What was the last multitool you broke ?

Dunc · **on:** January 28, 2010, 10:40:46 AM

Thought this might be interesting . So what was the last tool you broke and how did you do it ?

Mine was a LM SideClip and I broke the blade carving a Pumpkin back in November .

Dunc

Neil · **Reply #1 on:** January 28, 2010, 10:47:38 AM

That must have been some hardcore pumpkin

Did you get it fixed?

Dunc · **Reply #2 on:** January 28, 2010, 10:57:37 AM

Quote from: Neil on January 28, 2010, 10:47:38 AM

That must have been some hardcore pumpkin Did you get it fixed?

Yeh Whitby did it know problem . I think there was a fault in the metal as it snapped way too easily .

Dunc

Magic Bus · **Reply #3 on:** January 28, 2010, 12:00:07 PM

I haven't broken anything yet. Mind you I tried (really hard) to break the jaws on one of my Swisstools last summer. Guess what? I couldn't do it

Magnus · **Reply #4 on:** January 28, 2010, 12:48:55 PM

I think I broke a cheapie Chinese sak blade when I was about 12 opening a can of paint... I think that was it.

Poncho65 · **Reply #5 on:** January 28, 2010, 01:38:21 PM

I broke the lock of my Core twice

The ST300 hasn't got the same weakness apparently or I would have already broken it as well

django.cj · **Reply #6 on:** January 28, 2010, 02:17:29 PM

I think it was an American Camper someone gave me. I bent the hell out of the Phillips driver. I immediately chucked it and got a Wave. I HATE poorly constructed things.

Mike, Lord of the Spammers! · **Reply #7 on:** January 28, 2010, 03:08:36 PM

Someone (Gemma!) broke the large flat head on my old Supertool about 10 years ago

Anthony · **Reply #8 on:** January 28, 2010, 03:22:50 PM

I snapped the bottle opener/screwdriver on my Powerlock...prying!

prime77 · **Reply #9 on:** January 28, 2010, 03:58:40 PM

Never broken one myself.

Sazabi · **Reply #10 on:** January 28, 2010, 04:00:25 PM

A certain father of mine broke the jaw off his Sqiurt P4 while trying to use it as a hex wrench.

Myself? I've not broken any of my tools yet, and don't plan to; I do however need to send my Spirit X off sometime because the handles don't align perfectly. :/

Mr. Whippy · **Reply #11 on:** January 28, 2010, 04:04:24 PM

The very last thing sent in for repairs was a Wenger S557 for gorked up cork screw.

The last PLIERS based multitool I've broken was my Charge. The pliers pivot was messed up. Probably a combo of twisting and clamping down on it. They wobbled, and had a sticky spot, as if the pivot point was out of round.

Before that, a messed up the pliers on a skeletool. Similar type of issue. That's why I started using the Charge as my farm EDC

Before that I've snapped off drivers and the blade on various iterations of my PST (sent back 3 different times for broken-ness issues).

thebullfrog · **Reply #12 on:** January 28, 2010, 04:46:42 PM

SOG Powerlock a couple of years ago. Snapped the plier head trying to get a rusted wingnut of all things loose. Took some force but I still think it broke easier than it should have. Impressively, despite all the abuse, I have yet to break anything since unless you count the eyeglass driver bit on my Surge when I was being retarded and tried prying up a plastic clip with it. Seeing as I had a replacement bit in my sheath I don't really count that.

DaveK · **Reply #13 on:** January 28, 2010, 05:23:16 PM

I don't think I've actually broken a multi yet. I've snapped done of those eyeglass bits like bullfrog did, twisted a couple of drivers and so on, but never actually made anything important snap. Yet!

Mr. Whippy · **Reply #14 on:** January 28, 2010, 05:28:49 PM

I think the reason I haven't broken pliers jaws off yet is because in those cases where something is really stuck, I tend to switch over to a vise grip and then add a pipe on the visegrip.

In that situation, usually the bolt gives up the ghost before the tool.

Medic82 · **Reply #15 on:** January 28, 2010, 05:31:04 PM

The only thing that I have broken on a MT is the philips on my Paratool about 7 years ago trying to unscrew a though and rusty screw and the can opener on a PST to a guy that I was serving with in the military.

Styerman · **Reply #16 on:** January 28, 2010, 10:03:10 PM

I broke a bit holder on a Skeletool , and two SOG Paratools . The Skeletool bit driver cracked under moderate torque while turning a screw . The two Paratools wer broken while crimping "B" connectors ( a Telco wire splice ) . I almost forgot , back about 1987 , I broke a jaw of an old skool Gerber - tightening a nut on a door closer .

Chris

Neil · **Reply #17 on:** January 28, 2010, 10:33:13 PM

In normal use I think the worst I've done is twist a few SAK combi-tools. They all hammered back OK though

Benner · **Reply #18 on:** January 28, 2010, 11:10:13 PM

I broke a Shortcut in half.

J-sews · **Reply #19 on:** January 29, 2010, 12:48:34 AM

I had a Stanley SL40 (piece of crap mini-copy of the SOG SwitchPlier) disintegrate in my hand while I was trying to grip some air...

Fishnuts2 · **Reply #20 on:** January 29, 2010, 03:34:59 AM

I should have broken the large screwdriver on a Power Pliers by using one of the handles at a right angle to give me leverage on a stainless screw. It held up, and finished the job, I respect SOG stuff a lot more now!

Zed · **Reply #21 on:** February 07, 2010, 10:22:17 AM

I broke the middle flat driver on my wave about 8 years ago, its still broke but ive never missed it,

paul

Dunc · **Reply #22 on:** February 07, 2010, 10:45:12 AM

So thats why the original wave had so many flat drivers , break one and youve still got plenty more

Dunc

Magic Bus · **Reply #23 on:** February 07, 2010, 11:27:19 AM

Not knocking Leatherman but this isn't uncommon is it? I had a PST with a chipped driver blade too. On the other hand my ST has a bendy flat driver

ps. Edit. Posted this reply in the wrong bl##dy place. It's meant to be in reply to AHB's weird thread over on the LM section

Zed · **Reply #24 on:** February 07, 2010, 11:36:38 AM

Quote from: Dunc on February 07, 2010, 10:45:12 AM

So thats why the original wave had so many flat drivers , break one and youve still got plenty more

Dunc

Yeah spares dunc

EZ822 · **Reply #25 on:** February 07, 2010, 11:52:19 AM

I broke the file on my Powerlock over a year ago using it to pry open a paint can.

Deere Man · **Reply #26 on:** February 07, 2010, 04:41:24 PM

I busted up a Supertool 200 pretty good in my younger days. I was trying to be a good samaritan if that makes any difference. It's ok though, it prompted me to pick up my much loved original Wave. Back then I didn't even know Leathermans had a warranty. Silly me, it's been sitting in a drawer for 5 or 6 years.

Millhouse · **Reply #27 on:** February 07, 2010, 06:03:02 PM

I have never broken anything on a tool from Leatherman, Vic or Gerber. Years ago, I had a Leatherman PST clone. The first screw I tried to unscrew bent the whole flat screwdriver. Never touched a cheapo tool after that.

DaveK · **Reply #28 on:** February 07, 2010, 07:01:47 PM

Quote from: Magic Bus on February 07, 2010, 11:27:19 AM

Not knocking Leatherman but this isn't uncommon is it? I had a PST with a chipped driver blade too. On the other hand my ST has a bendy flat driver

ps. Edit. Posted this reply in the wrong bl##dy place. It's meant to be in reply to AHB's weird thread over on the LM section

It fits here well enough MB!

Medic's snapped driver is indeed weird. You see loads of multitools with twists (in my experience it seems to be all brands) but actually snap under light use points to a poor heat treatment or something I guess.

In general, it seems to be twists in drivers and breaks in files

Magnus · **Reply #29 on:** February 07, 2010, 07:24:40 PM

maybe they were trying to fix the "bendy drivers" problem by making them harder?

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