Juice colour question.

[DaveK]

Until yesterday when my Juice SC2s arrived, I was under the impression that the Juice range were all made with a choice of 2 colours. Each tool had it's "own" colour, or grey. I.e.:

C2 : Inferno (Red) or Storm (Grey)
S2 : Flame (Orange) or Storm (Grey)
CS4 : Glacier (Blue) or Storm (Grey)
XE6 : Thunder (Purple) or Storm (Grey)
KF4 : Solar (Yellow) or Storm (Grey)

However, having ordered a Blue and a "Grey" SC2, I was surprised to find that the Blue is ever so slightly darker than the Glacier Blue on my CS4. Indeed the box label states simply "Blue" with no reference to Glacier. I compared the two juices to my Squirt S4 (also sold as Glacier) and that is a slightly different shade again - so maybe it's just down to different batches or something. Of course there's no mention of the SC2 on leatherman.com, so it's difficult to tell whether it was intended or not!

More interestingly though, the "Grey" SC2 arrived in a box labelled "Clear", and it is precisely that. I'm not prepared to deliberately scratch my shiny new SC2 to find out for sure, but it appears to be coated in a clear "varnish" allowing the aluminium scales to shine through. It looks very nice indeed, and is distictly different to the only other grey (Storm?) Juice I have - the Pro.

So it seems that there are some variations to the formula (own colour or Storm), but finally to my question (sorry you had to read all this to get here ), is the Pro available in any other colour than grey?

[J-sews]

No.

[J-sews]

Hehe....just picking on you there with the short answer. 


I've never seen the Pro dressed in anything but grey. The SC2 I've seen advertised in red, blue and "grey". Mine is blue, and the blue is the same shade as a CS4 alongside it.

I haven't seen this "clear" you are referring to. 

[DaveK]

I tried to take a picture of the clear but I'm going to have to wait for daylight I think. I suppose the best way to describe it is "silver". It's almost mirror-like. It's very nice!

I guess the shades of blue must be down to variations in the paint mix then.

I didn't know they did a red though - great, just when you think you've got them all. Is it like the Inferno red?

[J-sews]

I didn't know they did a red though - great, just when you think you've got them all. Is it like the Inferno red?

Well, it is on mine anyhow!    (Same red as on a C2)

Looking forward to seeing the silver SC2 alongside the grey Pro. 

[NeitherExtreme]

I've noticed some color differences on my Juice "grays". My KF4 looks just about right, but my S2 deffinetely has a hint of purple.

[Leatherman123]

I just looked at all my Juice's. I can definitely tell that my blue CS4 and P4 are both advertised as Glacier Blue and the CS4 is darker..

[DaveK]

Here's the pic. The difference between Clear and Grey shows up well enough, the blues are hard to distinguish though....

[joebw]

Hi Dave,

The "clear" that you see on the Costco SC@ is exactly that - clear anodize.  The other colors are different dyeing of the anodize (aluminum oxide) layer.

Joe

[DaveK]

Cheers Joe - that's what I thought. It really does look nice doesn't it?

Was the SC2 only produced for Costco then? I know that theory has been mentioned before, but haven't seen anyone confirm it.

[Benner]

I really like the look of the clear one.

[Rodion]

I'd just like to take a moment here to commend Leatherman on making the Juice series. Instead of phasing out SAKs, they created a whole new category. Good for them!

[NeitherExtreme]

I really like the look of the clear one.

I agree 200%. I'd love to see some more of that "color" used.

[Offroad]

Dave where did you get that clear sc2 beauty?, do you know of any other 

[joebw]

Hi Dave,

Sorry - gets worse than you imagine.  Here is what is in my collection.

C2 : Inferno (Red) or Storm (Grey)
S2 : Flame (Orange),Storm (Grey), Green Camo (Australia) or Brown Camo (Australia)
CS4 : Glacier (Blue) or Storm (Grey)
KF4 : Solar (Yellow),Storm (Grey), Green Camo (Australia) or Brown Camo (Australia)
XE6 : Thunder (Purple) or Storm (Grey)

Also, the USA and TOOL plier marking as well as the milled-off marking on the KF4.  The Pro (special for Costco) came in Storm (gray)- Mine is marked TOOL but there might be USA marked versions that I've never seen.  However, the production date (0602) on mine makes me think that this will be unlikely.

The SC2's which were done for Costco came in Blue, Inferno and Silver - All in my collection are marked TOOL and have production dates on both handles of 1102 and 1202.

Collecting of these tools can be as tough as you want.  However, I consider the learning process (almost as good as the cool people that you meet along the way) to be really neat.

Have fun - none of this builds a timed out nuc!!!!!

Best - Joe

[DaveK]

I'd definitely like to see one of those Camo Juices Joe - never seen one of those.

My KF4 is marked "USA" and is dated 0601/0701. I saw pictures on this site somewhere of the milled off versions too, guess they must have had a large stock of plier heads in when the court case kicked off.

My PRO is dated 0402 (so 2 months earlier than yours) and is also marked "TOOL", so that adds weight to your theory I guess.

I've seen pictures now of the Inferno SC2, so that's another one to add to the never-ending list! My SC2s are dated 1102 and 1202 so that probably supports something I read that said that all of the SC2s were made in one production run, so I'd guess they are all marked TOOL (no doubt someone will prove me wrong )

I only recently decided to start collecting the Juices, so far I have:

- PRO (Grey)
- CS4 (Glacier)
- KF4 (Solar)
- SC2 x 2 (Blue / Clear)
- C2 (Inferno)
- S2 (Flame)

...only another several hundred £s to go 

[ultimaonliner]

I don't know why LM got rid of the SC2.  I like it a lot and the clear aluminum handles are spectacular.  They have a mirror-like shine to them.