these police multitool threads become annoying. Most of the forum users tell you there is no need for a multitool in a daily officer job (and i agree with it).I suggest you to concentrate on one thread instead of making dozen of them.
Quote from: hellsing on May 17, 2016, 10:49:16 AMthese police multitool threads become annoying. Most of the forum users tell you there is no need for a multitool in a daily officer job (and i agree with it).I suggest you to concentrate on one thread instead of making dozen of them.New member chiming in; most of the guys at my station carry SAK types if they carry anything at all. Some of the younger lads have huge multi tools on their belts but we carry enough junk to be honest. I have a freestyle clipped inside my vest but I've only ever used the pliers and those not often. I carry a wrcase peanut too - I probably use that every day.- hope that's useful...
Quote from: pmew on May 18, 2016, 03:26:10 PMQuote from: hellsing on May 17, 2016, 10:49:16 AMthese police multitool threads become annoying. Most of the forum users tell you there is no need for a multitool in a daily officer job (and i agree with it).I suggest you to concentrate on one thread instead of making dozen of them.New member chiming in; most of the guys at my station carry SAK types if they carry anything at all. Some of the younger lads have huge multi tools on their belts but we carry enough junk to be honest. I have a freestyle clipped inside my vest but I've only ever used the pliers and those not often. I carry a wrcase peanut too - I probably use that every day.- hope that's useful...Welcome to the forum and thanks for the input
Quite a few plier bases options really. RX could be a candidate tho I'm not so sure about the bit/s . Its seems like a good tool in general but I think I still lean to thinking that police officers like civilians are preference driven. If we are talking about an agency supplying officers then..... Rebar, Wave or the like. I'm thinking feature rich tool would be most advantageous. I wonder how many officers would still carry a dedicated blade as a result?
I think personal preference plays the biggest factor. If I were a cop, I'd want light and reasonable access to tools, so maybe SwitchPlier or Pocket PowerPlier or MP400
New member chiming in; most of the guys at my station carry SAK types if they carry anything at all. Some of the younger lads have huge multi tools on their belts but we carry enough junk to be honest. I have a freestyle clipped inside my vest but I've only ever used the pliers and those not often. I carry a wrcase peanut too - I probably use that every day.
IMO the light-weight Leatherman Skeletool RX could be greatly improved for police use, by adding replaceable hardwire-cutters. Because sometimes officers need to cut a wire fence in a pursuit on foot, or if there is a fire or accident on a terrain, that is enclosed by fences or barb wire. And sometimes the patrol car is not nearby, or there is no time to walk two minutes to the police car and back. Adding replaceable hardwire-cutters to the Skeletool RX will not add much weight. It will probably add many years to the life span of this multitool in police use. And it will probably result in less clients, that ask for warranty repair.
Leatherman Skeletool Accidenthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yYLfGcmzAs
Quote from: Rico-2 on June 02, 2016, 01:55:51 PMLeatherman Skeletool Accidenthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yYLfGcmzAsI'm a tad curious why he was applying pressure to the back of the blade.
Quote from: WoodsDuck on June 02, 2016, 02:51:23 PMQuote from: Rico-2 on June 02, 2016, 01:55:51 PMLeatherman Skeletool Accidenthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yYLfGcmzAsI'm a tad curious why he was applying pressure to the back of the blade.Indeed, it seems like that's a case of him doing all the steps to fold the knife and being surprised that it works. I really wouldn't say that it failed but rather that it worked just as intended.
You're joking, right? You're criticizing a tool you've never handled based on one idiot who posted a video of his stupidity on the Internet? Here's an idea - we prefer real-life experience on this forum. Go get one, try it out, and then get back to us.
I will admit, I laughed, then I groaned, when I read the bit about police agencies lacking expertise in the arena of multitools. Yes, MT's are a niche market, and I've always been of the opinion that one should carry what they feel best suits their needs, which leads me to a question for any LEO or emergency responder who may read this thread: do your agencies or departments issue edged tools? It's one thing to defend the Skeletool RX as the perfect issue tool, but are they issued? I have never seen any kind of commonality between what one cop, EMT, firefighter, security guard, etc has in their pocket, which leads me to believe they are privately purchased. Two months ago, my son's Pre-K took a walking field trip to the fire station next door to their school. Being the knife nut I am, I was checking out their their belts and pockets. One guy had a Gerber multi in a belt sheath, and a folder clipped to his pocket. Another guy had a Benchmade knife, no MT. The third had a Spyderco, again, no MT. All of the knife clips had signs of obvious pocket wear, and the Gerber sheath looked like it was a decade old. All have very clearly been used over the course of years. I guess the point I am trying to make is that the knives and multis I saw in one fire department were all different, which to my mind means purchased separately. If they had been issued, they would like have been the same make, if not the same model, to take advantage of bulk-buy cost savings. That said, I don't think there is a best multitool for the lifetime of a given profession, just what works for you personally.
Another thing occurred to me about MT carry. At a job I had seven years ago, when I was much more into the acquisition phase of my knife and MT collection, I thought they were the bee's knees. I always thought the facilities guys should have multitools, because it would make their jobs so much easier having all those tools with them. One dude had a pair of small channeloks in his back pocket, but that's it. I always wondered why they didn't use such an obviously superior tool... Until I seriously used my Charge Tti in some projects on my new 1961 era tract house. Took me about 5 minutes to come to the realisation that my Leatherman was essentially a toy, while better than nothing, is essentially worthless to me as a tool. Imagine that! The facility guys who were keeping that old building running for a living knew what they're doing. No offense intended to the OP, but this (and the other topics) seems like data mining what LEOs carry, to acquire said gear, for the purpose of living out or imagining some romantic, Walter Mitty fantasy. Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk