What's your favorite hand "tool"?

[CrealCritter]

Mine hands down is my simple Kershaw pocket knife, which I keep scarry sharp. it's like a third hand for me - I use it multiple times a day. If I ever lost it - it would be a horrible day.

What's your favorite hand "tool"?

 

[NH Homesteader]

Um my favorite tool is my pointer finger. It's what I use to point to the broken things and ask DH to fix them.

Seriously I am not to be trusted with most tools so I'll go with DH's cordless drill. I can manage that most times!

 

[CrealCritter]

Um my favorite tool is my pointer finger. It's what I use to point to the broken things and ask DH to fix them.

Seriously I am not to be trusted with most tools so I'll go with DH's cordless drill. I can manage that most times!

Your a lot like my wife... But several Christmas's ago I bought her Pink Girly Tools in a Pink Bag and she loved it. She does some stuff now that she has her own tools.

 

[Joel_BC]

This is the sort of thread that tempts me. Trouble is, I can be deeply thankful at any particular moment (or work session) that someone designed this or that hand tool... but it's "the tool of the hour" if you know what I mean. Whatever it may be, it just does an essential job that I need to be doing at that time.
What a question!

Cases in point... These have each often been my favorite of the moment. Left to right, hand-grip scissors (save fatigue and finger chafing), Japanese-style fine-cutting saw (cuts on the pull stroke), adjustable open-end ("crescent") wrench, Stillson pipe wrench, Picquic screwdriver (has 7 of the most common tips, which are hex-shanked and can be fit into an electric drill or electric screwdriver).

 

[Beekissed]

For the most frequently used? My cordless drill. For one I carry in my pocket on all chore days, it's my utility knife. I keep a blade dispenser on the wall of the shed, has 50 ct. of blades in it.

Most frequently used tool of all on this place? Zip ties.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

My favorite hand tool - the key to my tractor, lol!!

Or a good pair of pliers...

 

[Britesea]

My DH bought me a set of Snap-On tools- they were a Mother's Day special and had pink handles instead of international orange or tacticool black, but they have all the quality and the forever warranty.

 

[Hinotori]

Oh zip ties. The wonderful things I buy by the 100s.

 

[baymule]

My favorite hand tool? That is a hard question. I'm like @Joel_BC on that question, it depends on what I am doing at the time.

One of my favorites is a bow saw. I had two, one belonged to my Daddy, I treasure it. I gave the other one to a neighbor, then because I only had one, I had to get another one. It's a pretty green one from HF and it came with 2 extra blades.

I like to keep hand tools, there may come a time when the fancy-dangled electric ones won't work.....

 

[milkmansdaughter]

I'd have to say my (husband's) rechargeable drill is my favorite. It's very lightweight, and I use it all the time as a drill and also as a screwdriver, and to cut holes in things (like ventilation holes in the chicken houses.) I use it more than any other tool that we have.