Gerber is probably the sharpest blade you can find. I didn't know they made
something like Leatherman.
----- Original Message -----
From: Rick Hume
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2010 7:00 PM
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] All Purpose Knife
I and one of my employees both use the Gerber multi-purpose tool. It is very
similar to the Leatherman unit with its features, but only costs about $30.00
and we feel it is a better constructed tool as well.
----- Original Message -----
From: William Stephan
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2010 6:13 PM
Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] All Purpose Knife
Ray: I've had any number of these utility tools over the years, and I'd say
Leatherman is the best out there. I have a Leatherman Wave, which
Has a standard knife, serrated knife, saw and double-sided file/ruler
available without opening the tool. Upon opening the tool you of course
have pliers and wire cutters, and a wide-bladed screwdriver, a Phillips
screw driver a lanyard ring and a combination bottle/can opener on one side,
and cyzors, two narrower screw driver blades and an awl on the other.
The outside blades do lock, but the inner ones do not, though they're
pretty stiff and the likelihood of accidentally closing them is probably
pretty low.
I also have the Leatherman Super tool II, which I would say is somewhat
more ruggedly constructed than the Wave is. You have to open the Super Tool
II to access any tools however. When you open the body, just like the Wave,
you have the standard plyers/cutters, and there is a Phillips head screw
driver, seraded knife, saw, comination bottle can opener and narrow-bladed
screw driver on one side. The other side of the tool has a standard knife,
double-sided file, one wide and one medium screw driver blade.
So I guess the bottom line is that you sacrifice the cyzers for the heavier
duty construction with the Super Tool. I used to hang out wit some dog
mushes and other Alaskan types at various times, and they seemed to prefer
the Super Tool style. It's pretty easy to adjust the blade torque (I guess
that's what we'd call it), on the Super Tool, but I think you'd haee to have
some kind of specialty driver to do that on the Wave, if it's even possible.
Tgese are not cheap by any means, and I once bought some knock-offs made by
Nickelson. I actually broke the plyers on two of those, so I guess the
steel they were made of was inferior.
-----Original Message-----
From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of Ray Boyce
Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2010 15:58
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [BlindHandyMan] All Purpose Knife
Hi All
I am looking around for an all purpose knife with multiple attachments on
it, got any ideas what is the best.
Ray
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