I don't know, a multitool seems tailor made for, well, tailor making... Well, maybe not, but you can imagine a generic frame, into which you can slot lots of different tools. I guess it depends how non-trivial the tessellation is. And it's never going to be plausible, but I imagine a big Swiss factory where they make frames with holes in, and all sorts of different implements, and a flip of the switch can assemble any different combination, and you can place an order, and they add that to the queue.
It'd probably also include the legendary horse-hoof-stone-plucker-out device, which I think has to be included on all such tools out of some sense of cosmic balance.
> If I could design a new multitool myself from scratch
That sounds pretty sensible selection.
Is a "spreader" a knife designed for spreading butter and spreads? If so, it at least sounds sane to have two knives, one for touching food, and one not.
(Does knife legislation cover scissors? If you wanted a longer blade, can you just have long sharp scissors where one blade can be folded out of the way if you want. Normally I'd never image such a loophole would be left, but the knife legislation seems to care a lot about image and intent.)
a multitool seems tailor made for, well, tailor making
Yes. I did google for custom multitool construction services in at least some hope of finding something usefully available in that area, but no luck (unless I missed it).
It'd probably also include the legendary horse-hoof-stone-plucker-out device
Ha, yes, good point. If the rhino has a hoof pick, nobody else has any excuse! :-)
Is a "spreader" a knife designed for spreading butter and spreads?
It isn't a knife at all: it's just a completely blunt flat piece of metal in a cutesy shape. I'm sure it would be ideal if I wanted to use my Leatherman to spread butter, but it's just not the tool I want to be using for any such thing: I don't want to touch my food with something that's been sitting in my trouser pocket unwashed for years on end, and neither do I want to put it back in my trouser pocket to fester once it's covered in food!
Ah, thank you. I guess like a butter knife's butter knife, the sort of knife that a butter knife would carry around because it was non-sharp, to the point of not having any blade.
Now I'm just imagining something like this:
Narrator: Whenever I learn a new skill I concoct elaborate fantasy scenarios where it lets me save the day. Woman: Oh no! The killer must have followed her on vacation! Woman: But to find them we'd need to search through 200MB of emails looking for something formatted like an address! Man: It's hopeless! Offpanel voice: Everybody stand back. Offpanel voice: I have a multitool! <<SPREADER!>> Everyone: <<cheer>> (http://xkcd.com/208/)
I don't want to touch my food with something that's been sitting in my trouser pocket unwashed for years on end, and neither do I want to put it back in my trouser pocket to fester once it's covered in food!
I had something witty to say about how you were logical, but I've forgotten it. But yes, that would be a good plan :)
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It'd probably also include the legendary horse-hoof-stone-plucker-out device, which I think has to be included on all such tools out of some sense of cosmic balance.
> If I could design a new multitool myself from scratch
That sounds pretty sensible selection.
Is a "spreader" a knife designed for spreading butter and spreads? If so, it at least sounds sane to have two knives, one for touching food, and one not.
(Does knife legislation cover scissors? If you wanted a longer blade, can you just have long sharp scissors where one blade can be folded out of the way if you want. Normally I'd never image such a loophole would be left, but the knife legislation seems to care a lot about image and intent.)
(I'm afraid I don't have any actual advice.)
Yes. I did google for custom multitool construction services in at least some hope of finding something usefully available in that area, but no luck (unless I missed it).
It'd probably also include the legendary horse-hoof-stone-plucker-out device
Ha, yes, good point. If the rhino has a hoof pick, nobody else has any excuse! :-)
Is a "spreader" a knife designed for spreading butter and spreads?
It isn't a knife at all: it's just a completely blunt flat piece of metal in a cutesy shape. I'm sure it would be ideal if I wanted to use my Leatherman to spread butter, but it's just not the tool I want to be using for any such thing: I don't want to touch my food with something that's been sitting in my trouser pocket unwashed for years on end, and neither do I want to put it back in my trouser pocket to fester once it's covered in food!
(Bah. So if only I'd nadgered my Flair last year...)
Ah, thank you. I guess like a butter knife's butter knife, the sort of knife that a butter knife would carry around because it was non-sharp, to the point of not having any blade.
Now I'm just imagining something like this:
Narrator: Whenever I learn a new skill I concoct elaborate fantasy scenarios where it lets me save the day.
Woman: Oh no! The killer must have followed her on vacation!
Woman: But to find them we'd need to search through 200MB of emails looking for something formatted like an address!
Man: It's hopeless!
Offpanel voice: Everybody stand back.
Offpanel voice: I have a multitool!
<<SPREADER!>>
Everyone: <<cheer>>
(http://xkcd.com/208/)
I don't want to touch my food with something that's been sitting in my trouser pocket unwashed for years on end, and neither do I want to put it back in my trouser pocket to fester once it's covered in food!
I had something witty to say about how you were logical, but I've forgotten it. But yes, that would be a good plan :)