last I saw they were smaller than the wave or super tool; but certainly sharp; though Columbia River is probably close. You can tell by how mirror they can get the metal.
On Sat, 16 Jan 2010, Bob Kennedy wrote: > Gerber is probably the sharpest blade you can find. I didn't know they made > something like Leatherman. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Rick Hume > To: [email protected] > 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: [email protected] > 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: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Ray Boyce > Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2010 15:58 > To: [email protected] > 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 > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >
