Just Pliers?

[tonyg]

Got my first SOG recently, (Poweraccess) and the only thing I really like about it are the pliers. The rest of the tools, (except maybe the awl), mostly just annoy me: worthless file, rounded-off flatheads, flimsy clip, weird knife, etc.  Whenever I take it out and fiddle with it, I think, "now why couldn't have Leatherman made this multitool?"  Anyway, I thought the pliers would be a nice compliment to my SAK Fieldmaster.  My question: has anyone ever modded a multitool down to where it was simply a decent pair of portable pliers?  Or is this impulse just a result of my general dislike of my first, (and probably last) Sog multitool?

[Vidar]

So basically the end result would only differ from regular pliers in that the handles fold more compact when not in use?

[tonyg]

yeah.....edc pliers I guess.  Mostly thinking out loud regarding a new multitool that I'm not really happy with.

[AimlessWanderer]

I have thought about doing this with a Leatherman Squirt. Much like your appraisal of the PowerAccess (which I was also disappointed with), the pliers are the main tool I like on the Squirt.

I also have a neck lanyard with assorted tools on, which is missing pliers. However, I don't want duplicate drivers, blades, or anything else that's already on there. A Squirt slimmed down to just pliers might be the perfect fit for that array.

[Syph007]

I sometimes carry a leatherman mini and Ive never used anything on there except pliers so its essentially just like carrying a cool set of folding pliers to compliment a SAK.

[Vidar]

If an even smaller travel safe plier is an option then I can say that I've been quite positively surprised by the Idltools t5 industrial multi-tool. Basically a tiny plier with a phillips and flat driver at the handle ends. No blade or pointy stuff so great for air travel.

[King_Gorilla]

I sometimes carry a leatherman mini and Ive never used anything on there except pliers so its essentially just like carrying a cool set of folding pliers to compliment a SAK.

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  I completely agree with Syph.  I carry a Mini in the little "pocket watch" pocket anytime I am not wearing a belt.  I've used the file once but other than that it is mostly about the pliers. 

I have thought about doing this with a Leatherman Squirt. Much like your appraisal of the PowerAccess (which I was also disappointed with), the pliers are the main tool I like on the Squirt.

I also have a neck lanyard with assorted tools on, which is missing pliers. However, I don't want duplicate drivers, blades, or anything else that's already on there. A Squirt slimmed down to just pliers might be the perfect fit for that array.

Just a thought,  if you were thinking about removing duplicate tools from your Squirt so that you have a less heavy set of folding Squirt pliers, why don't you try the Style PS.  I believe the pliers are exactly the same and it only has scissors and a nail file and the body is all skeletonized to make it super light. 

[AimlessWanderer]

I sometimes carry a leatherman mini and Ive never used anything on there except pliers so its essentially just like carrying a cool set of folding pliers to compliment a SAK.

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  I completely agree with Syph.  I carry a Mini in the little "pocket watch" pocket anytime I am not wearing a belt.  I've used the file once but other than that it is mostly about the pliers. 

I have thought about doing this with a Leatherman Squirt. Much like your appraisal of the PowerAccess (which I was also disappointed with), the pliers are the main tool I like on the Squirt.

I also have a neck lanyard with assorted tools on, which is missing pliers. However, I don't want duplicate drivers, blades, or anything else that's already on there. A Squirt slimmed down to just pliers might be the perfect fit for that array.

Just a thought,  if you were thinking about removing duplicate tools from your Squirt so that you have a less heavy set of folding Squirt pliers, why don't you try the Style PS.  I believe the pliers are exactly the same and it only has scissors and a nail file and the body is all skeletonized to make it super light.

Already playing with a different mod for the Style PS. The scissors kept crapping out, and I'm sick of sending them in for warranty replacement. I'm looking at trying a decent length Phillips, and a serrated sheepsfoot blade

[AimlessWanderer]

If an even smaller travel safe plier is an option then I can say that I've been quite positively surprised by the Idltools t5 industrial multi-tool. Basically a tiny plier with a phillips and flat driver at the handle ends. No blade or pointy stuff so great for air travel.

The T5 and T7 are excellent tools, let down by how easily they can do a Houdini on you. By the time you noticed they've escaped, it can be too late. However, I you come up with a better means of carry than on a keyring, they are really useful and reliable little tools.

[gregozedobe]

The SOG CrossGrip pliers are stronger than expected for such a small MT (because of the geared mechanism).

[King_Gorilla]

Already playing with a different mod for the Style PS. The scissors kept crapping out, and I'm sick of sending them in for warranty replacement. I'm looking at trying a decent length Phillips, and a serrated sheepsfoot blade

that's a good idea.  When I first bought my Style PS, I planned to replace the scissors with the little blade from the Style CS.  I never use scissors. (shocking, I know)  But after carrying the PS for about a week I realized that I always use my EDC blade for almost everything I have to cut.  then I usually have a blade on a bigger MT.  So the work to swap out the scissors never happened for me because it just seemed like a hassle just to make a backup backup backup blade. 

Now the little PS scissors have grown on me because about once every couple months I find a situation where it would actually be better to use them over a blade.  I can imagine that if I used them a lot, they might break on me like you described.   

If you do that mod, Which side do you plan to use for the blade and which side for the phillips?  I can see it working differently both ways.

[ThePeacent]

The ginormous Blacktip is carried on my EDC basically because of its unmatched pliers, unique in the MT world.
The SAK completes the set tool-wise

[Poncho65]

I sometimes carry a leatherman mini and Ive never used anything on there except pliers so its essentially just like carrying a cool set of folding pliers to compliment a SAK.

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That is my main way of thinking when I carry one as well Also the reason I made my modded SAK the way I did

Regular sized folding pliers and a fully loaded SAK

[tonyg]

Poncho: what are the regular size folding pliers you carry with your fully loaded SAK?  Also, could you give a link to the modded SAK you referred to?  thanks

[Poncho65]

Poncho: what are the regular size folding pliers you carry with your fully loaded SAK?  Also, could you give a link to the modded SAK you referred to?  thanks

I carry anything from the  !!!MINI!!! to the Surge

I will get a link to my mod in just a minute It is essentially a Vic Ranger with the Phillips/Mag layer and the inline awl of the 93mm alox SAKs in.place of the small blade

That SAK just puts me into a place that I can carry any MT I pretty much want to on a whim and still have all the tools I possibly could need

[Poncho65]

Link for my Master Ranger  The whole thread is a great read but my finished mod is toward the end of it

https://forum.multitool.org/index.php/topic,69140.0.html