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* Leathermans are known for making multitools like a butterfly knife (I.E. a knife where the two sides of the hilt fold all the way back to form a sheath) but having a pliers instead of a knife as the primary tool. They are perhaps not as attractive as Victorinox pieces but they have a good rep of their own.
* These are a whole bunch of reasons to carry a pocketknife (and not just that it's [[Rule of Cool|kind of cool]]): [https://knife-depot.com/pages/101-uses-for-the-pocket-knife See here].
**There are even more not mentioned. The corkscrew is effectively a bayonet mount and can fit any modular tool made to mate with it. So far Victorinox has only made the mini-screwdriver with that in mind but there is a potential product line for that. Furthermore anyone with a bent toward smithcraft can make their own modular tools. A quicker and easier way to use the corkscrew is as a second fastener. It will hold basically anything that can be put on a keychain without slipping when closed and is easier to open when extended then a split-ring. The mini-screwdriver doubles as a seal allowing you to carry keys,etc, with the corkscrew extended if you prefer and this later method will allow you to lay a key
* Entrenching tools are some of the most massive multi-tools and have been from Roman times. Modern incarnations can be used as an ax as well as a pick, a saw, a whatever, depending on which components are used. Some come in modular form that can be unscrewed to use a different head, and/or have hollow hafts that can contain such things as a survival kit.
* For the matter of that, almost every device in use can trace back to a hard bludgeoning instrument (like a rock), a sharp point (like a shaped flint), a lever (like a stick), or fire (from some sort of fuel and igniter plus a container) or some combination thereof. Except perhaps clothing which is made with these things anyway.
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