# Mac's Trusty Ol' Tool

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macs-trusty-ol-tool/2126>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 22, 1999, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macs-trusty-ol-tool/2126 "1999-07-22T20:44:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 1999, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macs-trusty-ol-tool/2126/1 "1999-07-22T20:44:00Z")

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Did MacGuyver use and off-the-shelf Swiss Army Knife, or did they have one specially constructed for the series? Anyone know?

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**Post date:** [July 22, 1999, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macs-trusty-ol-tool/2126/2 "1999-07-22T23:53:00Z")

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He used one that had a LOT of built-in special effects.  
Peace,  
mangeorge

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**Post date:** [July 23, 1999, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macs-trusty-ol-tool/2126/3 "1999-07-23T00:58:00Z")

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I’m in the market for a new survival knife, and want to price the one that has a tool that can prevent a nuclear meltdown before I buy one. Or the one that can make a bazooka out of bamboo, string, and swamp gas.

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**Post date:** [July 23, 1999, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macs-trusty-ol-tool/2126/4 "1999-07-23T15:51:00Z")

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Actually, I think the bamboo fart-gas bombs were cut using a larger knife MacGuyver found hanging by the winch.

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“I had a feeling that in Hell there would be mushrooms.” -The Secret of Monkey Island

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**Post date:** [July 23, 1999, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macs-trusty-ol-tool/2126/5 "1999-07-23T18:11:00Z")

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And the nuclear reactor coolant leak was mended with chocolate bars. But he must not have been able to get to the knive.