The great multitool picture thread

J-sews · **Reply #420 on:** March 21, 2007, 01:07:27 AM

Wow! That looks to be one of those days you are thankful for the breakwaters and the seawall!

Dunc · **Reply #421 on:** March 21, 2007, 06:58:23 PM

Quote from: Tom Munch on March 21, 2007, 12:25:29 AM

Nice. Do you have a foam windscreen for the mic on your DVR?

I used my little Samsung camera so no option for a foam windscreen , sorry about the noise but that was how loud it was .

Cheers

and this is what it looks like about 22 hours later .Lost about 2 to 3 feet of sand by the looks of it , but it will come back . Ok sorry everyone back on topic

Dunc

Grant Lamontagne · **Reply #422 on:** March 21, 2007, 07:08:51 PM

Jeez, at least prop up a SwissTool in those pics!

Def

Tom Munch · **Reply #423 on:** March 21, 2007, 07:09:59 PM

Dunc,

I'm so dense that I thought that was regular wind noise in the camera. My phone handsfree sounds like that even on a day with little wind if I don't have a windscreen on it. BTW you can tape a small piece of foam over the mic to get rid of some that even if the mic is flush with the front of the DVR - just for future reference with your family videos.

Tom

Tom Munch · **Reply #424 on:** March 21, 2007, 07:19:22 PM

Hey Dunc,

I was trying to find the area in your video on Google Earth. Is that in Salthouse? Sheringham? Morston?

Dunc · **Reply #425 on:** March 21, 2007, 07:47:07 PM

Its a little village between Sheringham and Great Yarmouth called Sea Palling

Dunc

Tom Munch · **Reply #426 on:** March 21, 2007, 07:48:54 PM

Doh! It says that right on your site.

Tom Munch · **Reply #427 on:** March 21, 2007, 07:54:05 PM

Looks like a beautiful place on Google Earth.

Dunc · **Reply #428 on:** March 21, 2007, 08:28:48 PM

Quote from: Tom Munch on March 21, 2007, 07:54:05 PM

Looks like a beautiful place on Google Earth.

Thanks Tom .

Just found this pic on my hardrive . I'm sure it came off the old Victorinox website

Dunc · **Reply #429 on:** March 21, 2007, 08:35:55 PM

Found this one on google the other day , anyone else seen one of those stands before ?

Dunc

Grant Lamontagne · **Reply #430 on:** March 21, 2007, 11:57:54 PM

I believe Mr Phifer of Central Valley has one, doesn't he?

Def

prime77 · **Reply #431 on:** March 23, 2007, 02:06:42 AM

My stepsons and I walked across the Dam near our house. I took along my SwissTool.

prime77 · **Reply #432 on:** March 23, 2007, 02:08:14 AM

Grant Lamontagne · **Reply #433 on:** March 23, 2007, 11:57:23 AM

Excellent pics! I am going to steal one for the Day's SAKtivity on SOSAKOnline...

Def

Anthony · **Reply #434 on:** March 24, 2007, 03:18:36 AM

Quote from: Defender on March 23, 2007, 11:57:23 AM

Excellent pics! I am going to steal one for the Day's SAKtivity on SOSAKOnline...

Def

The Leatherman mounting a Swisstool is a rare sight to see in the wild.

Dunc · **Reply #435 on:** March 24, 2007, 10:46:15 AM

Quote from: Corrugated on March 24, 2007, 03:18:36 AM

Quote from: Defender on March 23, 2007, 11:57:23 AM
Excellent pics! I am going to steal one for the Day's SAKtivity on SOSAKOnline...

Def

The Leatherman mounting a Swisstool is a rare sight to see in the wild.

Too funny

Think of the offspring

A swisstool with quality control problems

Dunc

J-sews · **Reply #436 on:** March 24, 2007, 07:10:55 PM

Quote from: Corrugated on March 24, 2007, 03:18:36 AM

The Leatherman mounting a Swisstool is a rare sight to see in the wild.

Dunc · **Reply #437 on:** March 26, 2007, 08:38:05 PM

Heres todays little fix

One of them came out really well I think ...

Dunc

Dunc · **Reply #438 on:** March 26, 2007, 08:41:25 PM

If anyone wants the full size version of any of my pics then just PM me you email and I will send it to you .

Dunc

J-sews · **Reply #439 on:** March 27, 2007, 02:05:55 AM

Great pics Dunc, but I gotta admit, every time I see pictures of your nice tools laying down near that beach sand I get the heebie-jeebies. Have you ever dropped one on the beach and gotten sand in between all the blades, in every nook and cranny?

Maybe its just me....I got this thing about sand.

Dunc · **Reply #440 on:** March 27, 2007, 06:59:50 PM

Yeh I have dropped them on a couple of occasions and the sound of sand in the joints makes me cringe too . But I do have access to an airline /compresser at work and the boatshed and they blow out all the crap plus they have a bath when needed . All my tools are very clean and lightly oiled , I have a thing about it , my wife says its a shame I didnt feel that way about the rest of the house

. Another problem is sand thats airborn in the wind , it gets everywhere

But you do get used to it . I suppose my Spyderco Atlantic Salt gets the most abuse as I put it in the leg pocket of my drysuit which isnt water proof so it gets everything thrown at it , but it does get washed and dried after each adventure .

Dunc

Dunc · **Reply #441 on:** April 11, 2007, 12:19:23 PM

I was sitting in the car waiting for my wife to come out of a shop and I was bored so......

Dunc

Grant Lamontagne · **Reply #442 on:** April 11, 2007, 01:20:58 PM

It seemed like a good idea to move this one down here to the new picture forum...

I hope no one minds?

Def

Grant Lamontagne · **Reply #443 on:** April 11, 2007, 01:21:54 PM

Btw, Dunc, what kind of BMW is that?

I'll bet you don't have many pics of the SwissTool under the hood of that thing!

Def

Dunc · **Reply #444 on:** April 11, 2007, 01:41:12 PM

Quote from: Defender on April 11, 2007, 01:21:54 PM

I'll bet you don't have many pics of the SwissTool under the hood of that thing!

Def

Funny you should say that

Its a 1992 318se i Its done over 150,000 and did cost me quite a bit at the last MOT but she drives lovely and handles like a dream .

I've had her a couple of years and she doesnt look this good now

Dunc

Grant Lamontagne · **Reply #445 on:** April 11, 2007, 01:48:03 PM

Nice machine!

My Sunfire has also looked better... I find the worst offender is other people...

I can't count the number of times I have wanted to try out my Vic Rescue Tool on the car next to me in a parking lot as a result of a new scratch or door ding on my car!

Def

Spoonrobot · **Reply #446 on:** April 13, 2007, 06:30:08 PM

My new Gerber Freehand.

Dunc · **Reply #447 on:** April 13, 2007, 06:45:55 PM

Nice pics

I'd like to have a look at one of them , they look like a good improvement . Novel idea with the tape measure .

Dunc

J-sews · **Reply #448 on:** April 13, 2007, 11:32:49 PM

Nice pics Spoonrobot! How do you like it so far?

Spoonrobot · **Reply #449 on:** April 14, 2007, 07:13:18 AM

I did a little review over at the Bladeforums.com (here).

My overwhelming dislike for the ruler is fading after a few days of use.

Other than that the tool is pretty cool. Being the size it is it is fairly heavy but I have no real problem carrying it in the front pocket of my elastic-waisted Chef pants. I do like the implements and had a chance to give the pliers and philips driver a fairly thorough workout yesterday while fixing the linkage for our oven doors at work. The pliers are really big-job material so no complaints as far as strength goes. There are some heavy pressure points on the handles due to the outside folding blades but they aren't nearly as bad as on the original Leatherman Tool.

I will give complements to the philips, being situated as it is it performs better than most other multi-srewdrivers that rest against the outside of the handles. Since it rests against the inside of the handle (closer to the centerline of the handles) you don't get the infamous multi-tool wobble that you would get with most other philips drivers.

The can opener works poorly as does the bottle opener. They do work but it is not very ergonomic or as efficient as other models.

As excepted the scissors and the blades are awesome. The plain edge blade came with a very sharp toothy edge that slices extremely well and the V-style serrations on the serrated blade work wonderfully but I am curious to see how well the hold up as the edge dulls. The scissors is big, sharp and cut through thick double-ply cardboard with only a little effort. As far as the one-handed aspect goes it is hit or miss. Opening is no problem for either of the blades but closing is kind of fatiguing over time due to the height of the lock release and length of the tool. It is not the same as the Wave where you can whip out the knife, make the cut and release the lock in one smooth motion. It is more jerky and the lock release does turn your fingers into hamburger if try to use it all day one-handed.

The ruler is useful and the screwdriver tip prys well but I still feel this is a redundant item. I don't want to wait for the FliK; I want my saw now! I do plan on modding to ruler into a saw holder once I head out the Home Depot to pick up some saw blades and a few machine screws so I might have my own fix in store, we'll see.

Overall I love the aesthetics of this tool, it is really quite a step up from the old Multi-Plier 600 series but I feel there is a lot of lost usefulness here that really keeps the tool from it's full potential. With some minor changes (slightly short plier head, slightly longer base implements, saw/file/saw holder in place of ruler and it would be golden) I think this tool would make an excellent platform for other variations but that is up to Gerber.

I do love those icons for the outside tools though, awesome.

Here are some picks compared to the old Wave.

One question; as I understand it this tool came out several months ago but there is no traffic on any forums about it, why not?

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