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How many Leathermans have you lost?

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us Offline Alan K.

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Re: How many Leathermans have you lost?
Reply #30 on: June 23, 2018, 12:05:44 AM
I've lost knives but never a multitool.


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Re: How many Leathermans have you lost?
Reply #31 on: July 13, 2018, 03:09:44 AM
I may have spoke too soon....my Charge TI is missing.....

Reached for it today and the pocket was empty. Unfortunately I do Archaeology frikd work, so there's no telling where it could be. Going to check the vehicles tomorrow just in case.


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Re: How many Leathermans have you lost?
Reply #32 on: July 13, 2018, 03:16:43 AM
Update...while looking for my Charge I did find my Switchplier.....I'd rather have the charge though lol


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Re: How many Leathermans have you lost?
Reply #33 on: July 13, 2018, 10:30:04 AM
I often find something long-lost whilst looking for something I have just lost...


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Re: How many Leathermans have you lost?
Reply #34 on: July 13, 2018, 10:42:38 AM
I often find something long-lost whilst looking for something I have just lost...
Me too!
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Re: How many Leathermans have you lost?
Reply #35 on: July 14, 2018, 03:36:52 PM
Found it! I slid in the backseat of the van a few days ago and over this bucket of marking flags. I'm guessing they grabbed the lanyard/pocket clip.


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Re: How many Leathermans have you lost?
Reply #36 on: July 14, 2018, 06:58:25 PM
I’ve given many away , don’t recall ever losing one . Did loose a SAK , Electrician Plus late last year , that sucked !

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Re: How many Leathermans have you lost?
Reply #37 on: July 14, 2018, 10:44:42 PM
Found it! I slid in the backseat of the van a few days ago and over this bucket of marking flags. I'm guessing they grabbed the lanyard/pocket clip.
What were you doing sliding in the back seat?  :pok:
Isn't it ironic that flags are usually used to draw attention the things?  :think:


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Re: How many Leathermans have you lost?
Reply #38 on: August 01, 2018, 03:22:07 PM
Devastated......... :rant:

Just lost my Crunch!!....... ??? ???


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Re: How many Leathermans have you lost?
Reply #39 on: August 01, 2018, 03:27:54 PM
Well that blows, Jaypeebee. :( :ahhh
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Sorry to hear that!

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Re: How many Leathermans have you lost?
Reply #40 on: August 01, 2018, 03:32:23 PM
Devastated......... :rant:

Just lost my Crunch!!....... ??? ???
Oh no sorry to hear that you lost your LM Crunch  :ahhh
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Re: How many Leathermans have you lost?
Reply #41 on: August 01, 2018, 04:16:55 PM
Went for it in my pocket........ And not there!
Looked everywhere I've been but can't find it!


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Re: How many Leathermans have you lost?
Reply #42 on: August 01, 2018, 04:23:36 PM
The usual "find it" instructions are :

Where & when was it when you definitely (for certain) remember having it ?

Work forward from there, paying particular attention to places where you sat down on something low (car seats, couches etc) or where you might have used it.

PS  Make sure you are having a "girl" look, not a "boy" look.
« Last Edit: August 01, 2018, 04:24:47 PM by gregozedobe »
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Re: How many Leathermans have you lost?
Reply #43 on: August 01, 2018, 04:34:48 PM
Thanks for the advice Greg, I'll try a girly look now!  :D


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Re: How many Leathermans have you lost?
Reply #44 on: August 01, 2018, 04:38:43 PM
Expand your peripheral vision took.  I once dropped my BO MT in the grass.  The light was getting low and I was searching all over.  The grass area I dropped the tool was approx 15feet X 20feet with some hedges.  I scoured what I thought to be every square inch with no luck.  I sat on my tail gate and thought oh well I tried.  Then I got up only to see it straight away. 

Sorry to hear you hopefully temporarily misplace your MT.   Good luck and I hope you locate it soon. 
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Re: How many Leathermans have you lost?
Reply #45 on: August 01, 2018, 06:44:01 PM
I have never lost a leatherman. But I have had one mini and one large victorinox tools when I was a teenager, that I don’t know what happened to (I honestly don’t know what happened to them).

Same story about a few folding and fixed blade knives I have had.

But I never lost a leatherman tool, I am usually very cautious about my leatherman tools


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Re: How many Leathermans have you lost?
Reply #46 on: August 01, 2018, 08:15:25 PM
Just got home from work, and look what I found hiding!!  :whistle:
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Re: How many Leathermans have you lost?
Reply #47 on: August 01, 2018, 08:17:45 PM
How lucky  :woohoo: :facepalm:
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Re: How many Leathermans have you lost?
Reply #48 on: August 01, 2018, 08:47:21 PM
 :like: :tu:


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Re: How many Leathermans have you lost?
Reply #49 on: August 01, 2018, 08:59:36 PM
 :rofl: :like:
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Re: How many Leathermans have you lost?
Reply #50 on: August 01, 2018, 09:01:54 PM
Certainly feel better now  :woohoo:


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Re: How many Leathermans have you lost?
Reply #51 on: August 02, 2018, 12:42:40 PM
Just got home from work, and look what I found hiding!!  :whistle:

nice!  :like:
it must be family to WSpeed's Crunch, always hiding from its owner and playing hide and seek games  :D
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Re: How many Leathermans have you lost?
Reply #52 on: August 03, 2018, 07:34:57 AM
Just got home from work, and look what I found hiding!!  :whistle:




nice!  :like:
it must be family to WSpeed's Crunch, always hiding from its owner and playing hide and seek games  :D

Hahaha..... You could be right  :rofl:
Don't like it when things get lost though!  :(


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Re: How many Leathermans have you lost?
Reply #53 on: September 06, 2018, 10:20:40 PM
Whelp, almost lost my charge again! Took it fishing and set it down on the handrail of a bridge while I retied.

I remember telling myself "make sure you don't leave it there"

I didn't notice for an hour that it missing, took the 20 minute drive back across town and it was laying right where I left it!!


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Re: How many Leathermans have you lost?
Reply #54 on: September 06, 2018, 10:48:10 PM
Very lucky nice one  :like: :tu:
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Re: How many Leathermans have you lost?
Reply #55 on: September 07, 2018, 12:09:13 AM
I have not lost any Leatherman, but gave away a few. I think 3 standard 2nd-gen Waves, 1 Wave plus, 1 TTC-modded Wave, 1 TTC-modded Charge TTi, 1 purple XE6, 1 Squirt S4...; and only one of the Waves is used  :think: something like that... Funny part is, I gifted these to ladies  >:D

That is just to show how easy to use the Wave/ Charge platform is.
« Last Edit: September 07, 2018, 12:11:12 AM by chrono »


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Re: How many Leathermans have you lost?
Reply #56 on: September 07, 2018, 01:26:02 AM
Whelp, almost lost my charge again! Took it fishing and set it down on the handrail of a bridge while I retied.

I remember telling myself "make sure you don't leave it there"

I didn't notice for an hour that it missing, took the 20 minute drive back across town and it was laying right where I left it!!

A little trick with embedded commands...

The mind tends to remember positives more than negatives. The embedded positive command in "make sure you don't leave it there" is "leave it there". The brain easily forgets the negative. The reason this works, is the brain imagines doing the bad thing in order to know what it's trying to avoid. That positive command that you wish to avoid is retained, and can become stronger than the negative that's supposed to cancel it out, and the action to be avoided gets confused as a goal.

If you get into the habit of telling yourself to "remember to pick that up" instead, there's no negative to forget, and more chance of remembering to do that simple positive action.

It can also be a useful trick with with trainees and kids too. Tell them what NOT to do, and you can be pretty certain they'll do it. :D Tell them what TO do instead, and there's more chance they will.

Just thought I'd throw that in  :whistle:


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Re: How many Leathermans have you lost?
Reply #57 on: September 07, 2018, 01:29:21 AM
Whelp, almost lost my charge again! Took it fishing and set it down on the handrail of a bridge while I retied.

I remember telling myself "make sure you don't leave it there"

I didn't notice for an hour that it missing, took the 20 minute drive back across town and it was laying right where I left it!!

A little trick with embedded commands...

The mind tends to remember positives more than negatives. The embedded positive command in "make sure you don't leave it there" is "leave it there". The brain easily forgets the negative. The reason this works, is the brain imagines doing the bad thing in order to know what it's trying to avoid. That positive command that you wish to avoid is retained, and can become stronger than the negative that's supposed to cancel it out, and the action to be avoided gets confused as a goal.

If you get into the habit of telling yourself to "remember to pick that up" instead, there's no negative to forget, and more chance of remembering to do that simple positive action.

It can also be a useful trick with with trainees and kids too. Tell them what NOT to do, and you can be pretty certain they'll do it. :D Tell them what TO do instead, and there's more chance they will.

Just thought I'd throw that in  :whistle:
I may have to start using that around my girlfriend lol

I've thought about getting a retractable tether but 1) not sure If they make one heavy duty enough, 2) it would constantly be swinging around

Unless they build a sheath a tether built in??


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Re: How many Leathermans have you lost?
Reply #58 on: September 07, 2018, 02:43:30 PM
I lost a black LM Rebar un the woods. Nearly new!

It slipped from the LM Velcro sheath through the space between the top cover and the body of the sheath...

I realized when arrived to the refuge  :facepalm:
« Last Edit: September 07, 2018, 03:05:39 PM by alexTOOL »


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Re: How many Leathermans have you lost?
Reply #59 on: September 07, 2018, 04:44:06 PM
 :facepalm:  Only one so far.  One of the original PST's from 1984 that my Dad gave me :-[
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