Hi Milestand,

I have an original SwissTool too and the Spirit seems to me as solid as the big one. The scissors are even more solid than the old ones. The new SwissTool is now about the size of a Leatherman Wave, so I could really carry it in my pocket without noticing it all the time. The original one was just a little bit too heavy and just a little bit too big for me to carry it every day, so most of the time it lays on my desk. I also bought a Wave on ebay (before they published the Spirit) to get a lightweight every-day tool but I sold it the next week. The leather punch stinks (it really smells bad), the Wave is not nearly as solid a Victorinox tool and the Wave isn’t as easy to clean. (There are some parts you even can’t reach.) Only thing I miss at the Spirit is the one hand opening blade.

Every multitool is a compromise, but the Spirit is the best fitting compromise for me.
(...until the next great looking multitool comes around ;-) I hope equipped.org will test the Spirit in relation to other tool like they did with the original SwissTool. I am looking forward to it.

Greetings from Germany,
Zwoblum