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jp2
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response 75 of 119:
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Apr 5 23:23 UTC 2002 |
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jazz
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response 76 of 119:
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Apr 6 01:24 UTC 2002 |
There's a Leatherman Wave next to my wallet, too.
The most use it's ever come to is when I drove out with a few
technicians who were on a shakedown mission to get a feel for what's in a MCI
POP's colocation area, and to do a bit of maintenance while they were there.
Unfortunately, they forgot to bring any tools to do the maintenance with.
So my Leatherman had to make do. It took forever, but it did the job.
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gull
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response 77 of 119:
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Apr 8 14:31 UTC 2002 |
Re #72: I used to carry a big box of tools when I drove a van. Now I
drive a hatchback, and the Rubbermaid bin of tools and spare parts I
used to carry would fill pretty much the entire cargo area.
On the other hand, with my current car I'm never going to have to
remove the distributor, replace the ignition points and condensor,
reinstall it, and set the dwell, while parked in a freeway rest stop.
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void
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response 78 of 119:
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Apr 9 19:51 UTC 2002 |
The Leatherman tool was invented by a man named Tim Leatherman. He got
the idea for it while he and his wife were traveling around Europe in a
used Fiat.
http://www.leatherman.com/about-leatherman
I prefer the Gerber tool because the blades all face the insides of the
handles and it's possible to retract the plier jaws and lock the handles
while a blade is out, which decreases the risk of pinching one's hand in
the handles. The blades also lock.
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rcurl
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response 79 of 119:
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Apr 9 20:13 UTC 2002 |
My Leatherman ST does all of the above. Have you gotten Gerber and Leatherman
mixed up?
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void
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response 80 of 119:
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Apr 9 21:07 UTC 2002 |
Nope. At the time when I bought my Gerber, the blades on Leatherman
tools were on the outsides of the handles and neither the handles nor
the blades locked. Maybe I've had my Gerber long enough that Leatherman
has made some improvements and I simply haven't paid attention.
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jazz
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response 81 of 119:
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Apr 9 21:19 UTC 2002 |
Leatherman has made a lot of improvements lately.
I used to use an old-fashioned Gerber with needle-nose pliers, which
I think Void had or perhaps still has, but moved to a Leatherman Wave, which
has a few more features and has lockable blades that don't require opening
the unit at all. I count the fact that the blades face outward as one of
those features, since it's much more like a lockback blade.
Gerber has made their own improvements too, like a really neat locking
mechanism for all of the implements. And Gerbers can still be used one-handed
right out of the box, without loosening the Torx screws that control the
action on the Leatherman.
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rcurl
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response 82 of 119:
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Apr 9 23:08 UTC 2002 |
Torx screws? There are no Torx screws in my Leatherman ST. However I
cannot open tools of the Leatherman one-handed, at least not without
propping the tool against something.
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jazz
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response 83 of 119:
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Apr 9 23:38 UTC 2002 |
There's a knack to it. Loosen the retaining screws a bit, grab one
half, and flip the unit vigorously forward, then turn it around in your hand
and squeeze the halves together. It works about 75% of the time.
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rcurl
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response 84 of 119:
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Apr 10 07:34 UTC 2002 |
There ARE no retaining screws. There are only fixed rivets.
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jazz
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response 85 of 119:
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Apr 10 22:38 UTC 2002 |
Mmmm, must be a different model then.
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rcurl
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response 86 of 119:
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Apr 11 02:35 UTC 2002 |
This is the "Super Tool", previously mentioned as comparable to some
other similar tool that someone thought was better. But all the faults
that are being cited for the Leatherman are stated in error.
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void
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response 87 of 119:
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Apr 11 09:53 UTC 2002 |
About five years ago when I bought my current Gerber, the
Gerber/Leatherman differences I cited were the reasons why I bought
the Gerber. It's quite possible that Leathermans have changed in the
last five years. My Gerber has been so satisfactory that I haven't
bothered to look at anything else.
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slynne
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response 88 of 119:
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Apr 11 12:56 UTC 2002 |
Man, dont try to be so diplomatic about TOOLS. Remember, your tool is
the best tool and everyone else's sucks. ;)
Ok, my "tool" is an offbrand and it really does suck but it cost $5 and
hasnt broken yet and I use it often. You see, I told myself that I
would buy myself a really nice Gerber or Leatherman one when I either
broke the cheap one or lost it. That was around 6 years ago. I think I
have found the secret to not losing tools ;) I use this multi purpose
tool a lot because I keep losing or breaking all my other screwdrivers.
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flem
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response 89 of 119:
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Apr 11 14:26 UTC 2002 |
I dunno about these multitool things. I mean, if you can't do it with emacs,
is it really worth doing?
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oval
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response 90 of 119:
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Apr 11 18:25 UTC 2002 |
heh
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jazz
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response 91 of 119:
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Apr 11 19:04 UTC 2002 |
EMACS doesn't have a vibrating back massager, or a Fiskars brand
scissors attachment yet. But I understand they're working on it.
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slynne
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response 92 of 119:
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Apr 11 19:55 UTC 2002 |
Leatherman has a vibrating back massager? Wow. those tools really *are*
worth the money than.
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mcnally
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response 93 of 119:
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Apr 11 21:39 UTC 2002 |
Leathermen, vibrating massagers, and "pocket multi-tools"
This *used* to be such a family-friendly system..
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jaklumen
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response 94 of 119:
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Apr 11 22:07 UTC 2002 |
wai-a-minute.. I am a leatherman, massager, and I have a pocket multi-
tool ;)
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rcurl
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response 95 of 119:
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Apr 11 23:54 UTC 2002 |
Wandering off into more barely relevant digressions - the Leatherman
was an itinerant hobo that wandered the New England landscape in the
early 20th century, known for his leather clothes that he made himself.
He lived in caves.
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bru
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response 96 of 119:
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Apr 12 03:28 UTC 2002 |
I don't have a leatherman. I have an Excaliber. Difference is, the Excaliber
has a pair of scissors as the main tool that will cut through most things,
even sheet metal adn soft bolts.
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brighn
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response 97 of 119:
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Apr 12 14:19 UTC 2002 |
Letherman, Gerber, and Excalibur were these three guys I met at a fetish club
once.
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gull
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response 98 of 119:
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Apr 12 15:22 UTC 2002 |
A Leatherman is sort of the physical version of Emacs, isn't it? It
does everything, has an obscure user interface, but people who use it
swear by it.
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flem
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response 99 of 119:
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Apr 12 15:23 UTC 2002 |
...and everyone else thinks they're silly. Right. :)
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