Over the past year I've seen tons of YouTube short videos showing people the supposed forgotten feature of the ubiquitous acetate handle screwdriver, whether it be the dime a dozen WF / Craftsman or various Stanley offerings they claim these handles were intentionally made hexagonal so you could put a wrench on them.
They show this and people are just eating it up, they praise the person for showing them and tout the ingenious design of the old screwdrivers saying how smart the manufacturers were to incorporate such a feature that " you just don't get these days "
I even saw one video where this " feature " was demonstrated with a Stanley 100 plus phillips, the flat blades ( which you could see in the drawer when they pulled the #2 out ) in the 100 plus line proves that this is not an intended feature by incorporating a a hex bolster into the forged shanks.
I understand that sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do, and that people have probably been doing this for as long as such handles have existed, but I don't know how these people could be dumb enough to assume that it's the sole reason for hexagonal handles and not for grip.
I'm not complaining about what people do with their own tools, but the idiots making the videos include no disclaimers and they're telling people that you were intended to do this.