Tool name?

[WTXTundra]

So I found this tool in a metal rtu cabinet. I’m guessing it’s a punch or drill bit starter? Anyone familiar?

 

[Radio Flyer]

Looks like a scribe with a magnet on the other end.

 

[RTM]

I have similar shaped items as scribes, or scribers, for scratching a line in wood, or Dykem (sharpie) on metal. I have several, a Lufkin 87a is the first one I found. The tip unscrews and reverses in the body

 

[KnurledNut]

I have the older Moody Scriber/Pick Set thats identical to that.

Like this, but mine is blue just like the OP:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/275853540785

 

[RTM]

I have the older Moody Scriber/Pick Set thats identical to that.

Like this, but mine is blue just like the OP:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/275853540785

My Moody is different

 

[KnurledNut]

Found an old pic of mine:

 

[Qualitytools]

Definitely a scribe

 

[cgrutt]

Tip wouldn't happen to be spring loaded would it? If you push hard and it clicks and leaves a dimple it could be automatic center punch. I have an old Snap-on (I think) that looks similar but with a red body.

 

[WTXTundra]

You guys are great. It’s definitely a scribe. No spring inside to make it a punch tool. What’s weird is that the scribe doesn’t fit inside the handle. I figured it would be able to screw it back in to the handle while not in use.

Either way, it’s works great.

 

[66HertzClone]

It has been my understanding that the tool on the left is a scribe, having a hardened point instead of the point on the pick has.

 

[Beerhippie]

It has been my understanding that the tool on the left is a scribe, having a hardened point instead of the point on the pick has.

"Scratch awl" might be a better term for unhardened scriby things. For softer materials like wood, plastic, etc. I tend to use mine as a pick and the carbide scribe for marking. If I need fine marks on wood or plastic, I use a knife.

 

[Shiftless]

If I need fine marks on wood or plastic, I use a knife.

Me too. That’s another good reason to always carry a knife. A man never knows when he might have to cut something. Or make a fine line on a piece of wood or plastic prior to sawing.

 

[Beerhippie]

That’s another good reason to always carry a knife.

How the hell do folks who don't EDC a sharp knife deal with modern packaging?

 

[Shiftless]

I just grabbed the one clipped to my pocket to show it off.

 

[RTM]

How the hell do folks who don't EDC a sharp knife deal with modern packaging?

Dynamite

 

[Beerhippie]

I just grabbed the one clipped to my pocket to show it off.

Mine's also a Benchmade... just about forty years older than yours.

 

[M.Jay]

How the hell do folks who don't EDC a sharp knife deal with modern packaging?

They rip it off with their teeth, because that's what real man do!

 

[Toold_up]

Those are great for scribing lines in dykem!

 

[Shiftless]

They rip it off with their teeth, because that's what real man do!

That‘s not a very good suggestion.
Not a good look and definatley will interfere with eating.

 

[Beerhippie]

My EDC Benchmade:



Circa 1992. It's been sharpened so many times the blade shape has changed.

 

[kyrbz]

Moody magnetic scribe

 

[Beerhippie]

Moody magnetic scribe

That's funny--those are nearly identical to the Ullman set, except for the anodizing and the individual handles. The one second from right is what I use 90% of the time for removing o-rings.

I hate the magnets. They only seem to be good for making sure you never grab one tool at a time from the drawer.