On Sun, 30 Dec 2007 11:29:53 -0800, Paul Hovnanian P.E. wrote:
Don Young wrote:
I wonder why some of my screwdrivers have steel shanks all the way through
and large steel caps on the back end?

On the other hand, I know some electricians who don't like this kind of
screwdriver due to the danger of accidentally contacting the back end of
the shank while the business end is in a hot circuit.

As if one has only one screwdriver...

I've seen some sort of locknut wrench. It appeared similar to an open
...
tradeoff between saving a few seconds per use and the weight of ones
tool belt.

Save weight by having only one screwdriver, only to make up for it with
a half-dozen wrenches? No thanks.

sdb

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