An anti-skip fastener tightening and/or extraction device 10 includes a tool bit end 12 having a plurality of flutes or crossing members 13-16, each crossing member having at least one recess 18 and 26 positioned in a side wall 20,21,28 and 29. The recesses 18 and 26 form edges 36 and 42 that engage corresponding portions of a fastener 17 to maintain engagement between the tool bit end 12 and the fastener 17 when forcibly rotating the fastener 17 to drive the fastener 17 into a workpiece or forcibly rotating the fastener 17 to extract the fastener 17 from a workpiece. |