The Fly Pry is a new, ultra-simple titanium multitool. The gadget was launched as a Kickstarter project (now successfully funded) by Boston-based designer and titanium tinkerer Flavio Pellegrino, who found his inspiration via the same vehicle as countless inventors before him: alcoholic beverages.
Pellegrino was searching for a bottle opener when he happened upon a broken, oversized zipper pull that had snapped in a way that made it sort of resemble a bottle opener. After opening and enjoying his beer, Pellegrino set to work creating a tiny tool as light and as small as the zipper pull.
The largest of the three iterations of the Fly Pry's final design is only 1.25 inches long. Being titanium, all versions weigh next to nothing. Pricing starts at $25 and shipping starts in late autumn.
It does more than just crack brewskis, too. The hand-ground chisel end has a notch in the middle for use as a pry bar, but it's also sharp enough to work as a cutting tool. The hex hole found in two of the three designs accepts standard hex bits, so you can use the tool as a collapsable screwdriver. And it all comes in a tiny, zipper-sized package.
Of course, Pellegrino's original intent was not lost. Watch the – video on the Kickstarter page to see him deftly open a bottle of—wait a second, is that a Long Trail Ale? The second-best beer on earth? Why, it IS a bottle of Long Trail. Hot damn! Take my money, Pellegrino.
