My Leatherman Sidekick gets used a lot. It was gifted to me, a couple years ago, and despite being grateful for it, I hated it for how slippery the stainless steel handles were. I thought, "how can anyone hang onto this to actually use it?!". Then I learned it was just a matter of finding the right way to hold it, and muscle memory from there.
Pliers? Check. Picking up questionable garbage in public places to put in a bin. Obvious other plier uses where a grip stronger than my hand is required. Etc.
Screwdrivers? Check. Obvious screwdriver uses, plus prying.
Saw? Check. It baffles my mind the great assiduity of homeowners' care of their lawns, trees, and gardens, except where these invade and choke out portions of the sidewalk. Leatherman sidekick and Spyderco Resilience to the rescue. Public service. Don't like what I did to your plants? You should have thought about that before letting them attack pedestrians.
But some stuff doesn't get used often if at all.
Bottle opener? Never. Not only do I not drink beverages with bottle caps that I can't open with my fingers, but even when I did, I learned how to use just about any metal item longer then 3.5 inches to open a bottle. I can crack open a beer (if I should ever decide to have one again) with anything from an Izula, to a pair of scissors or my pocket flashlight.
File? Not really. I might have once or twice, for random miscellaneous deburring, but this is usually a knife task for me. And never my fingernails: if I have chipped one, a knife always takes care of that, unless I am at home and can grab my nail clippers.
Ruler? I didn't even realize it had one! On the other side of the file. I only realize it because I looked just now, though seeing it does vaguely ring a bell. I guess I just never registered it before.
Speaking which: Knife blades? Never. Why would I take the time to open up a multitool blade, when my Prevail or Edge-C or Resilience are so much faster to deploy, and have far superior blades?
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