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#238291 - 12/30/11 07:56 PM Re: Multi-tool Suggestions [Re: bacpacjac]
JBMat Offline
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Registered: 03/03/09
Posts: 745
Loc: NC
Got a Wingman from sister for Christmas. I like the fact it has the one handed opener on the outside, so I don't unfold the entire tool, plus it locks. Scissors are eh, not spring loaded. Rest of tool is decent for work, plus it clips on my belt or in my pocket, a plus.

Thumbs up.

Btw, I've owned a LM since they first came out. My original rides in DWs glove box.

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#238293 - 12/30/11 08:16 PM Re: Multi-tool Suggestions [Re: JBMat]
jzmtl Offline
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Registered: 03/18/10
Posts: 530
Loc: Montreal Canada
Originally Posted By: JBMat
Scissors are eh, not spring loaded.


It should be.

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#238294 - 12/30/11 08:22 PM Re: Multi-tool Suggestions [Re: JBMat]
Russ Offline
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Registered: 06/02/06
Posts: 5357
Loc: SOCAL
My original Leatherman rides in my glove box.

Doh!! smile That's a Supertool 200 in the glovebox. My original PST is in storage.


Edited by Russ (12/30/11 09:45 PM)
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#238300 - 12/30/11 08:53 PM Re: Multi-tool Suggestions [Re: ]
chaosmagnet Offline
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Carpal Tunnel

Registered: 12/03/09
Posts: 3842
Loc: USA
Originally Posted By: IzzyJG99
There's a story going around the interwebz that a guy went to an estate sale. Found a box of Leathermans (Variety of tools, I assume) and paid 5 bucks for them. He then sent them into Leatherman, which honored their warranty, and since the tools were out of production...they sent him a brand new model for each old model he sent in. So for 5 bucks he got like 1,000 dollars worth of Multi-Tools.

If it's true I imagine Tim Leatherman probably was like ".....Well played, Sir. Well played. Give into his demands."


I don't know whether or not the story is true but there's no doubt in my mind that Leatherman would honor the warranty in a situation like this.

For myself I've only had one warranty claim with LM; the file on my PS4 snapped. I had a new one seven days exactly after I dropped the old one in the mailbox.

I still have their first-run PST, and it's still going strong. I snapped the tip off the small screwdriver doing something I shouldn't have when I was a sprout. After touching it up with a file it worked just fine and I've kept it that way.

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#238306 - 12/30/11 09:24 PM Re: Multi-tool Suggestions [Re: chaosmagnet]
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Loc: southern Cal
I also have a first generation PST, along with several later L tools. The PST is definitely a classic and it is lighter than any of its successors; sometimes that can be significant. I generally am comfortable with the heavier Wave.
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#238309 - 12/30/11 09:54 PM Re: Multi-tool Suggestions [Re: bacpacjac]
bacpacjac Offline
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Registered: 05/05/07
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Loc: Ontario, Canada
Stupid. Stupid. Stupid. I should have bought that Leatherman when I saw it. I should change my nic to Dumbdumbjac!
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#238323 - 12/30/11 11:31 PM Re: Multi-tool Suggestions [Re: bacpacjac]
Russ Offline
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This thread made me start thinking about that Original LM so I started digging and found it right I put it who knows when. It isn't stamped "PST", it just says "LEATHERMAN TOOL". I wonder when the PST nomenclature was added; probably about the time Mr. Leatherman decided there would be more than one model. After all these years I was pleasantly surprised when I opened it at how smooth it felt -- very nicely fitted/polished. The Fuse is nice but a bit gritty in comparison.
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#238336 - 12/31/11 01:07 AM Re: Multi-tool Suggestions [Re: Russ]
chaosmagnet Offline
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Originally Posted By: Russ
This thread made me start thinking about that Original LM so I started digging and found it right I put it who knows when. It isn't stamped "PST", it just says "LEATHERMAN TOOL". I wonder when the PST nomenclature was added; probably about the time Mr. Leatherman decided there would be more than one model. After all these years I was pleasantly surprised when I opened it at how smooth it felt -- very nicely fitted/polished. The Fuse is nice but a bit gritty in comparison.


At the time I bought mine, Leatherman called it the "Leatherman Tool" and the Hammacher Schlemmer catalog called it a Pocket Survival Tool. I think it's possible that the PSK nomenclature came from them.

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#238343 - 12/31/11 01:35 AM Re: Multi-tool Suggestions [Re: chaosmagnet]
Russ Offline
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Yep, the wikipedia Leatherman page refers to the original as a Pocket Survival Tool, hence PST.
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#238344 - 12/31/11 01:43 AM Re: Multi-tool Suggestions [Re: bacpacjac]
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Registered: 01/28/10
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Be careful of the collector value of older models. The older Leathermans were stamped USA on the pliers. The newer models are not.


Here's a link to some interesting information on PST

http://www.smartknives.com/Leatherman-Multi-Tools/Leatherman-PST-Original.htm
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