EDIT: I believe I found the answer, it’s something turned by this: https://ctatools.com/products/5065

Found some trash on the street that i’d like to take apart, but this screw is in my way.

It’s like a hex bolt, but with 5 sides, and rounded (a bit like flower petals).

Here’s another picture from the top:

I tried turning it with various tools (hard to get pliars in unfortunately), no success so far. The material is very soft, which doesn’t help…

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thanks, this might be just the comment I needed! Some of the screws are sunk into a very deep hole (~60mm), so it would be tough to cut a slot into those. But i’ll give it a try on one of the more exposed screws, just to see if that gets me anywhere.

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🎉

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Edit again: I was wrong. TIL about EPR Torx. Just search that and you should find the right set.

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I can only find pictures of 6-lobed Gamebit screws

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That’s a star bit screw head. Can find it as a torx star or 5-point star bit.

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Torx is 6-pointed tho

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People often call variants with other numbers of points “torx” as well. Torx is technically a brand (a trademark) and in that sense, if we were being strict, wouldn’t include basically any of the commin TN 6-point driver sets out there, e.g. Wiha and Wera sets. But everyone just says “5 point torx” and so on.

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Idk but buy a safety screw kit

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