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https://www.woodmagazine.com/wood-supplies/fasteners-hardwar...

First I heard of them. Looks like that, in a pinch, a flat-head driver could turn it ...

Nope. It's a tapered square. One of the few driver bits where you can put a screw on the end of drill, then hang/swing the drill from the screw alone. A slotted driver will not work, at all.

(I'm Canadian. Robertson is the most common driver type here, except for imported products.)

They definitely have the "meatest" torque-y feeling when you really get your elbow up high and crank into one... Super satisfying and something I wouldn't even dream of attempting with other bits!

It is the One True Screw, amen.

Can I interest you in the Torah of Torx?

Torx rather sucks in comparison. Sorry if the truth hurts.

Still better than Phillips.

most things are.