Devices, kits, and methods for making a carved crayon are provided. In one aspect, a crayon carving device includes a base, a pantograph armature coupled to the base, a crayon positioner, and at least one guide template parallel to the crayon positioner. The pantograph armature includes a motorized drive shaft with a drill tip for carving an outside surface of a crayon body, as well as a guide tip for tracing along a guide template that directs where the drill tip carves. In some embodiments, the guide template includes a stationary bridge support and a plurality of removable carving bucks that insert into one of multiple openings on the bridge support. The surface features of each of the carving bucks may be traced by the guide tip to generate a corresponding carving on the surface of a crayon body.

A utility instrument is in the form of a cutting tool suitable for fitting onto a user's finger. The tool has a blade and a sheath, both coupled to a mounting structure. The blade and sheath are pivotable with respect to each other. A user can wear the tool on a finger about a finger joint. The user can bend the finger to set the tool to an open condition to expose the blade for use, and can stretching the finger to set the tool to a closed condition to safely shade the blade using the sheath. The tool may further have a housing for fully receiving the blade. The blade may extend out of the housing for use, and may be retracted into the housing for safety.

A universal stringer head assembly including a cylindrical housing with an interior diameter with the geometry of a cone or wedge with a plurality of orifices passing from the exterior surface to the interior surface. Each orifice is sized and shaped to receive a fastener therethrough. Ideally, at least three orifices are equally spaced about the external circumference of the housing, facilitating the rotatable attachment of at least three fasteners to the rotatable shaft of an associated piece of lawn equipment, for example an edge trimmer.

A self-defense ring having a single protrusion in the shape of a talon or claw to increase gripping strength and/or to increase open hand strike capability in case of attack by an assailant. The ring may be also worn during daily routines without causing injury to the user or to others.

According to one representative embodiment, a knife includes a handle having a forward end portion and a rear end portion, and a blade coupled to the forward end portion of the handle. The handle includes first and second opposing side portions, the first side portion including a cutting member at the rear end portion of the handle and the second side portion including an extension portion at the rear end portion of the handle. The extension portion extends rearwardly past the cutting member in the direction of the length of the handle. The cutting member and the extension portion are spaced apart from each other a distance sufficient to receive the side wall of the lid of a tobacco can.

A slicer is provided herein that includes a pair of parallel planar arms having a proximal end and a distal end, each of the arms coupled to each other at the proximal end via a hinge connection and at the distal end via a cutting wire. The apparatus is configured to be operated between a first position in which the pair of planar arms are essentially parallel to each other and a second position in which the pair of planar arms are squeezed closer to each other, and where the cutting wire is sufficiently rigid to maintain the distance at the distal end of the apparatus between the first and second positions.

A hollow rod developable actuator tool including a cylinder defining the outer circumference of the hollow rod, a first tool mechanism, and a second tool mechanism. The hollow rod developable actuator tool transitions from a first closed state wherein the first tool mechanism and second tool mechanism are contained entirely within the outer circumference of the hollow rod to a second open state wherein the first tool mechanism and second tool mechanism extent outside the outer circumference of the hollow rod.

A hollow rod developable actuator tool including a cylinder defining the outer circumference of the hollow rod, a first tool mechanism, and a second tool mechanism. The hollow rod developable actuator tool transitions from a first closed state wherein the first tool mechanism and second tool mechanism are contained entirely within the outer circumference of the hollow rod to a second open state wherein the first tool mechanism and second tool mechanism extent outside the outer circumference of the hollow rod.

A cold knife holder capable of pushing and pulling operations, includes a main body forming a chamber and a slot, a handle, a detent member, a first spring and a first steel ball. One side of the main body forms a perforation which communicates with the chamber. The handle includes a sleeve, a connecting rod and a grip rod. Both ends of the connecting rod are respectively connected to the sleeve and the grip rod, and the sleeve is pivotally sleeved on the main body, so that the handle is rotated relative to the main body, and the first or second caulking is connected to the perforation, and the detent member is arranged in the chamber. The first steel ball is pivotally embedded in the perforation, so that the detent member drives the first steel ball to be embedded in the first or second caulking, thereby positioning the handle.

A tool for field notching metal roof panels to allow the panels to properly nest within an end lap condition, the notching tool operable between an open and closed position. The notching tool is comprised of two mechanism assemblies, each assembly comprised of two handles with the proximal end of each handle connected to either a first jaw body or a second jaw body and the distal end of each handle connected to a handle separation member that spans the distance to the opposing mechanism assembly. At the distal end of each of the jaw bodies a pair of dies, male and female, that span the distance between the first and second mechanism assemblies. The male and female dies are used for severing excess material from the roof panel edges.