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Ha! Would never have thought it
Paul
- You’ll never be lost if you remember that moss always grows on the north side of your compass.
- While the Swiss Army Knife has been popular for years, the Swiss Navy Knife has remained largely unheard of. Its single blade functions as a tiny canoe paddle.
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I think the proliferation of comments on that You Tube video says it all
Don't sweat the small stuff - and it's ALL small stuff...!
Which is why I carry a Leatherman Monarch 200 on my keychain, a Led Lenser P5R on my belt and a Led Lenser P3 AFS P as a backup in my pack.
Maria also carries a Leatherman Monarch 200 on her keychain - and in addition to that we keep a Petzl Tactikka 2+ and a Leatherman Monarch 300 in the glove compartment of her car.
I remember years ago it was easy to split down a pencil but not these days, ormay be i'm buying the wrong pencils...
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hello,
Very nice find. I was taught that on Selection uses for all pieces
of kit on your person in a survival situation
Regards
David
That reminds me of when I was green laning in an old 4x4 of mine once.. I was miles out down a lane when all the power went in my old suzuki sj 410. Engine died and the lights went out. It was pitch black and I did not know where the fuse box was. I spent ages looking for it by feeling about, but to no joy.
So I decided to walk to a pub that I knew of in the nearest village. It took me a while to get there, but I scrounged some matches and a candle off them. I walked back to my car and lit the candle and started to look. As I held the candle below the dash, I noticed my keys hanging from the ignition.. I also noticed the mini maglite also on the keyring..!! DOH I soon found the broken fuse and repaired it with a chewing gum wrapper, just to get me home..
It was annoying but funny to look back on..
Good trick that with the pencil though..!
This guy is lucky he can still see. Short circuiting a battery with a graphite pencil lead, is a shore fire way to knacker your battery (as the comments state), and get the graphite to it's most unstable condition. I've done a similar thing in the past, and every single "lead" exploded into shards. That was using a 12v bench top power supply.
Find the pencil, in the dark ...... stripping the pencil and breaking the lead, in the dark .... finding suitable wiring and stripping it back, in the dark
anyone see a pattern forming. If you can do all that clever stuff, you may as well fix the flaming car, in the dark
still it is a clever trick :-)
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Not every problem is an electrical one......
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