Another Prodigal Tinker

In between losing all those Cybertools on EBAY (see previous entry)  Crumby won a Spartan Lite and a Tinker.  They were a group, damaged goods, according to the vendor.  The big blade on the Spartan was afflicted with tar, which cleaned up with Naptha.  The light and everything else works OK.  So Crumby got a bargain on the Spartan Lite.  However, all the blades were frozen on the Tinker.  The Tinker we are now discussing is the blue one pictured.  Besides the frozen blades, upon arrival the toothpick, of all things, was stuck in its slot. Crumby had to employ needle nose pliers to get it out.

Now, after baths in A1 (the oil not the steak sauce) and WD-40, the blades all open, yet the can opener layer tools are still sticky.   Also, apparently a previous responsible party either dropped the knife on its toothpick end from a height, or used that end for a hammer leaving the scales and liners on the end slightly goofed up, and explaining why the toothpick gets stuck.  Crumby may need to disassemble and re-pin this particular Tinker.

The red Tinker depicted must have been tempted out from hiding by the arrival of a potential mate.  Crumby was hunting down and killing evil Eurasian weeds along the east fence when his trusty hand pick upturned this long lost Tinker.  Oddly,  the blue Tinker was in Crumby's jacket pocket at the time, all greasy and wrapped in a paper towel.

Life as we know it;  Crumby has no Tinkers.   Then, anon, he has two.  It's like the famous saying,  If it aint one thing, it's two.

The red Tinker is in mighty bad shape.  Even after soaking all night in A1, the tools are all stuck.  And the red Tinker has no toothpick at all.  Crumby is fixing to take it apart today, clean it and put it back together, possibly with an extra tool included.  Like maybe it will get scissors, turning it into a Super Tinker, or Stinker.