The Best Stubby Screwdriver Handle at Last Best Tool

In order to discover what might be the best stubby screwdriver handle, I had to let nature create one the lab and then look for a real example in the wild. This is what happened.
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[@drengskap]

Doc, your dream has come true - Wera make a stubby bit holder rated against ESD (electrostatic discharge) and it's orange! Part number: 008881

[@blacksheepbear6382]

I wish we could do this with the Vessel stubby.

[@unionse7en]

ideal: continues steel from shaft to a metal back dumple for fingertip spinning and some hammering ability. A small diameter portion on for fast spinning, and a reasonable large portion for torque , and a hex portion on the shank for wrench assist. hard materials that don't get gummy and easy to clean.

[@donwendling7800]

That handle you made is very much shaped like a Vessel handle!!

[@jackhenry290]

This is such a great tool channel.

[@shieldcracker]

Wiha makes a very short stubby that takes 1/4 hex bits with bit storage inside the handle.

[@marko11kram]

I do like Wera. I have not yet picked up the ratcheting stubby. I'll put it on my wish-list though.

[@UnOrigionalOne]

Tekton's High Torque handles are triangular and feel pretty nice in the hand.

[@big_mike_nyc]

Great idea Doc with the clay! Do you own any Vessel screwdrivers? They have handles almost identical to your clay handle, with INCREDIBLE materials! I would love to see you do driver bit comparisons (different bits and their uses)! 😎

[@StanleyBlonk]

Good day, nice and informative video!

[@JD20000AD]

Wiha do one in a soft grip with or without a bit magazine, very similar to the wera.I find the grip better on the without as its a solid grip.

[@readyme]

That would be perfect for my compact tool set...if it had the ratchet mechanism.

[@bookmn0926]

Harbor Freight has an option, very similar to the clay design for 4.99. I have the snap on hard handle as well but sometimes the cheap one is a better option.

[@BLASTIC0]

Had you tried any of the snap on like screwdrivers, like the gear wrench? You know, with the 1/4 ball end ratchet like shaft.

[@Flockingtheherd]

The funny thing is the shape you made with the dough looks more like the pb Swiss stubby than the wera stubby. I absolutely hate wera handles. After getting the pb stubby I won’t use anything else now

[@VRCM_Skywarn_XUSA]

JB WELD Epoxy Putty Stix

[@ricker76er]

I thought silicone made things more slippery.

[@BLASTIC0]

The clay one is much like a Wiha

[@13FRAMER]

vessel stubby might be a good answer. but it's too complicating to order.

[@VRCM_Skywarn_XUSA]

Mold a Handle from Epoxy Putty...on the tools you dont like. Then dip em.