The little serrations on the juice scissors are near the tip, and the rest of the scissors have a plain edge.
I hear they are there to help cut. the scissors are tighter next to the pivot and don't need the serrations but towards the tip the scissors can be farther apart when cutting.
I want an s2.did u get orange or the sliver?
I can't say I've heard anything about changes to the Juice line, but there are folks here who might know better. The new Sidekick and Wingman are coming out later this year and seem to be sized somewhere between the Juice and the Kick etc, the post you refereed to couldn't be talking about them could it?
Quote from: Gareth on January 28, 2011, 01:05:33 AMI can't say I've heard anything about changes to the Juice line, but there are folks here who might know better. The new Sidekick and Wingman are coming out later this year and seem to be sized somewhere between the Juice and the Kick etc, the post you refereed to couldn't be talking about them could it?I believe it was on another forum, but not positive. Like I said, though, I might've read it wrong. I know very little about the engineering on these things, but I'm wondering if the Juice line is even big enough to support locking blades. Doesn't the mechanism which enables it to lock take up space? Probably not a good way to describe it, but again, I'm anything but an engineer.
I've gone for years without locking blades, so did my dad, and his grandfather, and his father. There was a time when all you had were slipjoints, and we all got by just fine. I think that if you're exerting so much force that you need a locking blade, then you either need to sharpen your knife or rethink using a knife for that particular cutting job.
Just wanted to comment on the bottle/can opener on my Juice S2. I've seen a lot of mixed reviews on the opener, but I tried it out on a can of tuna & it couldn't have been easier. I was expecting the process to be difficult due to the aformentioned reviews, but that simply wasn't the case.I have strong hands & I'm sure that helps, but my guess is most any teenager (male or female) could open a can with this thing. I'm kind of puzzled why the can opener gets bad reviews. Maybe Leatherman has improved their design, not sure (this is my first multi-tool of any kind), but mine worked great. Obviously, this isn't the ideal way to open a can (using a fairly small multi-tool), but like I said, it wasn't difficult at all. I'm thinking some of the bad reviews might be from people who aren't using the right technique for whatever reason. That said, as with any brand, I'm sure a portion of them were due to the tool being defective in one way or another.I'm going to try it on different types of cans, but from what I can tell by my first experience, I believe this can opener will work on just about anything. Thoughts?
About the can opener, I made a small mod on my Juice s2 (pics) .......I also find the tip of the can opener (the blade) perfect to open packages --- it's one hand opened and you aren't ruining the edge of your main knife.I have 2 s2's and have seen an Xe6 (they aren't too popular here in Brazil), and from my experience build quality varies... this Xe6 was impossible to open the drivers, one of my s2 has a bad scissor spring and the other is (luckily) perfect.
About the can opener, I made a small mod on my Juice s2 (pics)I hope I don't get persecuted on this mod, there are some LM-fanatics here!It's a small hook. Too bad the steel quality isn't as good as a charge hook, for instance, so it doesn't retain edge as long and doesn't cut as well, but it's ok to cut small ropes. It's just useful to have a one-hand opening hook on such a small tool.I also find the tip of the can opener (the blade) perfect to open packages --- it's one hand opened and you aren't ruining the edge of your main knife.I have 2 s2's and have seen an Xe6 (they aren't too popular here in Brazil), and from my experience build quality varies... this Xe6 was impossible to open the drivers, one of my s2 has a bad scissor spring and the other is (luckily) perfect.I just hoped the S2 had a pocket clip and the width was the same in both sides (either lose the can opener or add a file, awl or serrated blade!). As for lockable one-hand opening blade, that would be perfect, but I feel that's just asking too much for
How does the thickness of a s2 and kf4 compare to the pulse. Im trying to find something just a little thinner and shorter than the pulse to put in a niteize pouch with my phone.
Quote from: cf on January 28, 2011, 07:11:08 PMQuote from: Gareth on January 28, 2011, 01:05:33 AMI can't say I've heard anything about changes to the Juice line, but there are folks here who might know better. The new Sidekick and Wingman are coming out later this year and seem to be sized somewhere between the Juice and the Kick etc, the post you refereed to couldn't be talking about them could it?I believe it was on another forum, but not positive. Like I said, though, I might've read it wrong. I know very little about the engineering on these things, but I'm wondering if the Juice line is even big enough to support locking blades. Doesn't the mechanism which enables it to lock take up space? Probably not a good way to describe it, but again, I'm anything but an engineer. It seems perfectly feasible to get a liner lock onto the very outside blades IMO, but the internal screwdrivers would be a different story altogether I think. I'm also not sure they need it, I've been using my Juice pretty hard since I got it the other week and have had no issues with the drivers folding back (same story with my Kick which I've had far longer).
Quote from: Gareth on January 28, 2011, 07:36:16 PMQuote from: cf on January 28, 2011, 07:11:08 PMQuote from: Gareth on January 28, 2011, 01:05:33 AMI can't say I've heard anything about changes to the Juice line, but there are folks here who might know better. The new Sidekick and Wingman are coming out later this year and seem to be sized somewhere between the Juice and the Kick etc, the post you refereed to couldn't be talking about them could it?I believe it was on another forum, but not positive. Like I said, though, I might've read it wrong. I know very little about the engineering on these things, but I'm wondering if the Juice line is even big enough to support locking blades. Doesn't the mechanism which enables it to lock take up space? Probably not a good way to describe it, but again, I'm anything but an engineer. It seems perfectly feasible to get a liner lock onto the very outside blades IMO, but the internal screwdrivers would be a different story altogether I think. I'm also not sure they need it, I've been using my Juice pretty hard since I got it the other week and have had no issues with the drivers folding back (same story with my Kick which I've had far longer).I am pretty sure I have seen someone post pics here of a Juice modded to be a liner lock. I just can't remember who it was, maybe J-Sews with the SuperJuice, or Andreas, or Evil?
Quote from: Farmer on February 25, 2011, 02:06:29 AMHow does the thickness of a s2 and kf4 compare to the pulse. Im trying to find something just a little thinner and shorter than the pulse to put in a niteize pouch with my phone.I just looked at mine... The KF4 is about the same thickness, maybe a hair thicker. The S2 is definetly thinner.
Quote from: NeitherExtreme on February 25, 2011, 04:41:44 AMQuote from: Farmer on February 25, 2011, 02:06:29 AMHow does the thickness of a s2 and kf4 compare to the pulse. Im trying to find something just a little thinner and shorter than the pulse to put in a niteize pouch with my phone.I just looked at mine... The KF4 is about the same thickness, maybe a hair thicker. The S2 is definetly thinner.Awesome, thanks!
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