Designer Michiel Cornelissen laser-sintered stainless-steel crucifix has screwdriver bits cut into each tip, turning it into a screwdriver that repels vampires.
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Crucifix multi-screwdriver
Designer Michiel Cornelissen laser-sintered stainless-steel crucifix has screwdriver bits cut into each tip, turning it into a screwdriver that repels vampires.
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Hate to be nitpicky, Cory, but this is just a cross – a crucifix would actually have the corpus (the body of the dying christ) on it; this lacks it.
Cool necklace for your local Catholic Sysadmin, though.
Silk for caldé!
The perfect accessory for a follower of the Blessed Leibowitz.
Bah, jere7my #2 beat me to the Gene Wolfe reference!
In the name of the Philips, the Slot, and the hexy Allen
They say Jesus was a handyman (carpenter) so this is along those lines..Seems fitting..pun intended..
What would Jesus screw? Okay, sorry. Bad one, but I couldn't help it. The devil made me do it. ;)
Actually, Jere7my, the sign of Pas was a voided cross. In other words, a block with a cross-shaped hole in it. It came apart into four L-shaped pieces.
(I'm just nit-picking because you beat me to the Wolfe joke.)
It wouldn't repel Jewish vampires, nor atheist ones.
This is blasphemalicious!
This is for repelling Vampire Robots.
I don't know what it means, but I like the sound of "laser sintering" - can it be done on the NHS?
The bits look like ones I'd have thrown out long ago for being worn out to the point of being useless.
what was i thinking?
In the name of the Phillips, the Slot, and the hexy post.
Also, maker/geek vampires would be conflicted at most.
Nice idea and all that, but the driver bits don't look sharp enough to actually work. Is that a necessary result of the laser sintering process, or did it just get deburred to the point of uselessness?
"Also, maker/geek vampires would be conflicted at most. "
That's what the sharp pencils in the accompanying pocket protector are for: staking as a last resort. Always carry backup protection.
Shouldn't they have at least *tried* to incorporate a nail puller?
Is that a hex post or a Robertson bit?
I guess we'll need a Star of David with sized hex wrench holes to go with that, and how about a Crescent wrench? So many dharmas, so little time. Oh well, Back to work!
First thought that crossed my mind; what a great gift for Gene!
As a medievalist who used to cast pewter using soapstone moulds myself and so being familiar with existing period moulds and pieces, the bit cross strikes me as something that would come from the mould pictured at the bottom of this article: http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/hvitkrst.shtml
Yeah, yeah. :P It should be a gammadion: four gammas with the corners pointed toward the center, so the space between them creates a voided cross. Tell this Michiel guy to make one of those next.
The Lord helps those who help themselves?
it's an allen actually, but "hexy post" fits the Lord's meter.
The Church is the absolute source of vamprism. Without one, the other loses its polarity.
As macademician noted, it's not actually a crucifix, just a cross.
well, call me crazy - but the price is listed at 69 euros ($103)...seems like a lot of cash for some that doesn't look very dependable. If i was gonna buy it, i sure as heck am gonna use it.
Jesus may have been a carpenter, but i am a mechanic. LOL!
Be prepared to lose this to TSA if worn through airport security.
If you make one with a Posidrive instead of a Philips driver, will you be cast out as an apostate?
mdh: "In the name of the Philips, the Slot, and the hexy Allen" it's not an Allen wrench on the left, it's a square bit for fitting various ratchet bits.