Floating, bright-colored marine tools
Xtools are a fine-looking line of marine tools; as the ISDA blog says, "The rust-resistant tools feature tungsten-carbide cutting blades (for cutting braided wire) and foamy, soft-grip ergonomic handles that float. The loud colors help you find the suckers if you knock them off the boat as you reach for your beverage."
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Not only are they nautical tools, but the way they are oriented in the picture makes them look like tropical fish.
It's working again. They have a lanyard attachment on the gaff ( at least I assume that's what it is ) which might be handy on the pliers.
These would be excellent things to find washed up on a beach.
Thanks for posting this! I come from a sailing family and seeing these jolly things cheered me right up.
For fixing floating, bright-colored marines.
Just had another look. One pair at least does in fact have a lanyard attachment.
Hey, they look just like tropical fishes: drop them over some coral reef and good luck finding which of the many mating or about to get eaten is yours. ;)
new line of melee nerf products?
When I worked in a shipyard, the rule of thumb was just don't use any tools you would be upset at losing in the water, because eventually you will. You also end up tying stuff to yourself a lot. Floaters aren't a bad idea as long as they aren't too bulky, and don't float away. At least if they sink straight you can try and dredge with a magnet, and usually end up finding something interesting, if not what you're actually looking for.
Rare-earth magnet with a fishing line attachment sold separately.
where were these babies when i was working marine constuction? now, if they only made a floating hammer-drill!
With a slightly different color scheme, Henry McCoy or Forge would *love* these!
"The loud colors help you find the suckers if you knock them off the boat"
What? Aren't blue and green terrible colors to use if you want to be able to see them in the water? Why not pink, purple, or red?
They decided that blue and green would be easier to see in the water than orange?
@12 Skullhyphy
Yes, because blue and green are easier to see in the water than orange. 'Warm' colors lose their color at a distance. Blue and green retain them.
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It only takes around ten feet to lose reds and to fade the integrity of the other warm colors.
I sailed and skippered my yacht across the Pacific, Atlantic & Indian Oceans.
To prevent loosing the all important fillet knife and repeatedly dropped overboard from a slippery transom - I simply attached a cork to it.
That saved the fillet knife from many clumsy slips of hand.
A cork works well. Drinking a bottle of wine - to acquire a cork - is something that is largely 'well' too.
A win win endeavour...
So - an excellent idea. All vital tools should float.
"TUNGSTEN-CARBIDE DRILLS?! WHAT IN BLOODY HELL IS THAT!?"
/end obscure MontyPython ref
So wouldn't the best solution to have used something along the lines of neon pink or neon orange? As these do not lose their colour underwater in the same way?
Also I image that these tools are designed more for people that are using the tools on or above the water (from boats, etc) rather than under water where having something that'll float to the surface would be just as (or more) problematic than something that sank to the ocean floor. So the whole losing colour thing wouldn't really apply.
I think if you need tools underwater you'd just have to clip them to yourself as best you can.
Anonymous@17: Thanks for that. Was beginning to lose faith.
doesn't float but nothing better for picking knots and lines:
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