Piddling with a Gerber multi-tool
Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2020 9:45 pm
I have had very little shop time in recent months. Today I mostly cleaned up a little, and worked on a couple of small, unimportant projects. I have several nice knives that need to be fixed, but today I just wasn't in the mood.
One job that DID make me smile though was replacing the blade in a Gerber multitool that I fished out of the 'bay.
I had recently replaced a blade in another one of these for a fellow Deacon, and it was a harder job than this one because I had to grind and drill a Gerber blade to fit it. They use some HARD steel!
For mine, I had a blade from a cheap import multi-tool that was already a close fit - I only had to reshape the tang just a little bit.
This one will probably get used a lot at work. I recently discovered that I am "essential", and we have a LOT of work to do during this quarantine!
One job that DID make me smile though was replacing the blade in a Gerber multitool that I fished out of the 'bay.
I had recently replaced a blade in another one of these for a fellow Deacon, and it was a harder job than this one because I had to grind and drill a Gerber blade to fit it. They use some HARD steel!
For mine, I had a blade from a cheap import multi-tool that was already a close fit - I only had to reshape the tang just a little bit.
This one will probably get used a lot at work. I recently discovered that I am "essential", and we have a LOT of work to do during this quarantine!