When you’re working near your toolbox, keeping an assortment of snips within easy reach for various tasks is a great way to stay productive. But when you’re working someplace your toolbox can’t go, like at the top of a ladder, Crescent’s new Switchblade snips are a better option letting you carry a single handle with swappable cutting heads for multiple tasks.
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At one point or another, who of us hasn’t risked losing a finger by opening a pair of scissors and using them as a quick, impromptu knife? It turns out they’re a pretty good way to open taped boxes without horribly slicing what’s inside, so Quirky took the idea and created a pair of scissors called the Sheath that’s actually safe to use as an improvised knife.
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I have always believed that scissors are overlooked as weapons and as survival tools. The Leatherman Raptor is a versatile pair of scissors fit for surviving World War Z. While they might come in handy during zombie attacks, the Raptor was actually developed for medics.
This scissor-like multi-tool features stainless shears, a strap cutter, a carbide glass breaker, a ring cutter, a ruler, and an oxygen tank wrench.
Unfortunately, they aren’t available yet – and won’t be until May 2013. The price hasn’t been announced either.
Personally, I’d like to see a model that’s a bit more substantial than this one, something that looks scary, you know, something that you could use to take the head off a zombie.
[via Uncrate]
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