What Is It

[airboatr]

Aircraft tool WWII circa

On the flats of the handle is "Air Corps"
and hand inscribed along the edge of the tool is 110 AIM (or AFM?)









Cheers
Joe

[Rick Piper]

Hi Joe

Looks like a DZUS tool

for slotted Dzus fasteners that quarter turn.

Regards
Rick

[Dev One]

Very logical & better than using the usual tool of a suitable sized coin!
Keith

[DaveB]

How cool is that. I never knew such tools existed

ATB
DaveB

[Airspeed]

You bu66ers, nobody here all flippin' day, I come in, spot this, think it looks like a
dzus undo-er/tightener.
I scroll down the page and see that everyone and their dog has logged on and beat me to it!

Anyway, Joe, they are still making them:
https://www.google.com.au/search?q=dzus ... 36&bih=706

[511Flyer]

When I was in the RAF, we used a GS on Dzus fasteners.

[Airspeed]

As in "Grubby Screwdriver"?

[FlyTexas]

You bu66ers, nobody here all flippin' day, I come in, spot this, think it looks like a
dzus undo-er/tightener.
I scroll down the page and see that everyone and their dog has logged on and beat me to it!

If it makes you feel any better Mike I was online right when Joe posted it, and I thought it was some sort of one-of-a-kind keepsake. I thought maybe an Air Corps airman (in a moment of sheer boredom) had taken a common item such as a kitchen knife and modified it to look like a bomb or a torpedo.

Brian

[DaveB]

I admit I didn't really know what it might be.. just that it looked modified in some way. When Rick said it was a DZUS key, it was obvious! Well it is isn't it

ATB
DaveB

[Motormouse]

As in "Grubby Screwdriver"?

actually service shorthand for Screwdriver, General Service, engineers pattern.
haven't seen a Dzus tool in years until now

ttfn

Pete