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In the market for a new multi-tool. My old Gerber got seized by TSA when flying back from a Grand Canyon float trip. Got another one planned in July and it's probably about time to get another one.
Any recommendations?
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"Aim right, squeeze light" " Might as well hit what you're aiming at, it kicks the same whether you miss or not" NRA Life, GOA
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I liked the Wave better than the Wave+.
They really weakened up the pliers when they went to replaceable cutting edges.
Have broken a couple jaws off.
I am MAGA.
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I've been abusing this SwissTool for 15 years and everything still works. It's well made but heavy.
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Campfire Oracle
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Last edited by ironbender; 03/30/24.
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time. --Pat Parelli
American by birth; Alaskan by choice. --ironbender
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Campfire Ranger
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In the market for a new multi-tool. My old Gerber got seized by TSA when flying back from a Grand Canyon float trip. Got another one planned in July and it's probably about time to get another one.
Any recommendations? Buy your old one back from one of the TSA auctions on ebay..
"I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." Thomas Jefferson
GeoW, The "Unwoke" ...Let's go Brandon!
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Used to carry a Leatherman Wave... switched to the Surge about 10 years ago.
It is heavy and it is expensive, but it is flat out the best I know of.
If you are not actively engaging EVERY enemy you encounter... you are allowing another to fight for you... and that is cowardice... plain and simple.
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Campfire Ranger
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I'm still on my Gerber Multi-tool from Desert Storm issue. I prefer the out the front pliers.
"I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." Thomas Jefferson
GeoW, The "Unwoke" ...Let's go Brandon!
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Campfire 'Bwana
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I'm going on my 4th or 5th Charge TTI. I love 'em.
They make it 2-3 years before I lose 'em.
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I pretty much stopped looking at multi tools after getting a Wave. I'd used previous model Leathermans & thought the Wave to be several steps up & suited me perfect. Bought a backup & called it good.
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Still using the Leatherman Wave I was issued at the Grayling Air Gunnery Range back in 1997.
Pershing 1A. No city too big, no populated area too small. We even get the roaches.
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Campfire Kahuna
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Get one of those $12 Winchester multi tools from Walmart.
You just goan drop it in the river
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Campfire Tracker
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I am now rocking the ARC but I bought it at a significant discount. I generally have a skeletool on me at all times but the tolerances on the arc are actually tighter than on my Swiss Spirit X tool.
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Campfire 'Bwana
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I liked the Wave better than the Wave+.
They really weakened up the pliers when they went to replaceable cutting edges.
Have broken a couple jaws off. Have you started issuing them to your children yet? Had a boss at one facility I worked at, bought them for the crew. No more excuses for walking back to the shop for a tool to fix some minor issue 100 yards out the other end of the place, or taking the Easy -Go buggy, stopping there to look for said screwdriver or pliers, maybe getting some coffee or a snack from the breakroom, remembering you needed to check some piece of equipment, and then forgetting about the issue you went to get the tool for.
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men. In it is contentment In it is death and all you seek (Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
member of the cabal of dysfunctional squirrels?
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I liked the Wave better than the Wave+.
They really weakened up the pliers when they went to replaceable cutting edges.
Have broken a couple jaws off. I still carry a regular Wave. Regrettably the "original" isn't available anymore. Iffun' it wuz Idda recominded it.
"Aim right, squeeze light" " Might as well hit what you're aiming at, it kicks the same whether you miss or not" NRA Life, GOA
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No need to surrender anything to the security people. Be prepared. In my travel bag is a mid-sized padded self-addressed envelope with plenty of stamps inside. The 2 times I got caught, I removed the tool, put it in the envelope and dropped it in the nearest mail receptacle.
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It was a brain fart. Had it in my pelican carry-on. After two and a half weeks on the river, getting on the plane was a new world. Funny thing is they let my wife on with a small dry bag full rocks.
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SOG
I’ve had mine for over 30 years.
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I am still using the Original Super tool from 1995.
Hardly a day passes when I don't use it on something.
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