All the tools you need in the house explained


Tooled Up: Gifts for the Girls

Though tools are traditionally therely on the man of the house to put up
domain of the males, there are anthose new shelves), there are now
increasing number of tools aimed at thespecially designed girls tool sets. The
fairer sex appearing on the market.main difference in a tool set for the
Take one of the most masculine pieces ofgirls and a tool set for the guys is the
equipment of all time - the Swiss armycolour; the ladies' kits tend to come in
knife. Ever since the boy scouts werepink or in floral designs and some even
formed the penknife has been ancome in a stylish hand bag style case,
essential piece of kit for any straightwhich not only looks good but is also
guy. Infinitely useful with theirbound to keep the men's hands off your
various corkscrews, blades, pliers,tools.
toothpicks and tweezers, there are fewThe auto-industry is also recognising
men who don't own at least one of these.that females offer a significant market
However, Victorinox, the company behindto tap and as such have begun to offer
the classic Swiss army knife have infemale-specific roadside tool kits
recent years sought to double theircontaining all the essential emergency
customer base by making penknives aimedsupplies such as jump leads, mobile
most definitely towards the ladies. Thephone chargers, screwdrivers, hammers
classic knifes are now available in moreand ratchets - again available in pink.
female colours (think: pink) as well asThe move into the female market has
more compact, elegant designs that wouldgenerally been very well received,
slip into a handbag. Other innovationsthough there are some hardy feminists
that target the female market includewho feel that pink tool kits are
the SwissCard, a credit card sizedpatronising and have pointed out that
multi-tool that fits neatly into awomen don't need tools to be pink to be
wallet and contains the essentials suchable to use them.
as a nail file, mirror and scissors.However, the feminised tool sets
Other companies have also sought tocontinue to attract girls into this
feminise what has always been consideredtraditionally male dominated area and
the domain of the male. In a bid tofor the fairer sex, and the
encourage more ladies to take mattersmanufacturers alike, that can't be a bad
into their own hands (and not to have tothing.



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