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View Full Version : It was raining ,It was 7am but I still went to the local car boot sale



Brian Deakin
04-06-2014, 6:40 AM
There were only 20 stalls but I found this in mint condition and paid £3( I live in the Uk) $5

http://wiki.multitool.org/show_image.php?id=793

http://wiki.multitool.org/show_image.php?id=792 (https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&docid=2pfrAl6InkzwUM&tbnid=84qpF6AXY1WY3M:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwiki.multitool.org%2Ftiki-index.php%3Fpage%3D6LC%2BToolbox&ei=VjVBU8m4NOer0QWeo4CwAw&bvm=bv.64125504,d.d2k&psig=AFQjCNHLSaWJrq9x2b8XzbNqrgJ568M47Q&ust=1396868813434220)




Please note images are are examples but actual product I purchased still as the manufacturers sticker and came with sheath

In 2008, the original Vise-Grip manufacturing plant in Dewitt, Nebraska, closed when the parent company moved production to China. Over 330 people from Dewitt (population 600) and surrounding communities were out of work. But the local historical museum still has displays chronicling the development of the Vise-Grip and the Petersen family.


A year or two after Kershaw and Leatherman came out with their combination locking pliers and multitools, American Tools has come out with the ViseGrip ToolBox
This is a nice little mul-titool. It has two blades and a magnetized 1/4" hex bit holder that comes with a #2 Phillips and a 6-8 Slotted bit. The 6LC (large capacity). These multitools are identical to the conventional Vise-Grip locking pliers, except that the handle with the release lever has been replaced with a Toolbox. And like most Vise-Grip tools, the Toolbox comes with a lifetime warranty.
The drop-point knife blade is 2 inches long. The last 3/4" of the blade is serrated. The maker's name is not on the blade, but the back of the "Toolbox" says "Schrade (http://www.schradeknives.com/)" and the packaging says "Schrade Tough Knife Blades". The other blade is has a straight edge that can be used for scrapping. The base of the scrapping blade has a small 'V' that can be used for stripping wire.
The hex-bit holder locks in place at 90 and 180 degrees, the knife at 180 degrees. Pressing on the back of the stripper blade allows you to close the two locking implements
The blades are riveted into the handle, so they can't be changed if they break or replaced with other types of blades (unlike the Kershaw Multitool (http://www.47d.net/~seven/vg/v-kershaw.html)).
It feels a bit weird to hold the the Vice-Grip Toolbox backwards to use the blades,

Steve Rozmiarek
04-06-2014, 11:37 AM
I had no idea that vise grip had an international following, also never seen one with the tools in the handle.

Lee Schierer
04-06-2014, 3:06 PM
I had to re-read your post before I figured out that you must be from the UK. In the states (colonies), a car boot sale would be cars that have so many outstanding traffic tickets that they put a clamp on one of the wheels to prevent the owner from driving it until they pay the fines. These clamps are called boots and I thought you had found a place that was selling cars that had been booted for so long the city took them over and was selling them off.

Nice buy for you though.