Leatherman hold *lots* of patents on their tool designs, but enforcing them in Russia – especially against the Red Army – is probably impossible.Just curiously, what are these tools for?
Well, copyright is tricky.It appears that Russia only recognizes patents newer than 1995 (when they joined the Berne Convention).That would technically cover the Wave...However, as long as that tool is not sold in the US, I seriously doubt that LM will start a legal battle over this.
Is it frozen in that picture?
The outside opening tool on the left looks like an awl, the inside opening tool on the right looks to be a scraper blade.Copyright and Intellectual Property Law is funny. Despite the obvious copying of many of the Waves design elements, it might have enough "improvements to the copyrighted design" allow it to skirt copyright law. Kind of like the situation with the CRKT M-16 series and the Gerber Evo knife.
The outside opening tool on the left looks like an awl, the inside opening tool on the right looks to be a scraper blade.
Quote from: sLaughterMed on April 19, 2016, 10:57:23 PMThe outside opening tool on the left looks like an awl, the inside opening tool on the right looks to be a scraper blade.Yeah, some sort of awl, although I wonder what that notch is for.The other one does look like some sort of scraper, reminds me of the multi-edge chisel blade on the SwissTools. I'm curious if they're specifically for weapon cleaning, like the carbon scraper on the Leatherman MUT.
More photos found.
I like it. Website link?
I'm not sure that you can buy them, it is necessary to contact the manufacturer.
Quote from: rdub934 on April 20, 2016, 02:50:35 AMI like it. Website link?http://onepamop.livejournal.com/1140514.htmlRussian assault battalion
BTW, in the blog, the weird suit with all the little tubes - is that like a heated ultra-cold-weather suit? I only made it through about two Russian classes and the Cyrillic alphabet murders me, so I haven't a clue what it says.