I like to carry my scribe in a pocket for easy access, but a sharp metal pointy thing in your pocket can also cause pain and bloodshed!  Solution...grab a retractable ball-point pen and fit it with a scriber "refill".  An appropriate length of drill rod sharpened to a point and tapered as needed to resemble the original ink cartridge...a ring of solder to hold the spring and presto!  A retractable scribe that is safe to carry in a shirt pocket!

 

Edited November 21, 20178 yr by Ron Dudelston
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great idea..

Love that idea,  it is just so cool.  

i'm not allowed to have sharp things.

 

Now that's just slicker than cat poop!

 

32 minutes ago, DAB said:

i'm not allowed to have sharp things.

 

43 minutes ago, DAB said:

i'm not allowed to have sharp things.

 

Imagine that!

Cool idea Dave! Thanks!

Duh...why didn't I think of that (slapping forehead)...

 

Great idea...now all I need to do is pick a pen to cannibalize...

I actually have one of these that was made to be a scribe in  the form of a retractable pen. the tip is carbide it was sold into the  laboratory glass industry.

the crud on it is 20+ year old duct tape adhesive all hard and dusty

 

here it is umpteen years later

https://www.amazon.com/Bel-Art-Glascribe-Tungsten-Carbide-H44150-0000/dp/B002VBWAJK

 

3 minutes ago, Cliff said:

the crud on it is 20+ year old duct tape adhesive all hard and dusty

Vintage...

I use a folding knife on wood. Those scribes look like they'd be for stuff much harder.

I use scribes when working with metal.  Pencil marks are sometimes impossible to see on metal.

4 minutes ago, HandyDan said:

Pencil marks are sometimes impossible to see on metal.

 

hyper fine felt tip...

or color the area before marking w/ layout marking dye...

w/ marking dye you change the marks and not get lost in which mark you are suppose to be using...

Still have a bottle of marking dye. Wonder how long it's good for? Haven't used it in 30 years or so.

John

25 minutes ago, HARO50 said:

Still have a bottle of marking dye. Wonder how long it's good for? Haven't used it in 30 years or so.

John

 

as long as it isn't dry...

6 hours ago, Stick486 said:

 

hyper fine felt tip...

or color the area before marking w/ layout marking dye...

w/ marking dye you change the marks and not get lost in which mark you are suppose to be using...

 

I kept that stuff around when I was doing a lot of work.  The little bit I do now the scribe works fine.

42 minutes ago, HandyDan said:

 

I kept that stuff around when I was doing a lot of work.  The little bit I do now the scribe works fine.

 

me too..

but I had to let him go...

 

6 hours ago, Stick486 said:

 

me too..

but I had to let him go...

 

They unionized. 

1 hour ago, Gene Howe said:

They unionized. 

 

and the cost of candles has gone outta sight...