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Anti-Tampering Screws and Bolts with Smiley Face Heads

From Japan, of course

By Rain Noe - June 15, 2023

in Tools & Craft

These anti-tampering screws and bolts are neither Philips, nor flathead. Instead they're...smiley.

Smiley Screws were designed by Tokyo-based designer Yuma Kano and are manufactured by screw maker Komuro Industries. By virtue of the proprietary head, they are de facto anti-tampering, though it's not clear if that was the design intent. While Kano does show photos of the screws in 20-packs and what looks to be a 50-pack…

…I could only find them being sold online in parsimonious packages of five, suggesting they're for novelty rather than institutional use.

The kit comes with five Smiley Screws and three tools: The smiley driver, a manual drill and for some reason, a Philips head.

It's a shame these aren't widespread; I do think they'd put a smile on people's faces when they're sitting inside a public restroom stall.

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Jason Blandford

a year ago

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10/10 would buy! just for the novelty, of course.

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Simon Turgeon

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"The smiley driver, a manual drill and for some reason, a Philips head."
It's so you can unscrew and trash those sad, sad, Philips head screws.

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