I do a carpenters brace and bits - I have two, one inherited from my cabinet-maker grandad, and the other an indestructible stainless steel Russian version.

 

[mjr]

 

[User6179]

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Is that for cracking nuts ?

 

[mjr]

Is that for cracking nuts ?

Only if it slips off the screw head...

 

[iandg]

A 'Scarab'

 

[GlenBen]

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What is that?

 

[Nibor]

What is that?

It is a little tiny ratchet driver for 6mm hex bits.

 

[mjr]

It is a little tiny ratchet driver for 6mm hex bits.

Aren't the bits imperial on the base? But yes, basically.

I spotted it for £1.50 in a shop (QD aka Lathams, which was an East Anglian chain last I checked) with a holder of bits for 3,4,5 and 6mm hex, 5 and 7mm straight and Philips 1 and 2, Pozi 1 and 2. I've swapped the 7mm straight for a ¼" square drive bit that I already had. It seemed like a smaller replacement for the T bar I was carrying and almost worth it for the new hex and pozi bits.

 

[PaulSB]

Possibly not strange. Eyebrow tweezers for removing thorns from tyres.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Possibly not strange. Eyebrow tweezers for removing thorns from tyres.

Not strange, I carry them too, an obsolete pair of course, got new ones for my eyebrows