These tiny cufflink lighters by Etsy seller YOUgNeek are sure to come in handy whenever you want to light something. I really like the idea of functional accoutrements- anyone selling a soldering iron version?
For occasions where it would not be appropriate to wear cufflinks, try the stove necklace instead.
[via technabob]
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The soldering iron sounds too physically small to actually use. Some things need to be a certain size or they're just toys. A lighter will still light things when it's tiny but soldering irons need to be at least big enough to have a handle.
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Hmm, good point.
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I think the problem with a soldering iron is the power-source.
If you HAD a power-supply and could make a soldering iron the size of these cufflinks, then you could build one into a ring, then you wouldn't need a handle.
A ring-for-a-handle isn't ideal, of course, but with effort it could be used.
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Perhaps you could use a butane-powered soldering iron, I think the energy storage density of a fuel might be sufficient to fit this application.
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I'd probably forget I was wearing them, try going through airport security and then who know what sort of hilarity would ensue!
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what hilarity?
Like when you get home and realise that you were wearing them the whole time and neither you nor security noticed? 'cos that's what always (5-10 times?) happens with the leatherman micra I always forget's attached to my keys, which I take out of my pocket and put through the xray machine in plain view.
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