John the Greater | 07 Nov 2016 2:41 p.m. PST |
A while ago we were sitting around the campfire and the conversation turned to naming the manliest tool. OK, adult beverages had made their appearances… anyway, what is the manliest tool? Chain saw Jackhammer Hammer (a hammer can solve all sorts of problems) Belt sander The floor is open for nominations |
AGamer | 07 Nov 2016 2:54 p.m. PST |
Axe Not just a hammer, but a framing hammer – 22 or so ounces, checkered face, longer handle… A sledge hammer |
Winston Smith | 07 Nov 2016 2:56 p.m. PST |
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Cerdic | 07 Nov 2016 3:21 p.m. PST |
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The Beast Rampant | 07 Nov 2016 3:45 p.m. PST |
Having worked with all of the above, my vote is definitely the jackhammer. I can't imagine how anyone under 200 pounds could even use a full-sized one. |
Patrick Sexton | 07 Nov 2016 3:47 p.m. PST |
Machete/panga/bolo. Rototiller. |
etotheipi | 07 Nov 2016 3:52 p.m. PST |
Me! I'm manly and I'm a tool! |
thorr666 | 07 Nov 2016 3:57 p.m. PST |
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Oberlindes Sol LIC | 07 Nov 2016 4:20 p.m. PST |
I'm manly enough to admit that when I encounter a problem that requires tools and skills, I call the guy who has the tools and skills! |
Weasel | 07 Nov 2016 5:46 p.m. PST |
A viking axe I suppose. Good for chopping wood, killing Englishmen and separating GW figures from their sprues. Well, sort of. |
dBerczerk | 07 Nov 2016 5:52 p.m. PST |
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Hafen von Schlockenberg | 07 Nov 2016 5:52 p.m. PST |
8-10 pound hammer. Lacking one this weekend,I found my (admittedly oversized) crowbar did a smashing(literally) job bringing down the roof of the garage I have to demolish,instead of going to Fall In. The last bit landed on my arm,poking a hole in it. So today,went for a tetanus shot from another manly tool--a hypo needle. |
Winston Smith | 07 Nov 2016 6:15 p.m. PST |
I had a summer job working at a lumber yard. They bought a brick two story school house across the street to use as a warehouse. Every morning I would report to work, pick up a sledge hammer and crowbar and proceed to tear down things that were in the way. The most fun was cast iron pipes. It isn't hard to judge with practice the right point on the elbow where one sharp blow from a sledge hammer cracks it in twain. I am Thor. God among gods. Man among men. |
Extrabio1947 | 07 Nov 2016 6:39 p.m. PST |
Two words you never want to see in the same sentence: "chainsaw" and "accident." |
Dances with Clydesdales | 07 Nov 2016 6:58 p.m. PST |
Big bar(don't know technical name) for moving rails on rail road tracks. We had one at work for some unknown reason, no rails to move, but it took a real man just to pick it up let alone use it for anything. Concrete saw. Using it to cut out a section of blacktop across a road for a drain pipe in 90 degree heat. Gas powered tamper/soil compacter, not plate compacter, but soil stomper. Especially when tamping in muddy soil. |
zoneofcontrol | 07 Nov 2016 7:17 p.m. PST |
Eyelash Curler (Cast Iron, of course!) |
Kevin C | 07 Nov 2016 8:59 p.m. PST |
Duck tape -- it's all a real man needs. |
Hafen von Schlockenberg | 07 Nov 2016 9:11 p.m. PST |
Dances with Clydesdales--you mean a lining bar? Also called a gandy bar,after these other dancers: youtu.be/c1O2X890tig My father had one,had a chiseled point,good for digging into hard ground. And a flattened knob on the other end,good for tamping. Still around somewhere. And you're right,it's heavy. |
John Treadaway | 08 Nov 2016 12:19 a.m. PST |
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goragrad | 08 Nov 2016 12:22 a.m. PST |
Ax has the pedigree = one of the first and longest used. Pneumatic jackleg rockdrill. Separates the XYs from the XXs. link Being a good sized fellow helps when running one, but even a smaller than average fellow with a bit of skill can still do well with one. For physiological reasons the biologic female of the species can't take the impact and vibration endured while operating them for any length of time. YouTube link
YouTube link Was never a driller, but nearly crushed my finger using one to put a hole in the back for a survey point in the 80s when I let the leg jackknife and it caught the finger between the handle and a steel set. Was lucky – just pinched the side and tore the flesh up a bit. Left me with a little scar on the side. At any rate, running one of those for an 10 hour shift 28 days on and 14 off is what one might consider 'manly.' |
BCantwell | 08 Nov 2016 6:55 a.m. PST |
Reciprocating saw All purpose instrument of gettin' work done! |
dampfpanzerwagon | 08 Nov 2016 1:43 p.m. PST |
I'd go with axe. I have one that belonged to my Father-in-Law it has an axe on one side and a hammer of the other. I wasn't sure what it was supposed to be until I attended a reenactors presentation in Chester earlier tis year. I turns out it is a WWII emergency escape axe from a British Bomber. An axe with history. Tony |
StarfuryXL5 | 08 Nov 2016 7:04 p.m. PST |
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Coyotepunc and Hatshepsuut | 08 Nov 2016 8:19 p.m. PST |
It is said, the pen is mightier than the sword. But for manliness, both pen and sword can be competently wielded by that fairer gender, woman. For true manliness, only evolution's own DNA injection system, that of testicles and penis, may be considered. |
Cyrus the Great | 08 Nov 2016 8:53 p.m. PST |
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Condotta | 08 Nov 2016 9:17 p.m. PST |
Exacto knife…have whittled many a 'man' down to size. |