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Re: Against my better judgement.............
« Reply #45 on: July 12, 2009, 08:41:17 PM »
Nice write-up and pics 2x :tu:
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Re: Against my better judgement.............
« Reply #46 on: July 12, 2009, 10:23:21 PM »
WhichDawg & J-sews,

Thanks guys.  :tu:

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Re: Against my better judgement.............
« Reply #47 on: July 15, 2009, 10:55:26 PM »
Good write up and great pics  :tu: Let us know how you get on with the Wave when you've had a good chance to use it .

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Re: Against my better judgement.............
« Reply #48 on: July 15, 2009, 11:02:50 PM »
Very nice! Dunc, when are you doing your Wave review? You've owned it for quite some time!
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Re: Against my better judgement.............
« Reply #49 on: July 15, 2009, 11:12:55 PM »
Very nice! Dunc, when are you doing your Wave review? You've owned it for quite some time!

Patience young man  :D I've had it nearly a month and its still undergoing extensive trials in both my work , lifeboat and play enviroments . The longer I leave it the better testing it gets  ;)


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Re: Against my better judgement.............
« Reply #50 on: July 16, 2009, 02:00:53 AM »
Glad you like the Wave, Tap.  I have one.  My wife bought it for me in 2005, and I have used it for soooo many things over the years, I can't even recall them all.  Tough tool.
However, it does have it's issues.
The knife blades eye holes are so big, to make it easy to open, that when using the pliers, the knife heads almost touch, causing the handles to "bite" if your thumb should slip.  Heck, even if you don't slip, if you are not careful, you will be left with a very painful blood blister.  I know.  I've had my share.
Also, when using the tool as a knife, the rolled steel on the handles is a bit sharp, making it a little uncomfortable and painful to use for any hard cutting.
Other then that, it is a tough tool.  I have cranked and torqued mine, and it has held tough.
Good luck with it.
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Re: Against my better judgement.............
« Reply #51 on: July 16, 2009, 02:36:20 AM »
Dunc,

Will do!

LH,

I ain't too worried about pinching. Learned long ago using my old Gerber and how that used to pinch, to position my hand to keep such from happening. But we shall see.

I'm hoping my Juice comes tomorrow, sure is taking a while to get here.  :think:

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Re: Against my better judgement.............
« Reply #52 on: July 16, 2009, 05:04:48 PM »
Well I am putting my foot down. Once these 23 items from eBay + the 5 other auctions I am currently winning come in, I will proceed at a much slower pace thereafter.

And I thought I was bad...   I  :salute: you!!   :D
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Re: Against my better judgement.............
« Reply #53 on: July 16, 2009, 09:04:18 PM »

I'm hoping my Juice comes tomorrow, sure is taking a while to get here.  :think:

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Mine took over 3 weeks from amazon(purple xe6). Not entirely impressed with the quality of metal, a notch below other LM products. gonna try out the bottle opener/assist 2 nite on some chardonnay, hope it works  :cheers:
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Re: Against my better judgement.............
« Reply #54 on: July 16, 2009, 10:48:41 PM »
Well, my LM Juice S2 arrived just a little while ago via UPS. I was suprised when the guy handed me a box that was way too big to have a little S2 in it. Opening it up I see why.......that little S2 came in a huge ass tin done over in a even larger clamshell package! I am all for collector tins but I don't see why a small pocket tool had to be put in a tin big enough to store a dozen or so medium Stockmans!

Anyway............it's a cool little tool. Nice build on it although the scissors are a real sore spot on what is otherwise a nice tool. Scissors are sloppy and loose, not quite the same quality as on my LM Wave or the ones on my Gerbers. But aside from that it's a nice tool.

My digi-cam isn't up and running yet as we just hooked up our new PC, ain't got all the software downloaded nor all our toys hooked up yet. I'll get some pics up and a little review as soon as I get the camera stuff and software running.

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Re: Against my better judgement.............
« Reply #55 on: July 17, 2009, 05:45:54 AM »
I'll get some pics up and a little review as soon as I get the camera stuff and software running.

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Looking forward to the review.. Sloppy scissors, huh...  :-\  The ones on mine are tight enouth...  :think:

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Re: Against my better judgement.............
« Reply #56 on: July 17, 2009, 12:35:00 PM »
I'm not a big fan of the Juice lines' scissors.  I have the Juice XE6, and I don't like the scissors either.  The scissors or the can/bottle opener.  Strangely made for a company that produces so many quality scissors on their multitools.
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Re: Against my better judgement.............
« Reply #57 on: July 17, 2009, 08:51:03 PM »
LH,

Yeah.....not a fan of them either. The scissors work well and in use are pretty solid, I just don't like the loose sloppiness of them in the full open position, or the short spring with the mushy feeling. They work though. Just an odd thing on this tool when everything else is rock solid and nicely executed.

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