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Adam explaining that he loves to hear what tools the experts use is exactly why we watch these videos

That miniature pry bar Adam shows starting at the 3:00 mark isn't intended as a pry bar, but is actually a slotted screwdriver for tight spaces. The heads are in two different orientations on the ends so you only have to turn a screw 90 degrees, then flip to the other end and you can turn it farther. I have a couple of these for different, tight access problems, like adjusting the points on my one old Gravely tractor.

Love the tool tip, but I think Adam forgot the most common prying tool, and probably the first prying tool that most people encounter is the claw on the back of a hammer.

Not surprised Adam likes pry bars; after all, there must be 50 ways to love your lever.

The Probar is also called a halligan! It's a design that was made for FDNY back in the 40's.

A firefighter friend of mine once asked me to make a leather wrap handle for his Halligan bar, much like the one on Adam's, above. He said "every time I take this to a scene, I find a new way to use it."

I don’t know if it would be of use to you, but a Burke Bar has been living in my cross-bed tool box for several years. They are made for stripping concrete forms, but they work wonders for when you need to move something that refuses. It is a force multiplier that’s in it’s own category as far as I’m concerned. Almost 5ft long, almost 15 pounds. As Essential Craftsman says in his video about the tool, “There are things that can only be done with a Burke Bar”.

The large screwdriver brings back fond memories of a Chief Engineer on one of the ships I worked with. The ship was new coming out of the shipyard. As part of the Contract certain tools were provided., including the biggest screwdriver I have ever seen. The Chief carried the screwdriver around, aka George C.Scott carrying the riding whip in Patton. The screwdriver was specified in the list of tools to be provided, but no one knew what it was to be used for. Years later my wife came home with two screwdrivers, one flat blade and one philips, of similar size to yours. They were on sale at Tractor Supply. She knew I "needed" them for my toolbox.

my favourite small pry-bar is a beekeepers tool .. in the UK it's called a hive tool , stainless steel , very slim , great for delicately parting things & scraping gaskets

Like a kid in a candy store, you can always tell that Adam loves what he does. I truly envy and respect that. Outstanding as always, Adam. :)

I have had a really terrible day, and after quite too much of a bottle of whiskey I clicked on this video with a dark grumble of "well go on and explain why they're not all just oversized screwdrivers." For one of them to actually be an oversized screwdriver has just really cheered me up, so I must really thank-you for posting this today.

Dear Adam and members of tested, I'm a 3rd generation Ironworker. Klein tools makes our favorite pry tools. Including the 7/8" diameter connecting bar "sleever bar". As well as every spud wrench size imaginable. Prying Steel and Aligning holes for quick connecting or bolting up full connections. but when there's a stubborn connection and prying isnt enough bull pins and barrel pins are the next step.

0:22 "Seperate things that don't want to be separated" "Things that have spent many years together" Man that hits hard

You know, I'm realizing now that I should get a prybar of some kind. The last time I needed leverage to fit nuts and washers between steel and wood...I used a butter knife. Which to its credit, the handles on those things are Sturdy, and it worked better than I thought it might. But a prybar would have made easy work of the problem, I wager

I love when he says a sentence to explain a process, his brain stops all other functions to do word processing, then he audibly says "yep" or "yea" if it's more complicated

Ah, yes, the halligan bar, aka a breaching tool. Used one more often than I care to remember trying to get into doors and through things that were well and truly stuck. You just have to REALLY trust the person next to you with the sledge that they're not going to miss.

I’ve been in the automotive field for decades and I have 3 favorites. 1 - the “lady foot” which are small versions of the Gearwrench tool you show but with fixed, 90-degree feet. The leverage on them is insane and they are perfect for tight spots. The point on the opposite end is a great alignment tool2 - Snap-On 36” prybar. Screwdriver tipped prying tools tend to slip and not have the leverage, the slightly angled tip of a dedicated prybar tends to hold better. Because of the danger of the huge forces I don’t buy cheap prybar. 3 - 6-foot pinch point prybar, you usually see masons use these to move sidewalk slabs. Immensely heavy and have tremendous prying power. You don’t want to know why they were popular tools in the shop.

I have absolutely no interests in tools or making things, but i could listen to adam talking about anything his passionate about for hours on end, dudes the best.

My grandfather was an avid carpenter (he build his entire cottage). When working on big projects, you need big tools. As a result, we own a 5 foot crowbar. It weighs a freaking ton. And I love it.

I'm a hobbyist mechanic and I have been super impressed with the Mayhems Dominator series prybars. Apparently they're the same OEM as a lot of the tool truck brands for a fraction the price. A lot of them are the "big screwdriver" shape but super strong

Don't forget the ever handy keychain prybar! It's another one of those tools you'll use once in a blue moon but when you need it you're glad you have it!

My favorite pry bar is a trim puller, it’s just a small flat pry bar. I don’t usually use it for trim, but it just comes in so handy because it’s made from flat stock. That gives me the ability to get in in between things and behind things that normal beefier pry bars can’t. I use it so often. It was like 5 bucks too

That little "ring the steel bar" trick is actually useful. My grandad taught me that when we were looking at crowbars (interestingly enough) out at a flea market. You loosely support a bar and "ring" it. If you can't get it to ring, it indicates there is a crack in the steel somewhere. I still have that crowbar I bought.

My favorite pry bar is the cat's paw nail puller. As someone who does a lot of home renovation where there's need for careful demolition, this tool is extremely useful for removing a thousand nails without damaging what's underneath.

I’m a mechanic, we like either 45 degree bent tip pry bars, or straight tip pry bars, some folks like the adjustable ones. Most folks will buy them off a tool truck, Snap On, Mac, or Matco, my personal preference is Cornwell, they do a 72 inch bent tip pry bar that will pretty much budge or break anything you want it to, they’re all a one piece tang with a striking cap on the end of the handle so you can hammer it in somewhere if you need. Great tools.

Somebody get this man a Burke bar. Adam, a Burke bar is the best prying tool. I use it for everything, up to and including moving my bridgeport. A halogen is a top-notch entry tool and great demo tool, but a Burke bar is THE demo tool and THE tool to move anything heavy. Sorry for the rant, my Burke bar just saved my ass today, so it got me going.

I’m a plumbers apprentice and I absolutely love my cats paw pry bar. Good for yanking nails in crawl spaces or prying literally anything apart.

The sash bar is indispensable. Pro Tip: When prying off wood trim always pry perpendicular to the grain. For instance, when removing a baseboard, insert the pry bar along the edge and the rotate so that the edge of the bar pries across the grain not the tip. And have two pry bars so that you can leap frog down the piece.

Check out the Burke Bar, seems great for prying stuff in construction. The Essential Craftsman youtube channel has some great coverage of it.

My favorite prying/scraping tool is a glazing bar. It's technically for installing and removing Windows but it has such a fine edge that is great for getting into right places. I use it for everything 😀

They make a miniature version of the flat bar that is really amazing. It fits nicely in my tool pouch and I drop it in the slot after the blade when cutting long pieces of wood on the table saw. It prevents the cut from coming back together and binding on the blade. Also works nicely to provide a small gap at the floor when hanging drywall.

My favorite is what we refer to as a digging bar or digging iron. It looks like a nail with a big head and a point, but it is 1 inch steel amd 7 ft long

Various pry bars were crucial in the deconstruction of my schoolbus interior so I could convert it into a Skoolie. Of all the tools I used (so many tools), this was at the top of the list. As an older lady, I used a good knowledge of physics as a substitute for physical strength. I, too, sing the praises of the humble pry bar.

I use an aluminium pry bar. It's super light but still very strong. If you work overhead all day it saves your back. It also helps keep your toolbox lighter for site visits.

Working in home repair I used a stanley crowbar that I reshaped and sharpened to a knife edge with a mill file. A knife edge allows for non destructive disassembly for materials that I wanted to reuse or things I wanted to reassemble after the work was done. The angle with the sharpness allows it to slip into very small gaps and apply even pressure to work things loose without damage.

The big spike on the probar is often used to defeat padlocks. One fireman holds the bar with the spike placed in the shackle while his partner forces it further with a sledge hammer. No picking required.

"I don't actually own a Crowbar" made me realize how much I want you to cosplay Gordon Freeman.

I have a screwdriver shaped like the one at 3:19 and it's the best tool I've ever used for undoing completely stuck bolts on things like old electronics casings.

As a film carpenter/woodworker the most common pry bar is the Richards glazing bar/paint scraper. Perfect for prying of any delicate pieces you don't want damaged (trim, etc)

That firefighter tool is usually called a Halligan. When paired with a flat-backed axe, they are called Irons. They are a firefighter's universal keys. Volunteer FF from PA!

I thought nobody can re-invent pry bar anymore, and then I saw Fiskars demolition pry bar. It's amazing. You could rule the world with it.

A few days ago, in the midst of making something...you gave me the courage to pry two things apart. Thank you, young man.

Gosh I would love to see Adam do a miniature version of this video. All sorts of prybars and tools for prying apart really delicate things!!!!!

According to knife reviewers, the best prybar is a $500 handmade hunting knife. Who knows why, but that's how they judge a knife. Harbor Freight pry bars are great- both the kind that looks like a bent screwdriver and the solid steel ones with the curved beak. I use the latter for knocking scale out of odd locations fouled by hard water. They're also essential for reinstalling folding van seats with spring loaded hinges. An essential prybar accessory is a few pieces of flattened shampoo bottle. This stuff is an ideal shim to prevent surface marring and will stand up to immense pressure. I use it when changing motorcycle tires to guard the wheel.

I bought one of the prybars with a ratcheting head to move a Bridgeport, after watching a Tom Lipton video on machinery moving. An acquaintance brought a 6' gigantor prybar that looked like it came from an old gold mine. Amazingly, that one just flexed where the 3' ratchet worked a dream.

Wandered out of frame less than a minute in. That may be a record.😆

Adam, you forgot the old blunt screwdriver that lives in the kitchen drawer. Everyone has one of those.

Wow what a fantastic array of prying equipment Adam! I did feel as though you were missing one very important piece though, the Lego brick separater. It is probably my most used and loved prying tool.

the rings on the Halligan bar handle are for straps to keep it together with an axe in the truck so the firefighter just grabs the axe and bar with one hand ... no clumsiness

I work in a museum and one of my many odd jobs is busting up old crates. One day I was looking for a tool online to do this and found a vintage literal "crate hammer." They have different names but it's basically a hatchet with a nail puller and pry bar sticking out the top. Feels like a mini pollaxe. I love the thing; recommend checking them out.

I spent several years as a millwright and got to know many prying implements, but the one I have in every tool bag is known as a Crate Hammer. One piece steel with a forked pry end on one side and a T hammer on the other. Compact enough to keep in a tool belt or bag and useful for a plethora of tasks. Great collection. I'll have to start using my offset flat blade screwdrivers for pry tools as well now...

The other prying implement that I would suggest I know by the name cat's paw. It is an amazing tool for small to medium woodworking and other general purpose making.

What an... interesting moment to use the "mind blown" gesture!

One of my favourite pry bar is a nail remover for small demolitions. It has a weight at one end that move along the axis of the pry bar in order to ram it into the dry wall or two by four in order to grasp the nail so you can pry it out. My father had one when I was a kid and it came on sale at CT 20 years ago and I've never seen it on sale since. I only used it a half dozen times, but when I need it, it's amazing.

I’m a mechanic. One of my most used tools is my snapon prybar set. Loads of money but when you hold a quality tool you know it

Oh, every single one of these is amazing and I wish I could afford them, but I can't justify the cost. But, yeah, working with the experts is a great way of sorting the wheat from the chaff, as it were.

As an ex tool truck owner I have a lot of tools in my personal toolbox. One of my favorites is a short prybar, 24”, that has a pinch bar blade at one end and the other is a straight tapered point at the other. The point is made to line holes up when you are trying to get bolts in a structure like car chassis pieces. It would be adequate for The Zombie Apocalypse also.

Wow... it's possible that my prying and levering collection is nearly as impressive if not more than what Adam shared today! I feel honored! As usual a tool is in the eye of the beholder and like hammers, levering tools are found in nearly everything and everywhere.

In the ripping bar, there is a use for that teardrop-shaped hole that I never knew. The flat split end of that bar can start removing a nail and the teardropped-shaped hole can FINISH pulling even a long nail. Try it!

That K-Tool is pretty beast, thanks for showing off your collection Adam

I have owned a Stanley FUBAR for 10 years or more and it has pried apart so many things. It has also been used to break up concrete without concern. I really like the Halligan breach tool too, looks like a great bit of design.

The hultafors mini wrecking bar is a little 190mm long classic "pry bar" it's the absolute best tool for taking out staples and small nails, it's just awesome. I'm a carpenter and it's by far my favorite tool I carry in my apron.

One that I've found very useful for prying out smallish nails in plywood around the house is the diminutive Cat's Paw. Replacing my floors and dealing with moulding, tack strips and staples was made soooo much easier with this tool. The sharp ends dig in and get the job done.

For myself, the combination of the Stanley Super Wonder Bar and the Stanley Fubar make a great combination for demolition.

Thanks Adam, for the quick " Meet the Pryers"!

I was a Damage Controlman in the navy and we referred to that Probar as the Halligan Bar!

I was a volunteer firefighter for 5 years, nothing beats the halligan bar (that’s what the pro-bar is)

I use a telegraph lining bar for work occasionally. If you ever break concrete - particularly in small quantities, but can’t (or don’t want to) use a power tool for whatever reason It’s your friend. It’s also great if you need to move really heavy loads or do heavy demolition work. Seven feet long and heavy! Specialist, but a lot cheaper than getting a big power tool.

Missed a Rail Bar for moving train cars. A thing a human can do!

Sordin Ear pro is just fantastic. The neck band is amazing.

9:25 That was funny! "PLONK" everything shakes "Uuuuh...!"

As much wood working as Adam does a Stanley "FUBAR" would be a great addition

I rebuild oilfield equipment. My pry bars are my most used tools. I probably have 20 different bars of all types. I love ladyfoot bars and I use wedges to split cases apart. The wedge is so good at moving things from each other it will break bolts that have been stripped to where I can't remove them until I break them.

I actually hadn't noticed the spike and when you said zombie killing attachment I lost it 🤣

The "pry bar" I use most often is a normal flat head screwdriver. Not great for big heavy stuff, but perfectly adequate for the small crafts I do most often.

My favorite pry bar is the Estwing PB-18. I've had one for 25+ years. It's my go to bar for dismantling pallets. Has taken thousands of hammer blows and is still as good as when I got it. The I-beam design is really good. No flexing like I sometimes get with the common style you show at 3:22.

The last prybar is known to me as a hooligan, which always delighted me. I used those when deployed overseas and still have one to this day. A pain to carry but invaluable

My favorite pry device is a "skin wedge" designed for aircraft skin work and it is easily the most useful in an automotive repair context.

You’re missing a pinch bar or a Burke bar. It’s about a 5 to 6 foot long bar mainly used for moving and positioning heavy machinery. But can be used for just about anything that needs some extra leverage.

An alignment prybar is worthy to have laying around. Its got a flat wedge on one end for all your prying needs and a tapered point in the other end you can insert into holes when attempting to align two surfaces together. In my application I use them to align vehicle subframes to the monocoque or to align a suspension link to the bracket receiver. You align the two components close enough to put a fastener through and job done. Great for punching holes with brute force aswell through wood or sheet metal.

Hultafors 108 mini is a tiny useful crowbar that is perfect for small trims and plastic stuff. It is made by one of the best Swedish toolmakers for hand tools “Hultafors” costing about 7.5$ locally.

Many years ago i worked with habitat for humanity, we were mostly amateurs with a contractor sprinkled here and there to keep us on track. Im a tool guys so when we needed to pick up corners of a large shed/shop to stack pavers under the corners i said gimme a sec and went to my station wagon and got a Burke bar bout five and a half feet long . This massive tool with a chunk of 2x8 under it allowed one guy to lift a corner about 4 inches shove in two pavers and lift again on doubled wood to get two more pavers in. If you need two things apart and they are not heavily welded and explosives are a no go this tool will do it!

I have a selfmade sliding hammer that was build by a fireman to quickly open car doors and such. It was build to quickly open doors and such before they had hydraulic tools. You can see it was build to withstand anything multiple fireman can throw at it. It goes true big tree roots by it’s own weight and kinetic force transmitted to the big sharp wedge. I love this thing and it’s story and will happily pass it on to be used and abused when I am done playing with it. (That will be a while)

I only have a couple of those: a prybar and a crowbar but I love your variety and your neighbor does know you!

Thank you for reminding me of one of Rainman Ray's favorite comments in his videos: "More prybar!" 😄😄😂😂

I love that Adam considers his metre-long screwdriver to be a prybar. ...'cause we all know that standard screwdrivers aren't much good for anything else. The ten-inch ones are almost universally known as "paint can openers." 😉😁

When I was in band in school the band director had a special piece of “prying” equipment designed specifically to remove the mouth pieces from brass instruments. It wasn’t a pry bar but it was more like 2 circular clamps separated by a set of really long screws. So the band director could tighten one end appropriately for the mouth piece and one end appropriately for the receiving tubing of the mouth piece, then carefully pull the mouth piece directly out without hurting anything. Very specific but it oddly sounds more suited to the example you gave in the intro than an actual pry bar.

I have that little double ended 90 degree flat bladed bar. Also available with philips head ! (It's a screwdriver Adam), but then all screwdrivers are crowbars too.

I got a 5' pry bar from a garage sale for $4 and it is one of the most heroic tools in my collection. Give me a long enough bar and I can move the world

That Pro Bar is delightfully medieval. :D

as a union ironworker, our best friend to help us move the world is a sleaver bar. I'm 150 n I've moved 4 ton bundled of steel with it. gotta love physics in action!

Cat's paw is a great little separator prybar. Wide, flat, almost knife edged lever end is a carpenter's tool for delicately removing things like molding around doors and floors without damaging them, so they can get reinstalled afterwards. I also use a full size oldschool crowbar for coaxing things in to shape or alignment. It is a large enough tool that you can balance the force applied to it to make subtle changes or big moves. I have 2 😁😁 The Stanley Fubar is also a wonderful tool, not just for the name. 🤣

My favorite pry bar has to be one that came out of an old MiG factory in the late 90s. It's a standard sized crow bar... Except it's made of an aircraft grade titanium. It weighs next to nothing and has never once bent or deformed while using it, and I haven't been nice to it.

I loved learning about the Pro Bar and the hearing-protection. And what a happy lil story, that your neighbor got you a giant screwdriver as a gift! He does indeed know you well :)

As a retired firefighter, the Halligan is great for getting into things but it has a greater use … to get out of buildings when the poop hits the fan.

Lots of pry bars can remove nails but for some reason I love using a cats paw for removing nails. It’s compact and works nicely combined with a hammer.

Also: Car mechanics almost always find a need for a prybar when working on a car, be it anything from a plastic wedge to deal with some dashboard components or soft interior details, to something big and heavy to dislodge a stuck part in the engine or drivetrain areas. My assumption will be that only money and space limits the assorted amounts for each mechanic.

Hi Adam and everyone. I know that zombie killing device under name of hooligan/halligen. In general it is used by firemen. You can check many videos on-line how it can be use. Also that curved spike is great pivot point when you are using flat part and you need to pry in other axis.

I'm a forklift mechanic. I have to deal with some 'seriously' stuck, rusted, damaged, bent, warped, and otherwise non-cooperative metal. These things weigh 10,000 pounds sometimes so if they hit something or each other, well, steel gets pretty pliable at those levels of 1/2 mv squared, so I've got all of these pry bars to... Well, let's put it this way. I have a 3 foot prybar 3/4 inch thick, with another 3 foot 1/4 inch steel pipe welded on the end of it. I call it the 'Negotiator.' 'Give me a lever long enough, and I shall move the Earth." -Archimedes.