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Re: Ye Olde Club of Old School Leatherman
Reply #4170 on: January 18, 2026, 08:50:32 AM
Quote from: Nonaute on January 17, 2026, 09:04:10 PM
Hey ! Where can I find those smileys, like :bump: ?

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Re: Ye Olde Club of Old School Leatherman
Reply #4171 on: January 18, 2026, 09:23:11 AM
Yes Monsieur   :cheers:

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Re: Ye Olde Club of Old School Leatherman
Reply #4172 on: January 19, 2026, 01:11:51 AM
This is one of my favorite threads :D I did start it though :whistle: ;)
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Re: Ye Olde Club of Old School Leatherman
Reply #4173 on: January 19, 2026, 01:26:26 AM
Wow! So much greatness is present in this thread. 

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My latest arrival, qualifies for inclusion 🌹

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This PST was listed as a BOND.  HAS NO MARKS, only a finger print on the blade that is not mine.   And at a bargain too!  :hatsoff:
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Re: Ye Olde Club of Old School Leatherman
Reply #4174 on: January 19, 2026, 01:27:23 AM
 :woohoo: Great find LC :woohoo: :like: :like:
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Re: Ye Olde Club of Old School Leatherman
Reply #4175 on: January 19, 2026, 07:10:42 AM
Nice PST, LC  :tu:

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Re: Ye Olde Club of Old School Leatherman
Reply #4176 on: January 19, 2026, 01:51:21 PM
Thank you.  :cheers:
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Re: Ye Olde Club of Old School Leatherman
Reply #4177 on: January 19, 2026, 08:36:25 PM
 :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh !!!MINI!!! :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh

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Reply #4178 on: January 23, 2026, 06:10:01 PM
 :drool:

Another one that's great ! After the PST, the mini is the second usefull tool from Leatherman, for me. Before PST II, which I like very much, but I don't need cissors for everyday use. On the other hand, I always need a well sharpened blade, file, screwdriver, and pliers :)

I LOVE thoses old school LM  :woohoo:
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Re: Ye Olde Club of Old School Leatherman
Reply #4179 on: January 26, 2026, 01:59:10 AM
They pair best with a small SAK, that way you can carry most things you need in a very small footprint :cheers:

I also made some Charge knives that compliment pretty much any MT I want to carry :tu:
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Re: Ye Olde Club of Old School Leatherman
Reply #4180 on: January 26, 2026, 02:03:44 AM
Paired with a Vic Executive :cheers:



Charge Knife :cheers:

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Re: Ye Olde Club of Old School Leatherman
Reply #4181 on: January 26, 2026, 04:03:25 PM
Charge Knife ? Does it mean you splitted a charge in two by removing plier ?

I'm not familiar with Swiss tools, does this one offer some good and usefull tools ? I think it's Victorinox. I just have one swiss tool, which come from my father (an old one, not in very good condition, but... it was one of my father's knife :) ).
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Re: Ye Olde Club of Old School Leatherman
Reply #4182 on: January 26, 2026, 08:26:25 PM
Yes, the Charge Knife is half a Charge after I removed the handles from the plier head :cheers: It has a PE vlade, the diamond file, scissors and a bit driver :tu:

I carry a Victorinox Executive daily and have for quite a number of years but I do occasionally carry a Victorinox Minichamp as well :tu: I do keep close a modded one as well that I call a Master Ranger and it is a Ranger with magnifier and inline Phillips driver :cheers: the scissors of a SAK are better than ones from most MT manufacturers is the main reason I carry one as well :cheers:
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Re: Ye Olde Club of Old School Leatherman
Reply #4183 on: January 26, 2026, 09:18:32 PM
It's a very good idea ! I have to do that ! :D

I just need to found a first original Titanium charge for keeping as collection, then a second one to make a charge knife like you did  :ahhh

Great project ! Thank you for this idea :tu:

I often see some swiss tools for sale, some looks just like two pieces of red plastic and some tiny metal tools. I know I'm wrong, but I never had one in my hands, I think  :think:

I'm going to buy one and check by myself :D
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Reply #4184 on: January 27, 2026, 08:28:12 AM
Nonaute, If you are talking about SAKs, I've always had the same impression of plastic and little tools. That being said, you might be reconciled with them if you start looking at the Alox versions  ;) I've avoided buying one for now to not fall in the rabbit hole. Cause Poncho is right about those Vic scissors and a mix and match with a LM seems like a good way to go.

For myself, I can't see myself without some kind of real pliers and in my world the old style LM are better than the modern MTs : thiner, more precise, more discreet for urban use.  I wish I would have known about leatherman back in my youth. I would have bought one (or two :D) of each model (pst, pst2, flair, mini, sideclip, maybe a supertool), and then been happy for the rest of my life.

The Bond gets close, the Spirit is well, Swiss quality, and the Wave is an impressive and fun piece of engineering. They just don't have that perfection of the Oldies.

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Re: Ye Olde Club of Old School Leatherman
Reply #4185 on: January 27, 2026, 09:47:47 AM
Quote from: Nonaute on January 26, 2026, 09:18:32 PM
I often see some swiss tools for sale, some looks just like two pieces of red plastic and some tiny metal tools. I know I'm wrong, but I never had one in my hands, I think  :think:

I'm going to buy one and check by myself :D

Good luck!

They are not really for heavy duty work, but more for the small tasks of daily life. If you find a model that suits you it can become a trusted companion. The scissors are superb, and things like the saw and the metal file may surprise you with what they can do (if you were to pick one of the larger models that has such things; they are less pocketable, though).

As Frenchephaistos says, the “Alox” models which have textured aluminium sides are more durable and slightly larger, and have some more robust tools. The Pioneer is a great place to start with these, or Pioneer X if you want the scissors. Both have a really great awl. Farmer or Farmer X add the saw.
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Reply #4186 on: January 27, 2026, 08:21:17 PM
Quote from: Frenchephaistos on January 27, 2026, 08:28:12 AM
Nonaute, If you are talking about SAKs, I've always had the same impression of plastic and little tools. That being said, you might be reconciled with them if you start looking at the Alox versions  ;) I've avoided buying one for now to not fall in the rabbit hole. Cause Poncho is right about those Vic scissors and a mix and match with a LM seems like a good way to go.

For myself, I can't see myself without some kind of real pliers and in my world the old style LM are better than the modern MTs : thiner, more precise, more discreet for urban use.  I wish I would have known about leatherman back in my youth. I would have bought one (or two :D) of each model (pst, pst2, flair, mini, sideclip, maybe a supertool), and then been happy for the rest of my life.

The Bond gets close, the Spirit is well, Swiss quality, and the Wave is an impressive and fun piece of engineering. They just don't have that perfection of the Oldies.

We both know that we're on the same line regarding the old LM tools ;)

I'm going to check Alox version of the swiss MT, don't even know the price of such a tool :D

For the bold part, that's EXACTLY what I'm doing ;)

Except for the PST's... for them, I already fell in the rabbit hole :whistle:

Thanks for your advices  :hatsoff:
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Re: Ye Olde Club of Old School Leatherman
Reply #4187 on: January 27, 2026, 08:26:28 PM
Quote from: fullbreakfast on January 27, 2026, 09:47:47 AM
Good luck!

They are not really for heavy duty work, but more for the small tasks of daily life. If you find a model that suits you it can become a trusted companion. The scissors are superb, and things like the saw and the metal file may surprise you with what they can do (if you were to pick one of the larger models that has such things; they are less pocketable, though).

As Frenchephaistos says, the “Alox” models which have textured aluminium sides are more durable and slightly larger, and have some more robust tools. The Pioneer is a great place to start with these, or Pioneer X if you want the scissors. Both have a really great awl. Farmer or Farmer X add the saw.

I understand. As I always have a MT attached to my belt, and a Tread at my wrist, I don't know if I really need an other tool for my everyday needs.

But, well, I'm going to manage to find one if I can, and then, I'll know ;)

Thanks to you  :hatsoff:
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Re: Ye Olde Club of Old School Leatherman
Reply #4188 on: January 28, 2026, 10:57:44 PM
Quote from: Nonaute on January 27, 2026, 08:26:28 PM
I understand. As I always have a MT attached to my belt, and a Tread at my wrist, I don't know if I really need an other tool for my everyday needs.

But, well, I'm going to manage to find one if I can, and then, I'll know ;)

Thanks to you  :hatsoff:

My pleasure! I hope it is a good experiment.
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