Broke my Leatherman today.
I won a raffle in 2008 I think.
The first prize was a gift card which I used to buy the most expensive leatherman that was available in the store at the time.
I have used it so much and still somehow taken way too good care of it. Never abused the blades. I bet the tool I have used the most have been the pliers and the screwdriver.
The leather holster that I used occasionally looks still almost like new.
Cutting hot dog buns for kids when out and about, fixing my bike…
F for respect 🫡
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I still have my budget Leatherman from way back in like 2012. Abused the heck out of it and it’s still going strong. Needs some oil for the opening mechanisms and a good blade sharpening for the knife and scissors but otherwise still a flawless piece of kit.
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Yeah, those jaws are a weak point on Leatherman multi-tools and all multi-tools in general. The jaws are made by MIM, Metal Injection Molding.
Lots of common parts are MIM all around you and they last nearly forever. But they can never be as tough as a forged part. Just cheaper.
Either repair this one or buy a new one. Personally, I’d buy a new smaller tool like the Skeletool and fix the old one too.
I have a skeletool and I love that damn thing
Good point about the moulding!
Shocking that it was the pliers. Time to get this one repaired and buy a new one because they are great and having two means you can plier twice as fast.
My loss isn’t even comparable to yours, but I can only feel sympathy. For the past 4+ years I’ve only had two mugs. I had the mug, which I got from my brother and his GF, and a plain black gag gift mug that’s been sitting in my cupboard until yesterday.
Around the same time you posted, this happened:
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I have a 2001 Leatherman Wave. Used the pliers on something that it wouldn’t cut well and now there’s a distinct wobble & play in them. Rest of tools are okay and I still use it but I wouldn’t touch the brand with a barge pole these days. They’re WAY too expensive and their idea of innovation is to remove accessories and sell them separately for more $$$.
I have a Gerber that i’ve used for 15 years now - still in perfect condition
Leatherman warranty You can send it to leatherman and they will fix it.
I found my leatherman in a field, so no proof of purchase or owt.
Snapped the blade, sent it in and they just sent back a brand new one.
Snapped intentionally? Found one in a field, still works to this day
I think I’m on my fourth by now
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But… how?
Send it to them, they’ll probably replace it.
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Ok. I’ll let you in on my addiction. Don’t blame me if you decide to check this out. Wera Tools. They actually have a bike kit. I don’t like advertising but their stuff changed my preferences a lot. But I also have over 10k of tools from all sorts of brands.
I like to keep stuff at a certain quality level now. I’ve conc’d my head(don’t use a 10 foot pipe as a breaker bar) and almost took out an eye and almost removed half of my teeth breaking wrenches.
Anyway the point is have higher quality tools so you don’t injure yourself. Oh I’m not too fond of Snap-On.
Not just a bicycle kit, but 13 of them! Thanks for sharing; I just went looking and although the Wera site didn’t make it easy, I just kept increasing the number of the kit in the URL to see that they have 13 different kits. Start with “1”, and increase to see them all.
We’re is good buuut… damn that stuff is pricey.
And yes…your grandchildren will thank you.
I’m not sure whether to kiss you or curse you. My bike toolkit keeps getting bigger
You’re welcome. And welcome to the fun
