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Piranha (and Brewster) Owners Club

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Re: Piranha (and Brewster) Owners Club
Reply #60 on: February 14, 2014, 10:08:12 PM
Has anyone bent their Croc or the Piranha 2?


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Re: Piranha (and Brewster) Owners Club
Reply #61 on: February 14, 2014, 10:11:40 PM
so, I guess that new holder that looks like it can hold the letherman flat bits is not a tool to be used based on the Leatherman Site
http://www.leatherman.com/831680.html#start=9

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Re: Piranha (and Brewster) Owners Club
Reply #62 on: February 14, 2014, 10:15:06 PM
Yea the Leatherman Piranha is thicker and larger than the croc.
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I really wouldn't buy one if it was the same.

Has anyone bent their Croc or the Piranha 2?

I haven't bent my croc Mike but I know I could.

I pried open doors with my old ptx piranha.
« Last Edit: February 14, 2014, 10:16:37 PM by JAfromMn »
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Re: Piranha (and Brewster) Owners Club
Reply #63 on: February 16, 2014, 07:40:21 AM
I love my little LM Brewzer, use it heaps at work as a mini pry bar and of course over Christmas opening the occasional bear...

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Re: Piranha (and Brewster) Owners Club
Reply #64 on: February 16, 2014, 08:21:43 PM
I love my little LM Brewzer, use it heaps at work as a mini pry bar and of course over Christmas opening the occasional bear...


Be careful with those, they tend to bite, I heard...
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Re: Piranha (and Brewster) Owners Club
Reply #65 on: February 17, 2014, 01:41:46 AM
I didn't want to be the one to say it :D^
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Manufactured where?
Reply #66 on: April 20, 2014, 10:20:54 PM
Leatherman.com says the Piranha (as opposed to the Piranha 2) is "Retired".  I see the original Piranha still for sale on Amazon and on that auction site, and I'd like to buy one. 

Were all the original Piranhas made in the USA?

Thanks in advance!


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Re: Manufactured where?
Reply #67 on: April 21, 2014, 06:21:47 AM
Leatherman.com says the Piranha (as opposed to the Piranha 2) is "Retired".  I see the original Piranha still for sale on Amazon and on that auction site, and I'd like to buy one. 

Were all the original Piranhas made in the USA?

Thanks in advance!

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Re: Piranha (and Brewster) Owners Club
Reply #68 on: July 23, 2014, 09:02:33 AM
I purchased mine just before the Leatherman buy out.
Just too big for EDC for me.



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Re: Piranha (and Brewster) Owners Club
Reply #69 on: July 23, 2014, 09:39:44 AM
I've got one and think its great :)

How does the LM version compare???
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Re: Piranha (and Brewster) Owners Club
Reply #70 on: July 23, 2014, 01:25:49 PM
Someone won my PTX Piranha in a giveaway.  Now I carry the LM Brewzer.



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Re: Piranha (and Brewster) Owners Club
Reply #71 on: July 23, 2014, 06:10:11 PM
Is it just me or does it bug the smurf out of you seeing the Brewzer called a Brewster in the title.  :poh:
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Re: Piranha (and Brewster) Owners Club
Reply #72 on: July 23, 2014, 11:11:03 PM
Is it just me or does it bug the smurf out of you seeing the Brewzer called a Brewster in the title.  :poh:

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Re: Piranha (and Brewster) Owners Club
Reply #73 on: November 01, 2014, 10:17:27 AM
My favorite bottle opener, always on my keychain



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Re: Piranha (and Brewster) Owners Club
Reply #74 on: November 01, 2014, 04:50:49 PM
I have one of the Pocket ToolX ones.  It's nice, but I had a tough time with the opener. 


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Re: Piranha (and Brewster) Owners Club
Reply #75 on: November 01, 2014, 06:30:43 PM
Isn't the opener identical to the one on the brewzer ?


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Re: Piranha (and Brewster) Owners Club
Reply #76 on: November 01, 2014, 06:44:13 PM
jacktrades - Sorry.  I should have clarified that I have a Brewser. 


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Re: Piranha (and Brewster) Owners Club
Reply #77 on: November 01, 2014, 10:07:27 PM
Well, the best pocket bottle opener i ever had was not this one, but the bushkey, which is also a can opener, and a firesteel/flint striker, but i like the brewzer's shape better for the keychain, it's more narrow and slim, and a bit lighter.
Plus, the bushkey is made from O1 steel, and has the forged look to it, but it's more prone to rust.

The bush key is next to the screwpop in this bottle openers pic.

 


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Re: Piranha (and Brewster) Owners Club
Reply #78 on: November 01, 2014, 10:44:06 PM
Big fan of Piranha and Brewster here  :tu:

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Re: Piranha (and Brewster) Owners Club
Reply #79 on: November 01, 2014, 11:29:17 PM
Big fan of Piranha and Brewster Brewzer here  :tu:

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Re: Piranha (and Brewster) Owners Club
Reply #80 on: November 01, 2014, 11:58:10 PM
Big fan of Piranha and Brewster Brewzer here  :tu:

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thanks mate, that was before my first morning coffee...hahaha
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Re: Piranha (and Brewster) Owners Club
Reply #81 on: November 02, 2014, 08:45:36 AM
  Seen that Leatherman has the former style Piranha on sale for $15. Not too keen on the newer style. Why didn't Leatherman keep both instead of replacing it with what looks like a more flimsier version?
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Re: Piranha (and Brewster) Owners Club
Reply #82 on: November 03, 2014, 07:56:16 PM
Piranha in the house






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Re: Piranha (and Brewster) Owners Club
Reply #83 on: November 04, 2014, 09:58:16 PM


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Re: Piranha (and Brewster) Owners Club
Reply #84 on: November 04, 2014, 10:16:27 PM


Ahh, another member who's into low-light EDC gizmos photography!  :salute:

This forum needs more of that sort of stuff...haha.
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Re: Piranha (and Brewster) Owners Club
Reply #85 on: November 06, 2014, 10:19:46 PM
Not important, but noticed the leatherman piranha is slightly thicker than the ptx brewzer.
I was under the impression they had the same thickness.
Either i got a thinner brewzer, or leatherman beefed the piranha thickness, or they were always like this, in all variants, maybe the thickness varies depending on the stock or variant, i really don't know.
The brewzer is presented in different places as 0.125 or 0.140.
Don't have a caliper, but it seems my brewzer is 0.125, and the piranha 0.140.
Oh well.



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Re: Piranha (and Brewster) Owners Club
Reply #86 on: November 06, 2014, 10:43:47 PM
Not important, but noticed the leatherman piranha is slightly thicker than the ptx brewzer.
I was under the impression they had the same thickness.
Either i got a thinner brewzer, or leatherman beefed the piranha thickness, or they were always like this, in all variants, maybe the thickness varies depending on the stock or variant, i really don't know.
The brewzer is presented in different places as 0.125 or 0.140.
Don't have a caliper, but it seems my brewzer is 0.125, and the piranha 0.140.
Oh well.

You are correct with some observations of yours.
The fact is the "new" Brewzer as made by Leatherman now comes slightly thicker and same thickness as the Piranha.

The original PocketToolX Brewzer is (surprisingly) thinner.

I attached the photo for you just to confirm this visually. All these 4 tools are LM made.

From top to bottom:
- LM 'By the Numbers" - Number 8
- LM Brewzer
- LM Croc
- LM Piranha v1

As you can see LM Brewzer and Piranha are identical in thickness. They are probably cut out of the same 420HC dye.

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Re: Piranha (and Brewster) Owners Club
Reply #87 on: November 06, 2014, 11:53:04 PM
Yeah, actually it was your photo that made me double check what i noticed when i opened the piranha from its package, and put it next to the brewzer.
I'll take a pic later to show it better.
Of course all this means i have to get another brewzer now, leatherman made :whistle:
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Re: Piranha (and Brewster) Owners Club
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Re: Piranha (and Brewster) Owners Club
Reply #89 on: January 04, 2015, 10:39:25 AM
My Brewzer came in handy on Christmas day opeing my Wife's Vodka Cruzes.

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