Suspension plier assembly question

Lynn LeFey · **on:** April 17, 2013, 08:18:26 PM

I don't know the history of MT development to answer this question, and I'm hoping someone here will know.

The plier head on the Suspension uses a metal bracket as the backstop for the pliers. It's held in place at the handle pivot, and with two additional screws. There are now a jillion tools to use this design, which seems to be an inexpensive solution to allowing tools with outside access.

Here's the question: Is the Suspension the first tool to use that plier backstop design?

Cupboard · **Reply #1 on:** April 17, 2013, 11:28:42 PM

Is that like the one on the Swisstool Spirit?

Lynn LeFey · **Reply #2 on:** April 17, 2013, 11:30:13 PM

It's a bit similar, except it uses torx screws to secure it, instead of the metal of the scales wrapped around it, the way the Spirit works. Should I be asking when the Spirit came out?

EDIT: a look on the SAKWiki says the Spirit came out in 2004, but I THINK the design might have been on on the Swisstool as far back as '97/98. Still looking for when the Suspension was released.