Comments on: It’s Just Cool: Leatherman Keyman Mods

By: dom

dom — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 03:54:45 +0000

What next, a rechargeable 9.6V reversible key screwdriver to give key bits a quarter turn left/right?

I like the way the jingle-jangle of my jailer’s ring with its hundred keys lets everyone know Quasimodo is coming.

Hey, you know what I haven’t seen for a while now that I think of it? Those trifold leather key wallets. Had a spine in the middle section with 4 or 5 flip-up key loops.

By: NickC

NickC — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:20:28 +0000

Also seems like a a cool way to carry around a few bump keys.

By: Keyman the Key Tool « Optimal Functioning

Keyman the Key Tool « Optimal Functioning — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:12:31 +0000

[...] Posted by Helge Johannessen on April 24, 2008 This could be an interesting way to keep your keys organized, maybe a color code would make them easier to distinguish. Seems as an interesting DIY project on a boring day. [Toolmonger] [...]

By: Chris K

Chris K — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:22:48 +0000

This is kind of like the keyport (http://www.key-port.com ) except, you know, real. And awesome.

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 22:09:42 +0000

No royalties to be had — the picture above is sufficient prior art to prevent a patent.

Never underestimate the incompetence of the USPTO.

By: Zathrus

Zathrus — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 21:43:06 +0000

No royalties to be had — the picture above is sufficient prior art to prevent a patent.

If you removed the knives you could fly with it, but I don’t see much point of a multi-tool w/o a knife of some form. Of course, the Utilikey (http://www.swisstechtools.com/productdetail.aspx?PID=VZ75GDTdP68A) tends to get past security (because, yeah, you could take a plane with a 2″ blade with no good grip), but probably wouldn’t if you moved all your keys to something like this. Ah, the irony…

By: ToolFreak

ToolFreak — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 03:03:24 +0000

First person to fab the handleless key blanks and manufacture the holder gets a million dollars..or more..in royalties.

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 19:58:23 +0000

@bfk: Er, putting keys in a Leatherman isn’t going to magically allow you to fly with knife blades and other sharp tools. I would hope most TSA screeners wouldn’t give you a hard time about the keys, but once you’ve removed the tools from it and put keys in it, it’s not really a true Leatherman any more, either.

By: bfk

bfk — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:59:27 +0000

This is the perfect post 911 mod! Good job… Now I can fly with my Leatherman again.

By: cc

cc — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 22:22:11 +0000

that is pretty awesome. One of my coworkers had an aborted project that was somewhat similar. But he was just trying to mix and match multitool blades, not add keys.

By: Rob O.

Rob O. — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 18:48:27 +0000

Okay, that IS freakin’ cool and it’s one of those “why wouldn’t I have ever thought to do that?” kinda things. Pure genius.