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Forged pliers - Why not?

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Forged pliers - Why not?
on: August 30, 2017, 03:49:23 AM
So apparently Stanley brand at Walmart has forged pliers for super cheap. Why cant Leatherman have forged pliers? People say "cost", but Stanley has 6 inch drop-forged pliers for about $4.  Really, go to Walmart and look on the back of the product. Drop-forged pliers. It's pretty hard to believe that even after all the Leatherman price increases over the years that they still cant afford a single drop-forging machine. Or even machine the pliers out of cold rolled bar-stock.  I like Leatherman, but they seem to be lazy and dont seem to listen to people complaining about snapping pliers.
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Re: Forged pliers - Why not?
Reply #1 on: August 30, 2017, 04:42:05 AM
So apparently Stanley brand at Walmart has forged pliers for super cheap. Why cant Leatherman have forged pliers? People say "cost", but Stanley has 6 inch drop-forged pliers for about $4.  Really, go to Walmart and look on the back of the product. Drop-forged pliers. It's pretty hard to believe that even after all the Leatherman price increases over the years that they still cant afford a single drop-forging machine. Or even machine the pliers out of cold rolled bar-stock.  I like Leatherman, but they seem to be lazy and dont seem to listen to people complaining about snapping pliers.

$4 is probably sale price of Chinese-made pliers. I think Leatherman pliers are imported? Your Leatherman tool goes thru a lot of American hands before it get to you. At each step, there is a cost associated to it. Not to mention, a percentage of the price you pay is pretty much "pre-paid" warranty cost, as 10% of Leatherman works is on warranty alone. I recall a company produced multi tools with pliers machined out of billets. The sticker price is quite shocking. Can't remember its name. 


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Re: Forged pliers - Why not?
Reply #2 on: August 30, 2017, 11:51:45 AM
So apparently Stanley brand at Walmart has forged pliers for super cheap. Why cant Leatherman have forged pliers? People say "cost", but Stanley has 6 inch drop-forged pliers for about $4.  Really, go to Walmart and look on the back of the product. Drop-forged pliers. It's pretty hard to believe that even after all the Leatherman price increases over the years that they still cant afford a single drop-forging machine. Or even machine the pliers out of cold rolled bar-stock.  I like Leatherman, but they seem to be lazy and dont seem to listen to people complaining about snapping pliers.

$4 is probably sale price of Chinese-made pliers. I think Leatherman pliers are imported? Your Leatherman tool goes thru a lot of American hands before it get to you. At each step, there is a cost associated to it. Not to mention, a percentage of the price you pay is pretty much "pre-paid" warranty cost, as 10% of Leatherman works is on warranty alone. I recall a company produced multi tools with pliers machined out of billets. The sticker price is quite shocking. Can't remember its name.

Was it the Multitaskers machined from billet? I think they too were Chinese made. Expensive, tacticool, and no scissors. Three reasons for me to leave them alone.


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Re: Forged pliers - Why not?
Reply #3 on: August 30, 2017, 01:01:32 PM
So apparently Stanley brand at Walmart has forged pliers for super cheap. Why cant Leatherman have forged pliers? People say "cost", but Stanley has 6 inch drop-forged pliers for about $4.  Really, go to Walmart and look on the back of the product. Drop-forged pliers. It's pretty hard to believe that even after all the Leatherman price increases over the years that they still cant afford a single drop-forging machine. Or even machine the pliers out of cold rolled bar-stock.  I like Leatherman, but they seem to be lazy and dont seem to listen to people complaining about snapping pliers.

$4 is probably sale price of Chinese-made pliers. I think Leatherman pliers are imported? Your Leatherman tool goes thru a lot of American hands before it get to you. At each step, there is a cost associated to it. Not to mention, a percentage of the price you pay is pretty much "pre-paid" warranty cost, as 10% of Leatherman works is on warranty alone. I recall a company produced multi tools with pliers machined out of billets. The sticker price is quite shocking. Can't remember its name.

Was it the Multitaskers machined from billet? I think they too were Chinese made. Expensive, tacticool, and no scissors. Three reasons for me to leave them alone.
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