Titanium Toothpicks Review

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Is a toothpick part of your EDC (Everyday Carry)? Yeah, I know a toothpick isn’t a very strong tool. But what if that toothpick were made of Titanium instead of wood? I’ll admit that a titanium toothpick is not a tool that I ever thought much about until Jamie Piekkola offered to send me a couple to review. Jamie made his first toothpick 5 years ago and suddenly found them in demand after he posted pictures online. Now he has a Facebook page, where he displays and sells his creations.

Note: Click the images in this review to see a larger view.

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Titanium is light weight, very strong, won’t take a charge, non-reactive to humans, won’t rust and isn’t ferrous. Made from grade 5 titanium (Ti-6A1-4V) and available in natural titanium (top) or multicolored anodized (bottom) finishes, these toothpicks are more like works of art than something that you would use to remove a piece of broccoli wedged between your teeth.

The natural finished toothpick is nice, but the anodized version is really cool. The one he made for me has a gradient Blue shaft with a bronze/gold top. Colors can include yellows, blues, pinks, purples and aqua.

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As you can see, Jamie’s toothpicks are longer and thicker than a standard wooden toothpick.

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The business end of the toothpicks are very pointy, but they aren’t needle sharp. The very end of the tip is blunt, so if you actually do use one to scrape something from your teeth, you won’t have to worry (too much) about stabbing your gums and needing a tourniquet around your neck.

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You’ll notice the decorative ends that Jamie has created. If you check his Facebook page, you’ll find a gallery of all sorts of cool designs that he’s managed to come up with.  He’ll even add an eyelet in the end if you want to use it as a sewing needle. If you take a closer look at the toothpick on the Right, you’ll see that some of the grooves filled. This is an optional feature that Jamie offers called glowrings. Glowrings are essentially a special epoxy mixture saturated with an industrial glow powder, that requires a bright light to charge them to make them glow.  Although not shown here, Jamie also offers tritium inserts which are “self lighting gas vials” that glow on their own without the need of charging from an external light source.  Watch manufacturers like Luminox use tritium in their watches for the hour markers and hour/minute/second hands.

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The glowrings are very cool looking when they are charged up, but this bright glow drops off quickly. After about 30 seconds, you won’t really see the glow in a well lit room. But if you turn out the lights, you’ll still notice a faint glow for hours.

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What can you use a titanium toothpick for other than the obvious oral hygiene tasks and looking like James Bond with one speared through an olive in your martini? I was surprised to find that they are useful for all sorts of everyday tasks like pressing the reset buttons on some of my gadgets, picking grains of sand out of grooves of one of my cameras that I took on vacation to Lake Michigan and dropped on the beach, opening the foil seal on a bottle of vitamins, poking holes in a potato before baking and slicing through tape on a package.

Jamie ships the toothpicks in a plastic vial with a rubber stopper. I would like to find something a little nicer to store mine in when they aren’t being used. I’m thinking about making a tiny leather sheath at some point. But until then, I’ll keep these little pokers in my gear bag because you just never know when you might need to pick, poke or scratch something.

 

Product Information

Price:$35 (natural finish), $40 (multi-colored anodized), Glowrings ($5)
Manufacturer:Titanium Toothpicks
Pros:
  • Multipurpose tool for poking, scraping, etc.
  • Useful
  • Handmade
Cons:
  • None

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  2. I too own one of Jamies titanium toothpicks. I’ve had it for around 3 years. It’s been so very handy so many times. I keep mine in my lipstick case!

  3. Assure me that the horrible sensation I get when metal hits certain parts of my teeth wouldn’t happen.

  4. I had an steel one I used for years. I didn’t have too many problems with the metal on metal. I lost it tho. If I was able to keep this one as long as my steel one without losing it, I don’t think the price is unreasonable.

  5. Sandee, I am not fond of the sensation when a fork slides against your teeth the wrong way, but I have yet to experience that with one of my toothpicks.

  6. Andrew, a great way to carry the toothpicks is to tuck them into your wallet in a credit card slot or next to your driver’s license. I have also started to provide a simple keychain sheath made from paracord with the toothpicks as well.

  7. Looks like something from a kungfu movie, coming out some assassin’s sleeve… LOL
    Its a beautiful creation, but it looks more like an art piece than a useful gadget for me.

  8. You find the BEST stuff!

    Thank-you!

    I was trying to determine today how many items I’ve pursued – either purchased or researched – after you’ve talked about them here on The Gadgeteer. Countless is my best guess.

    I ordered my rainbow coloured toothpick today AND the new iPad case (the announcement of which I completely missed.)

    1. @Helen You’re welcome 🙂 It’s my pleasure to help you drain your fun money acct 🙂 BTW: what do you plan to use the toothpick for? Anything unusual?

  9. Julie:

    I admit to being a toothpick-nut. I read about toothpicks. I, for a short time, collected toothpick holders. I try out all kinds of toothpicks.

    And I use ’em for what they’re intended … you’ll find out that as one ages, the spaces between our teeth often increases, giving us the lots of opportunity to hoard food in the crevices.

    I’m looking forward to using this new gadget.

  10. Jamnie, Please send your email address to me as I’m interested in buying 1+ Titanium Toothpicks. You need to state your email address for those who, like me, don’t like social networking sites such as facebook. Thank you, bruce

  11. I ran across your site while looking for a stronger toothpick to put into an avocado pit/seed while I’m holding it in a glass of water so it will sprout. Could I use one of these titanium toothpicks? Sounds a little pricey but the wooden ones break & I lost one because of it. 🙁 Any suggestions about where I could find strong wooden ones?

  12. i know it has been a while, and it appears that the Facebook page is no longer extant for these items, but if anyone knows of a current link/shop/site that still offers them for sale (or IF he’s even still making them), a quick post here would be helpful. i’m looking to buy a dozen or more if possible.

    thanks.

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