Saturday, April 11, 2009

EDM 218 - Draw a knife



This is my Leatherman Micra tool that has to be one of the handiest tools invented. It folds up to be quite small - only 2.5" long. All those little tools fold up into the handles, and the handles themselves flip out to become the scissors. I keep this in my backpack and have used for many different things. I can open bottles, tweeze out a sliver, screw my eyeglasses back together or cut something free. However, it can't go on an airplane in my back pack, which is too bad because I could probably disarm a bomb with this tool, or disable someone who is trying to set their shoes on fire. Instead I put it in my checked luggage and retrieve it later. It came in handy during my last trip to Mexico where it proved useful in cutting up limes that we picked off the trees and squeezed into our icy cold cervezas!

This is Pigma micron pen in my new Robert Bateman sketchbook. It's made of 100% recycled paper, and has a really nice texture and a bright white color. I like it a lot.

4 comments:

winna said...

As Crocodile Dundee would say , "Now, THAT"S a knife!" Wonderful job on the sketch..

Ann said...

Now that's a handy little tool! Great sketch :)

Alex said...

The sketchbook looks awesome, and so is the sketch itself! I've always loved multi-tools! I've never had a leatherman before but I've held many of those, and as well as Victorinox. I owe two Gerber Multi-pliers, as 600 and an 800. I love my 600 the best because it has one-hand operation for the pliers :)

Peachtreeart said...

You done this knife well in your illustration of its usefulness!