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Re: Multi-purpose tools.
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Fri, 4 Jun 1999 17:35:00 GMT
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On Tue, 1 Jun 1999 08:57:27 GMT, Fredrik Glöckner
<fredrik.glockner@bio.uio.no> wrote:
> "Sproaticus" <jsproat@geocities.com> writes:
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> > I don't like the Leatherman tools. Their handles in plier mode cut into my
> > hand, and the knife blades don't lock open (!).
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> The new Leatherman Wave fixes both these problems. At much higher
> price, of course.
higher price? You can get them delivered for less than $70. The only
shop I've found that carried Laetherman over here has the Wave at 300
guilders, which amounts to a cool $150 USD.
Yes, you read that right. Well over twice.
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> Anyway, with the old Leatherman tools, closing the handles after opening
> the knife blade gives some protection; the knife blade can't fold too
> much. But it's still a bad point.
Yeah.. I cut my finger near in half once when my Victorinox (I think I
was still using the "Camping" back then, as opposed to my current
SwissChamp), when it closed on my finger. It's scary when your finger
joint moves sideways, rather than just up and down.
Jasper
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| (...) The new Leatherman Wave fixes both these problems. At much higher price, of course. Anyway, with the old Leatherman tools, closing the handles after opening the knife blade gives some protection; the knife blade can't fold too much. But it's (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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