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Re: Wave Owners Club
Reply #2190 on: June 01, 2020, 05:45:21 AM
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Re: Wave Owners Club
Reply #2191 on: June 08, 2020, 11:19:16 AM
I've had trouble bonding with my Wave since getting it in a trade a few months back. Comparing it to my Spirit which has seen extensive use at work and home it just sned to be lacking.
Last night I had a mini revelation and have decided to view it as an excellent pair of pliers with two great blades, top notch file and decent saw, all really accessible, and a few ok'ish inside tools that can be pressed into service if needs be.

That makes me feel a lot better about owning it.
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Re: Wave Owners Club
Reply #2192 on: June 08, 2020, 12:09:23 PM
Good on you for giving it a chance, mags :cheers: The blades and diamond file are a big draw for me and I like the bit driver as well ;) I use the saw a lot less these days than I use to but still nice to have :cheers: Scissors are nice but I always have a SAK with scissors and my Charge knife but still nice to have backups of tools :whistle: :D


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Re: Wave Owners Club
Reply #2193 on: June 08, 2020, 12:23:09 PM
Yep, backups are awlways good  :cheers:

The blades and file are really impressive and the ergo's are pretty decent too
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Re: Wave Owners Club
Reply #2194 on: June 08, 2020, 02:30:50 PM
Good one Magentus  :cheers:
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Re: Wave Owners Club
Reply #2195 on: June 08, 2020, 03:45:00 PM
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Re: Wave Owners Club
Reply #2196 on: June 11, 2020, 10:09:58 PM
Sended few weeks ago my OG Wave to warranty and asked them to repair it not replace it and got it back today. They repaired allmost all tools except longest flathead.
They also changed pliers head to new ones, Both blades, smallest and largest flatheads.

Now i need to find somewhere that long flathead to replace broken one



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Re: Wave Owners Club
Reply #2197 on: June 11, 2020, 11:33:54 PM
Nice one Antti  :like: :tu:
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Re: Wave Owners Club
Reply #2198 on: June 11, 2020, 11:36:22 PM
Congrats Antti  :woohoo: They did a great job on it :like: :like:


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Reply #2199 on: June 12, 2020, 03:21:28 AM
Sended few weeks ago my OG Wave to warranty and asked them to repair it not replace it and got it back today. They repaired allmost all tools except longest flathead.
They also changed pliers head to new ones, Both blades, smallest and largest flatheads.

Now i need to find somewhere that long flathead to replace broken one
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Reply #2200 on: June 12, 2020, 10:06:18 AM
Thanks everyone


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Re: Wave Owners Club
Reply #2201 on: June 24, 2020, 09:06:47 PM
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Re: Wave Owners Club
Reply #2202 on: June 24, 2020, 11:20:02 PM
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Reply #2203 on: June 24, 2020, 11:58:20 PM
Thanks Poncho  :cheers: :tu:
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Reply #2204 on: June 29, 2020, 07:15:48 AM
Nice snap, Ws!  Nothing-better than a Wave Plus close-up.  :like:[/b

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Re: Wave Owners Club
Reply #2205 on: June 29, 2020, 01:35:46 PM
Nice pic eT  !   :cheers:


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Reply #2206 on: June 29, 2020, 02:02:45 PM
Thanks eTripper and nice pic of yours  :cheers: :like:
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Re: Wave Owners Club
Reply #2207 on: June 29, 2020, 08:11:37 PM


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Re: Wave Owners Club
Reply #2208 on: July 04, 2020, 06:40:13 AM
Hey all, new Leatherman Wave owner here and so far loving the utility of it, especially for fishing and camping. Quick question, when I bought mine I also bought one for my father for Father’s Day. I bought him the regular Stainless steel version and i bought the limited edition black and stainless steel version for myself.

I notice that his operates a lot smoother than mine and his pliers basically fall shut just with gravity whereas mine require you to actually squeeze them together and will stop and stay at any position if you stop applying force to close them.

When I first got it black oxide just kept coming off onto everything so I cleaned it really good with WD40 and oiled up all the pivot areas. The pliers have improved a little bit but are still nothing like the Pliers on my dad’s pair. Did I get a bad pair that are just stiff or are the oxide coated ones generally stiffer for longer due to the extra coating?

Thanks in advance for any answers.


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Re: Wave Owners Club
Reply #2209 on: July 04, 2020, 01:18:55 PM
Hello and welcome to the forum    :cheers:   Pliers can vary a bit in how stiff they are when new.  Hopefully they will loosen up a bit with use  :tu:


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Re: Wave Owners Club
Reply #2210 on: July 04, 2020, 02:02:43 PM
Hey all, new Leatherman Wave owner here and so far loving the utility of it, especially for fishing and camping. Quick question, when I bought mine I also bought one for my father for Father’s Day. I bought him the regular Stainless steel version and i bought the limited edition black and stainless steel version for myself.

I notice that his operates a lot smoother than mine and his pliers basically fall shut just with gravity whereas mine require you to actually squeeze them together and will stop and stay at any position if you stop applying force to close them.

When I first got it black oxide just kept coming off onto everything so I cleaned it really good with WD40 and oiled up all the pivot areas. The pliers have improved a little bit but are still nothing like the Pliers on my dad’s pair. Did I get a bad pair that are just stiff or are the oxide coated ones generally stiffer for longer due to the extra coating?

Thanks in advance for any answers.

Welcome!

I'm a bit obsessive about certain things, as other forum members can attest to.  I've been on an intermittent quest to determine if black oxide is good safe. While the question remains unresolved I have learned a few things. 

Depending on what method is used to create the coating, you may have quite a bit of black residue when you start using the tool. My understanding is that there is some sort of water soluble/mixable oil on the surface of black oxide. A regular oil soluble oil like WD-40 may be too agressive in removing the factory finish and shorten the lifespan of the coating. WD-40 should be thought to displace water - you can put a thin layer on the tools and wipe off as much as possible, and put a more generous amount in hinges where you want to make sure you pull out any water and then wipe it off.

On black oxide I usually use a dry lint free cloth and put a drop of oil in hinges, but I don't wipe the tool down with anything.


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Re: Wave Owners Club
Reply #2211 on: July 04, 2020, 05:31:23 PM
Hi TPE and welcome to the club  :cheers:
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Re: Wave Owners Club
Reply #2212 on: July 05, 2020, 03:04:17 AM
Welcome to  :MTO:  The Pixels Edge :cheers: congrats on the Wave as well :cheers: :like:


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Re: Wave Owners Club
Reply #2213 on: July 06, 2020, 01:10:29 AM
Thanks for the welcome! We’ll see how well they break in. The black has stopped rubbing off onto everything.


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Re: Wave Owners Club
Reply #2214 on: July 08, 2020, 04:24:33 PM
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Re: Wave Owners Club
Reply #2215 on: July 08, 2020, 05:27:46 PM
Got one

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Re: Wave Owners Club
Reply #2216 on: July 08, 2020, 06:09:49 PM
Nice one and welcome to the club  :cheers:
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Re: Wave Owners Club
Reply #2217 on: July 08, 2020, 08:55:39 PM
Nice one and welcome to the club  :cheers:

 :iagree: :like: and great pics you 2 :like:

I have a BO Wave with me today :cheers:



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Reply #2218 on: July 08, 2020, 09:04:15 PM
:iagree: :like: and great pics you 2 :like:

I have a BO Wave with me today :cheers:

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Re: Wave Owners Club
Reply #2219 on: July 08, 2020, 09:05:30 PM
Thanks MTS :hatsoff:


 

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