The one thing I don't like about Rebars.....

Dunc · **on:** January 17, 2015, 09:14:44 AM

Is the rivets for the plier springs. They always look scruffy and not finished properly and don't offer any confidence in their strength. The Waves rivets always look much neater.

captain spaulding · **Reply #1 on:** January 17, 2015, 09:20:06 AM

I completely agree. I had a few Rebars that looked exactly the same.

Dunc · **Reply #2 on:** January 17, 2015, 09:23:19 AM

I know what you mean , I've had a few to and it's not a one off , they are all like it

captain spaulding · **Reply #3 on:** January 17, 2015, 09:25:54 AM

Should be pretty easy to finish it but i'm not sure if that would somehow void the warranty.

I guess if it is done properly they probably would not be able to tell.

HarleyXJGuy · **Reply #4 on:** January 17, 2015, 09:36:57 AM

The on thing I do not like about Rebars.....

Nothing.

neillcurrie · **Reply #5 on:** January 17, 2015, 01:31:33 PM

Just checked the inside of my BO Rebar, it looks much nicer than the above pic, like my wave and supertool 300.

kmanct3 · **Reply #6 on:** January 17, 2015, 01:48:32 PM

Ill ck mine when I open it

SteveC · **Reply #7 on:** January 17, 2015, 03:47:30 PM

Here are the rivets on my Rebar, a little rough but look too bad. I wouldn't think there would be a lot of force put on the rivet anyway.

NKlamerus · **Reply #8 on:** January 17, 2015, 03:55:01 PM

Sub'd in case I get one

Top-Gear-24 · **Reply #9 on:** January 17, 2015, 04:10:52 PM

Here's a pic of the rivets on my first Rebar (after two days of taking pics, no real use):

Top-Gear-24 · **Reply #10 on:** January 17, 2015, 04:14:18 PM

Quote from: neillcurrie on January 17, 2015, 01:31:33 PM

Just checked the inside of my BO Rebar, it looks much nicer than the above pic, like my wave and supertool 300.

My ST300 hasn't got those rivets ...

SteveC · **Reply #11 on:** January 17, 2015, 04:25:20 PM

Quote from: Top-Gear-24 on January 17, 2015, 04:10:52 PM

Here's a pic of the rivets on my first Rebar (after two days of taking pics, no real use):

Two days of pictures was obviously just too much for it to take

DazMechanical · **Reply #12 on:** January 18, 2015, 11:39:45 AM

Quote from: Top-Gear-24 on January 17, 2015, 04:10:52 PM

Here's a pic of the rivets on my first Rebar (after two days of taking pics, no real use):

Wow, I didnt expected that! I suppose there is always gonna be some faulty ones that get past QC. Did you have it replaced?

Top-Gear-24 · **Reply #13 on:** January 18, 2015, 12:45:45 PM

Quote from: DazMechanical on January 18, 2015, 11:39:45 AM

Wow, I didnt expected that! I suppose there is always gonna be some faulty ones that get past QC. Did you have it replaced?

First of all, this was back in 2012, when I bought my first Rebar.

When the rivet broke I went back to the store and got another one, when I got home I noticed that, in the closed position, the handles were way of, one of them sticked out above the other (about 3 or 4 mm), and even when opened it didn't feel right. So I called the shop to explain this problem and they told me I could come back monday to get yet another one.

So back in the store, I checked about 7 of them and I noticed that the rivets were very iffy on at least half of them, I also noticed that on one of them the pliers didn't close all the way, because the replaceable cutters didn't line up. On two of them, the plierhead scrapped against the phillips when I closed the tool, leaving both plierhead and phillips pretty scarred ... so I decided to spend some extra cash and buy myself a Wave (I checked like 4 or 5 of them at the shop and they were all perfect).

A years later I caved and bought myself another Rebar, which was perfect (and still is

), and the BO Rebar I got last month also was perfect, rivets looking much better than on the first batch I checked back in 2012.

kmanct3 · **Reply #14 on:** January 18, 2015, 03:56:10 PM

I agree , not the greatest

Syph007 · **Reply #15 on:** January 18, 2015, 04:16:41 PM

Mine looked the same, as if the rivets weren't peened all the way so I finished the peening with a punch and hammer. I didnt bill Leatherman for the work that I did to finish their job though.

Gareth · **Reply #16 on:** January 18, 2015, 05:44:48 PM

Hummm...I do wonder if this is a manufacturing issue that LM have sorted out? Can we tell if the ones with dodgy rivets are earlier than the ones with the better rivets?

Outback in Idaho · **Reply #17 on:** January 18, 2015, 08:29:00 PM

I had checked out two and got the better one. Was surprised too how unsecure the rivets looked.

Another thing I don't like about the Rebar is it does not have a wood/diamond file instead of the metal/wood version. The metal files don't really seem to stand up like a diamond coasted file does.

DazMechanical · **Reply #18 on:** January 19, 2015, 07:02:05 AM

Quote from: Xelkos on January 18, 2015, 08:29:00 PM

I had checked out two and got the better one. Was surprised too how unsecure the rivets looked.

Another thing I don't like about the Rebar is it does not have a wood/diamond file instead of the metal/wood version. The metal files don't really seem to stand up like a diamond coasted file does.

Really

I have to say all my metal/wood files are still like new whilst my diamond coated files all wear down very fast. Maybe I go a bit hard in the daimond ones?

campussecurity · **Reply #19 on:** January 20, 2015, 05:49:14 PM

My Rebar has perfect rivets. It also receives brutal use daily no problems ever.

FinnishGuy · **Reply #20 on:** January 23, 2015, 04:19:39 PM

Has anyone else noticed that the nailnick on the PE is bigger than the SE? That's how I know whitch one to open.

parnass · **Reply #21 on:** January 23, 2015, 05:07:24 PM

I had noticed that on my Rebar. Welcome to the forum, FinnishGuy.

Aloha · **Reply #22 on:** January 23, 2015, 05:13:27 PM

That the prices have gone up.

FinnishGuy · **Reply #23 on:** January 23, 2015, 05:19:07 PM

Quote from: parnass on January 23, 2015, 05:07:24 PM

I had noticed that on my Rebar. Welcome to the forum, FinnishGuy.

Thanks.

SteveC · **Reply #24 on:** January 23, 2015, 05:34:51 PM

Quote from: FinnishGuy on January 23, 2015, 04:19:39 PM

Has anyone else noticed that the nailnick on the PE is bigger than the SE? That's how I know whitch one to open.

I highlighted the SE nail nick with black sharpie so I can tell at a glance.

Welcome to the forum

HarleyXJGuy · **Reply #25 on:** January 24, 2015, 02:45:50 AM

That they are not for free.

FinnishGuy · **Reply #26 on:** January 24, 2015, 06:51:59 AM

Quote from: HarleyXJGuy on January 24, 2015, 02:45:50 AM

That they are not for free.

I wonder why..

Mercury · **Reply #27 on:** January 25, 2015, 08:36:18 PM

I don't have any pics, but the rivets in mine seem to look much better than that. I bought my Rebar about a year and a half ago and have carried it ever since. I use the hell out of it, it's aging nicely. The only things I don't like are the file and saw. I would trade the saw for scissors, and the file is a tad too sharp to actually file anything. Being a machinist I am rather picky about files though. The file on my blast is much better for what these files are intended to do. I think I might take a stone to my rebar file, that should fix it.

anditsgone · **Reply #28 on:** March 01, 2015, 05:05:26 PM

The rebar is a great concept but (allot) of room for improvement.
1 I had the same problem as you.
2 bad quality such as rattling back lock.
3 bad designed saw and file, they could have used the blast file and saw. Stronger and longer and doesn't have those annoying cut outs.
4 knives where to thin.
5 the v shaped edge in the begin of the tools on the out side to accommodate the back lock.
Overall I think the blast was better.

My saw broke. I think that of there was not a hole in it out wouldn't have broken