Kitchen and other unexpected tools, by general tool brands

[YesIHaveAHammer]

Came across a few recently. Anything else out there? Just for interest. Not really interested in non-tool merchandise like keyrings, mugs, and hats.

Many do this style of bottle opener, e.g. Wiha



Knipex did a more interesting bottle opener


Hazet also do an unconventional bottle opener:



PB Swiss fondue forks


PB Swiss "Operace" medical bone screw extractors


Wera Corkscrew


Wera salt and pepper shakers

 

[JerseyBoatBuilder]

KA-BAR Pizza cutter, Ice cream scoop and bottle opener.
All three are USA Made.

 

[Phang]

brollies with SwissGrip handle

 

[YesIHaveAHammer]

KA-BAR Pizza cutter, Ice cream scoop and bottle opener.

Knife company, not a general tool maker.

 

[JerseyBoatBuilder]

Knife company, not a general tool maker.

A knife is a tool and they make more than just that.

 

[YesIHaveAHammer]

A knife is a tool and they make more than just that.

Yes, and ok, but they're still a knife company rather than a general tool maker.

Anyway, good to see someone making those sorts of things in the west.

 

[Loga_3]

 

[ChevyEFI]

There's the. PB Swiss Cappuccino Cup & Saucer Set on drpd.cc

 

[yatg]

Craftsman BBQ

 

[YesIHaveAHammer]

Not really interested in non-tool merchandise like keyrings, mugs, and hats.

There's the. PB Swiss Cappuccino Cup & Saucer Set on drpd.cc

But really it's interesting to consider why a fork is a tool while a cup isn't.

There is a definition on Wikipedia:

The external employment of an unattached or manipulable attached environmental object to alter more efficiently the form, position, or condition of another object, another organism, or the user itself, when the user holds and directly manipulates the tool during or prior to use and is responsible for the proper and effective orientation of the tool.

 

[YesIHaveAHammer]

@ChevyEFI Sorry, there was no need for what I said there, and somehow I gave the umbrella before you a free pass.

 

[ChevyEFI]

To be honest, my fav. takeaway from your thread is the mention of KA-BAR. I looked through their site on break.

I won't order the PB cup because I got an awesome stainless cup for Father's Day.

 

[finn]

Most of these “tools” seem to be novelty / promotional items given away at trade shows rather than serious tools sold by their respective manufacturers.

I guess there’s a collector interest for most anything out there with a brand name attached to it, though.

 

[rust in the eye]

Craftsman BBQ

Do they smell like vomit yet?

 

[Steve_P]

I don't have any pics to add, but I like that Knipex Cobra bottle opener! I haven't seen that before.

I have some 10+ year old craftsman drivers with the clear handles like above and no vomit smell. OTOH, I bought some PB Swiss drivers 15 years ago, and they smelled like puke right out of the box- so I returned them. Because yeah, every time I use a screwdriver, a premium priced screwdriver, I want to smell puke. Said no one.

 

[Chefjpd]

Klein at 1/3 the price

 

[GW Butch]

S-K bottle opener from a few years ago

 

[KnurledNut]

Adjustable wrench I modified for opening bottles:

 

[WWheeler]

Astro Tools beerwrench.

 

[Nobody-named-Olli]

(The Snap-On socket-ish looking thingy next to the cozy is a bottle opener as well.)

And the small Knipex fork.




Kind regards,
Olli

 

[SusKatCas]

IMHO, they only thing wrong with this toy is that the wrench should have been 10mm.

 

[finn]

IMHO, they only thing wrong with this toy is that the wrench should have been 10mm.

They lost all of the 10mm versions.

 

[JerseyBoatBuilder]

(The Snap-On socket-ish looking thingy next to the cozy is a bottle opener as well.)

And the small Knipex fork.




Kind regards,
Olli

I had and used those. The set that came with the wooden socket block to store them in.
Cleaned them up and sold them because after a couple of months they were cutting in to the laminated layer that protects from chips and breakage on USA Made Correlle plates.
The socket bottle opener was trash and did not last long.

 

[four.cycle]

I suppose you're going to tell me this doesn't count, right?

 

[ecotec]

I suppose you're going to tell me this doesn't count, right?

Did a general hand tool brand make that National Park souvenir bottle opener?

I would say that it doesn’t count unless you know something I don’t.

 

[YesIHaveAHammer]

I suppose you're going to tell me this doesn't count, right?

Tool or not and whatever the type of brand, it's all good and interesting. Just the nuance of how people (me) say things is lost online.

How about general tools made (or rebranded) by non-tool brands? I saw a Toyota hammer on here a little while ago.

 

[four.cycle]

Did a general hand tool brand make that National Park souvenir bottle opener?

I would say that it doesn’t count unless you know something I don’t.

I suppose that depends upon how you are defining "tool".
By definition, "tool" is any device which is used to assist in performing a task.
Ergo: a spoon is a tool, as is a wrench or socket.
So while it is admittedly not "tool" in the context of what you might find in a mechanical repair shop, it is unquestionably a tool.

Not every household contains a screwdriver or a hammer or a wrench, but every household contains a can opener. And a bottle opener.

It was manufactured by Vaughan Novelty Company. Mr. Harry Vaughan was the gentleman who figured out how to make a can opener that didn't slice open fingers.

Vaughan / Vaughan Novelty Manufacturing Company, 3211 Carroll Ave., Chicago, IL (later Vaughan Mfg. Co.) / est. 1910 / bottle and can opener / patent D44226 Jun 7 1913 & D46762 Dec 8 1914 Harry L. Vaughan & D170999 Dec 1 1953 M.J. La Forte & D143327 Dec 25 1945 Michael J. LaForte & 1207100 Dec 5 1916 & D177041 Mar 6 1956 John M. Grace & 1490149 Apr 15 1924 Harry L. Vaughan & 1617148 Feb 8 1925 R.T. Chase & 1715524 Jun 4 1929 H.L. Vaughan & 1996550 Apr 2 1935 John M. Hothersall and Dewitt F. Sampson & 2018083 Oct 22 1935 James Andrew Murdock & 2237418 Apr 8 1941 F.E. Fender et al & 2662280 Dec 15 1953 Michael J. LaForte & 2663076 Dec 22 1953 Ralph Robinson / https://www.madeinchicagomuseum.com/single-post/vaughan-novelty/ / http://www.bullworks.net/virtual/openers/package/vaughan.htm / https://theicca.org/wp-content/uploads/library/theincompletechicagocorkscrewstory/058.html / see also Crown Throat & Opener Co. /