Just had another look at it... Ah, it's awful...
“”In answer to your question Loopy, it was in one of their new(er) boxes... the ones with the new angry bird logo...“”This made my ears prick up...!Sorry to hear this FuzzI joked that the new emblem would be a way of differentiating between original LM and newer LMBut even so, I still wouldn’t buy new leathermans here in the UK, their prices are beyond a joke.
I blame coronavirus... Did I say that before?
The overall quality was crap. Scissors were dismal. And, yes, the grinds were atrocious. I'm no longer buying new LM products. Full stop.Vintage Supertool? You betcha.Vintage PST? Absolutely.Swisstool? Why.....yes.
(cough) bought another one...
Fuzzie's new Surge...
I recently bought a new BO Wave+ that had several lock engaging issues, amongst other issues. LM also needs to look at the scraping issues on the plier heads of the Wave and Surge. I like the worn look on BO tools, but the coating shouldn’t completely disappear after simply opening the tool a few times. Ridiculous
This may not be possible.. In comparison between let's say, rebar and ST300, wave and surge. Wave and Surge will always have the issue where the pliers scrape on the handles as they are fitted in just nice with very low tolerance. That is also what makes them a better driver as they will not have any handle play when putting in higher torque when twisting.
Reducing the plier thickness ever so slightly to create clearance, while maintaining plier tang thickness, would correct the issue without affecting tool integrity with other functions, so long as the tangs were properly parallel to the plier's central axis
I think all surges rattle a bit as well.
Just like Fuzzy's head. Go on, give him a good shake. You will hear his tiny, rock-hard brain rattle inside his overly large skull like a shaman's magic drum. True fact. (Image removed from quote.)