Which Leatherman

[JDO330]

Hi All,

Ive always been a SAK fan but feel its time to buy a Leatherman so the question is which one? Which model to you guys & gals favour for general use.

ATB, Jon.

 

[Barn Owl]

Well i've had a 'wave' for 8 yrs now and still going strong.

 

[Humpback]

Blast for me with additional leatherman tool fittings.
Alan

 

[DKW]

Leatherman? Broke every single one i ever laid my hands on. The last one was a 'Wave'.

generally the wave gives a good impression. I do find leatherman in general as a bit too 'flimsy' though. (As i have broken my fair share of them over the years)

 

[Forest fella]

SUPER TOOL for me everytime,used and abused for many years,and it's still one of my most used knives.

 

[Barn Owl]

SUPER TOOL for me everytime,used and abused for many years,and it's still one of my most used knives.

I relegated my supertool to the glove box as the wave is comfier on the palms.

 

[JonathanD]

Wave for me, with a knifeless Fuse or non-locking Kick for those situations were a blade or locker on yer person ain't good.

I've used and abused Leathermans for years now and they have always held up. Great tools.

 

[NatG]

i don't lnow whyt but i never really found those "multitools" very usful, always heavy, uncomfortable and expensive.

an altrernative i have been considering is a small toolkit- bottle opener etc. and a knife

 

[Native Justice]

For trail use and the outdoors I'd recommend the Skeletool. For EDC, day to day use, my favorite is the Ti Charge or the less expensive Wave. All excellent tools capable of handling most anything you can toss at them.

Be Safe.

NJ

 

[Gailainne]

I must admit if I dont have my SAK on me I have a "Wave", excellent tool, the wood saw is just that little bit longer than a SAK's, so is more useful. For instance I used a wave at the weekend to make an oil lantern from a couple of beer cans, however I'm sure any SAK with sissors could have done the task equally as well.

SAK non locking blades are legal in the UK, any Leatherman illegal as a street carry.

Thats my best reason for carrying a SAK, I dont have to justify it to anyone, including the local PC .

Stephen

 

[maddave]

I have the wave, supertool PST2 and Juice Xe6. The supertool is by far the most robust, the wave is my EDC (I know it locks but I've "Cause To Carry") and the juice is cool for bike rallies as it has a corkscrew

 

[Diligence]

simple plain old PST2 - light and has everything I need right up to the point where I realize that whatever is broken really needs my whole tool box to fix.

 

[Steve27752]

Has to be a Wave.

 

[johnnytheboy]

wave for me had it since it hit the market still bomb proof, like the look of the skeltool new one

 

[JonathanD]

SAK non locking blades are legal in the UK, any Leatherman illegal as a street carry.

Thats my best reason for carrying a SAK, I dont have to justify it to anyone, including the local PC .

Stephen

The knifeless Fuse is perfectly legal for edc. Also the Kick has a non-locking sub 3 inch blade, which is legal edc. All the Juice models are legal edc too.

 

[JimN]

Why Leatherman? I'd put my Victrinox Swisstool against any of them.

 

[Ogri the trog]

I've got more than my fair share of these goodies,
PST2, Surge, SwisstoolX, Gerber Archer & Ledgend 800, Winchester, as well as a few knock offs.
My advice would be to get one that fits your hand - theres nothing so uncomfortable as a tool which is either too small or too big for the users hands. They will never be as good as a range of dedicated tools but for convenience, they are pretty handy to have around.

My review is knocking around in Edged tools somewhere!

ATB

Ogri the trog