Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Mini Ti Pry Info Thread






NEW for 2012 no more 1st class shipments to Canada. I get just a few orders to you guys up north every year and I hate to do this but your customs gives me such fits where I've had to redo orders two and three times trying to please a customer and it happens so much that I've finally decided thats it. I'll entertain mailing in a Priority mail box but it will be costly compared to first class.  I've got three orders out waiting to here if I need to refund money once again while we wait to see if the clip ever gets there or whether I remake the whole order which sometimes consists of multiple clips or prybars and honestly, just too much. I can't keep doing it so the only other alternative is to stop mailing there or make it so that if I do its more secured and gets there faster. If you have a friend stateside you would like me to mail it to thats fine but as of today no more shipments to Canada. I have no problems shipping first class anywhere else. 


First off, be advised that shipping has gone up again with the USPS and I've had to make appropriate adjustments to my pricing. New price is $30 each for the pry tool as shown here. This to adjust for this new change with first class shipping prices as well as the cost of the packing materials and envelopes I use to mail these. Thanks for understanding.  Click any picture to bring it out to full size for better viewing. 


The Mini Ti Pry. What is it? Perhaps "useful" describes it best. Simple, lightweight, convenient and handy. Most of these are between 3.5" to 4" in length and some may drift over 4" long  All are half an inch plus or minus for width. No two are exactly alike since these are done from scratch using raw materials. They start out as a strip of bare dirty titanium approx. 1/2" wide which came off a larger sheet before that. The thickness is .090 + or - and I use the 6AL-4V knifemaker grade titanium on these so they are the same titanium that I use for my folding knives. I can wrap them in various colors of para cord. Finish choices are bead blasted or hand rubbed to a satin finish or anodized one of many color choices. (note I cannot get black or red colors). See some samples of those found in threads on my forum here in the provided links or what is posted here by guys that have bought some. http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/sh...&postcount=107 . 


These are all a pry bar on one end and a flat head screw driver on the other end no matter which model you pick. There are two models besides a variance in length. At request I am offering straight bars or bars bent on one end. If you do not specifically tell me when you order or pay for one of my pry bars please know the default mini ti pry will be a straight bar that is hand rubbed and wrapped in black para cord.


I have tried to be sure these screw drivers are geared to work quite well for adjusting the pivot barrels of Emerson knives as well as many other light to medium duty jobs you may need a flat head driver for. While these don't replace a knife they seem to fill a niche for some of the abusive things we do with our pocket knives at times and can work in place of a knife for those of you in situations where you cannot carry a knife at work or in the office or for those that simply don't want to carry a knife by personal preference. 


I've sold these to office workers, secretaries, teachers and even law enforcement and security people who use these as probes for working crime scenes for digging around in places they would not want to go with their fingers and I've noticed folks think they make great stocking stuffers for Christmas so keep that in mind if you need some office party or friend and family gifts this year. In a pinch these prybars can open boxes, pop tape, pry staples, lift water meter lids in the yard or hot pot lids in the kitchen, pop stubborn canned food pop tops or beverages for those wanting to save a fingernail. They can be used to untie stubborn knots and many other things limited only by imagination. The folks that either can't carry a knife or just don't happen to have one on them like the light weight and 'sheeple' friendly acceptance these receive in public places compared to pulling out a knife. I've been told they save your blade for what its made for, cutting!  So rather than ruin the tip of your expensive blade to pry something use a mini ti pry instead. Point is, they do come in handy at times. I hear tell they are hell on the insides of washing machines so if you forget to remove the one you carry consider yourself warned!  Clean out your pockets before washing.  What can I say, they are tough little buggers. 


Price is $30 each shipped for the basic model shown here. Postage is going up again so my price has to as a result. If you need to contact me personally: This email is also my pay pal address. 
STR@bladeforums.com Speaking of pay pal, please know that I do not ask people to pay me with a personal or gift payment. I don't mind giving pay pal their cut so pay normally for goods. Besides the address never shows up when you pay it other ways so it forces me to have to reach out to you to get the address and can delay shipping if I don't hear back from you right away. 

Ordering is easy. Just email me at STR@bladeforums.com and tell me how many and what type you like and the address they'll be shipping to. 


Remember


What color bar if any? 
Do you want one straight or do you want a slight bend in the end of the bar. I need to know that before coloring or wrapping. People forget this all the time so please let me know straight or bent guys! 
Also, cord wrap choice. 
Thanks for your interest in my mini ti pry! 
STR