Thanks Poncho. :multi:
I need Buy Rev Gut that thing out get Packed for Fun :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: and add on to ReBlaster XYes, the REV can be a donor tool for your next creation.
:like:I need Buy Rev Gut that thing out get Packed for Fun :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: and add on to ReBlaster XYes, the REV can be a donor tool for your next creation.
I carried my REV all day Saturday as I was at and around the home front. The pliers and wire cutter do a nice job for my needs along with the plain edge blade. It was accompanied by my Micra and a Orange SAK Pioneer. The pocket clip is first rate and kept the tool secured to front jean pocket.
Be careful, its bigger brothers, Wingman and Sidekick may be finding a way to sneak into your collection. Or a uncle Rebar or Wave. It never stops with ONLY one.
All the best!
:like:I need Buy Rev Gut that thing out get Packed for Fun :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: and add on to ReBlaster XYes, the REV can be a donor tool for your next creation.
I carried my REV all day Saturday as I was at and around the home front. The pliers and wire cutter do a nice job for my needs along with the plain edge blade. It was accompanied by my Micra and a Orange SAK Pioneer. The pocket clip is first rate and kept the tool secured to front jean pocket.
Be careful, its bigger brothers, Wingman and Sidekick may be finding a way to sneak into your collection. Or a uncle Rebar or Wave. It never stops with ONLY one.
All the best!
Your warning is far too late :facepalm: Mind you I started with a Charge and a Surge then worked my way through the various models. :multi:
Thanks Gerleatherberman (did I got it right!?) For your compliment!! The Rev pliers are my everyday go to pliers; I really like the precision of the tip's bite, and are not as needle nose as the PST II or Wave's. BTW, you are one of "my motivators" to collect and modify mt's. Thank you!
Thanks, Poncho! You're another inspiration/motivator! :tu:
Thank you, Sam, since you were the one that gave me the validation to do it! As I read your mod in the S/W post, I thought it would be really easy with the Dremel without taking it apart (just to do that two weeks later for the acid wash!!); the only thing different being that I took 1mm from each stop. Thanks for your "tests" on multitools and your challenges, as they are very informative...although I don't think I'll put my Rev through the nail test! :rofl:
:rofl:
Ahhhh...who am I kidding! How in the world will there be "limits" if we do not go beyond them?!?!? I've acid dunked-stone washed it and modified it for THAT same reason! And I won't care if it breaks or gets lost (or given away as a "gateway gift" to an unsuspecting "mt newbie") because of it. May the mayhem begin >:D
I bought one when they first came out, paired it up with a micra. Just dont like the handle splay when using the pliers, quite wide and a bit clumsy. Same for side kick and wingman. Still good tools and quite handy for little edc tasks.
Saw the rising prioces too for side kick and wing man and holy crap 140 for a P-4!! so its still a good alternative starting point.
I like your style :climber: I'm the kind of person who wants the new P2, just so I can take it apart and make it better. I think I void the warranty on every tool I own..
you know...Warranty Voider should be a badge lol. >:D >:D
To my best understanding, it is a tool geared towards light-duty, like for switch plates, handcrafts, hobbies; has lots of handle splay from the factory (which hinders use of small-handed people, like me), and has no locking mechanism for the tools. Although there are tools like the PST/PST II, sidekick, and Wingman which do not have it, they have a solid spine that traverse the tool's back and gives more tension to hold the tool in place. The Rev has a split spine which I think does not provide a good amount of tension when, for example, torquing down a screw or bolt.
Having said that, I really like that the pliers are not sprung, its lightness, the factory pocket clip, simplicity, and quality. I made some "improvements" on both of mine making them more to my liking (read enjoyimg the heck out pf them!) such as reducing the handle splay, polishing the pliers, reprofiled the flat drivers, and on one of them reprofiled the phillips' driver to accept a removable bit driver (it fits diagonally).
To me, it is a great light duty/ minimalistic tool that works very well to its intended uses (and then some; as I've been hard on the pliers and they've been on par to my PST II's) and for light/complementary EDC.
Hope it helps a bit, and that you enjoy yours! :tu:
To my best understanding, it is a tool geared towards light-duty, like for switch plates, handcrafts, hobbies; has lots of handle splay from the factory (which hinders use of small-handed people, like me), and has no locking mechanism for the tools. Although there are tools like the PST/PST II, sidekick, and Wingman which do not have it, they have a solid spine that traverse the tool's back and gives more tension to hold the tool in place. The Rev has a split spine which I think does not provide a good amount of tension when, for example, torquing down a screw or bolt.
Having said that, I really like that the pliers are not sprung, its lightness, the factory pocket clip, simplicity, and quality. I made some "improvements" on both of mine making them more to my liking (read enjoyimg the heck out pf them!) such as reducing the handle splay, polishing the pliers, reprofiled the flat drivers, and
Edit: Just checked at the Leatherman's web site, and it appears as a current model; also on Amazon, and I've seen it at the big-orange-diy-home-renovation-store!
My bad;sorry! It HAS been discontinued; it still appears in the canadian web page though. ( And no, I'm not canadian, it was because it was the first link I opened!) :facepalm:
Very nice, Juan.
I guess you could say they are " Juan of a kind" :tu:
Nice bunch of gear, BM :o :like:Thank you! :)
Out today, was the "youngest" of my modified Revs; I was not at school today (allowing to carry small knife) but wanted my lightest and simplest, and since it was a just-in-case-kinda-tool, it made perfect sense.Nice
I picked up a Rev this morning to replace a Gerber Suspension NXT that was a pile a crud. I was looking for a pocket friendly MT and like the size.I agree. I already had it (was gifted it) before I saw all the hate. Used it for months as my only Leatherman I owned. I gifted a few and in recent months I bought a couple still sitting on Home Depot shelves. Ill be keeping them until mine breaks. Then Ill use the ones stored away.
Anyhow, I really like it so far and honestly I don't get some of the hate that I just read about it. It seems like a quality pocket friendly MT.
Time to join the club!
I never had any intention of owning a Rev. I felt that it was a cost cutting exercise or someones Six Sigma certification project on cost reduction. My interest was renewed when I learned that the Rev plier head is totally different from that of the Wingman and Sidekick’s. I hate pliers that cannot cut wire properly, heck they can’t even cut bamboo skewers properly! Then I thought of the Rev. I learned that the plier head of the Rev isn’t a drop-in for the Wingman/Sidekick. So back I go to the Rev. What if I made a Rev with scissors and bit changer?
Here I go buying a second hand Rev - it arrived yesterday in all its rusty stained glory. To the credit of LM, an overnight soak, sandpaper and WD40 work wonders on their product. All I had to do was re-assemble it…..and figure out which washers go where :think:
Finally, here’s my Rev. Hopefully I assembled it correctly :ahhh:
Will I still mod it? Well, the parts will cost as much as the tool itself so….maybe not just yet. Upon handling the Rev, I got an appreciation on the possible thought behind the tool. The implements fit the concept of the tool properly (except for the file which is still unforgivable). I have to say that it’s a GREAT lightweight tool that carries just like a SAK with an OHO blade.
I love the plier head on the Rev but the handle splay renders it useless, especially for people with small hands. Might as well make it a glorified screwdriver for all its worth.
I love the plier head on the Rev but the handle splay renders it useless, especially for people with small hands. Might as well make it a glorified screwdriver for all its worth.
You are bonded with it now :ahhh
Being bitten by your own tool is not great and almost similar to being bitten by your own dog :D there is a bit of betrayal that you feel :whistle: :D
Congratulations on the Rev, FX. While I think that the Ozark Trail Multiforce is a much better buy at $38 (as compared to the Rev's sticker price of $59), it is a Leatherman. And I like its knife blade more.
Thanks, Adam! And pliers bites don't seem nearly as bad as grabbing the business end of a hot soldering iron. I've heard every electrician will do that at some time...
:ahhh :ahhh Well you 2 are bonded now :D Still, I hate when a tool does that :ahhh
:ahhh :ahhh Well you 2 are bonded now :D Still, I hate when a tool does that :ahhhYep, there was a saying going on in a local Bulgarian knife forum that a knife isn't truly yours until it cuts you :D
Well, he was all revved up about the tool ... :whistle:Pretty much yes. I have a love-hate relationship with that particular model which after yesterday only deepened the spectrum of feelings I have for it :D
Here, let me help with that:
https://forum.multitool.org/index.php/topic,69547.msg1930609.html#msg1930609
:like:
Should end up something like this: [ This attachment cannot be displayed inline in 'Print Page' view ] :D