sad swisstool photo

carl · **on:** April 20, 2008, 11:32:11 AM

came across this on craig's list
http://sandiego.craigslist.org/nsd/spo/648978524.html

Roadie · **Reply #1 on:** April 20, 2008, 11:36:54 AM

Wow, what must they have been doing to do that! The only mention of a plier breakage on a ST is the one dunc (?) head of the guy who used to hold bits he was welding with it. On a side note, why doesn't the guy just send it back to Vic i'm sure they would repair it for him.

I also like how he says "Tool is in good condition" .....you mean apart from the lack of one plier jaw!!

J-sews · **Reply #2 on:** April 20, 2008, 02:26:28 PM

Yah, it would be interesting to learn the story behind this tool. $:-\$

Leatherman123 · **Reply #3 on:** April 20, 2008, 02:38:54 PM

I know, he must have been using it VERY VERY hard!

Dtrain · **Reply #4 on:** April 20, 2008, 03:48:48 PM

I personally think that this is a HOAX put out their by the Leatherman Syndicate.

Dtrain

Dunc · **Reply #5 on:** April 20, 2008, 05:39:25 PM

Think I better delete this thread before this gets out

Its a real shame we dont know how it happened .

Dunc

J-sews · **Reply #6 on:** April 20, 2008, 05:43:09 PM

Quote from: dunc5 on April 20, 2008, 05:39:25 PM

Think I better delete this thread before this gets out Its a real shame we dont know how it happened .

Dunc

I contacted the fellow. Apparently it broke while he was trying to straighten out a paper clip. He said his Leatherman Wave finished up the job just fine.

Dunc · **Reply #7 on:** April 20, 2008, 07:35:58 PM

Can a mod ban another mod ? Talk about kicking a man when he's down .
It now puts the Leatherman to Vic bust ratio to about umm let me think

5000 : 1

Dunc

Dtrain · **Reply #8 on:** April 20, 2008, 09:58:49 PM

All right you Leatherman guys need to fess up.We all know the only way a SwissTool would have been broken was if someone tried to cut a piece of Rebar. :DIt's a shame to see what lengths the Leatherman folks will go to to show the world that Swisstools can be broken like Leatherman's can.

Dtrain

Mike, Lord of the Spammers! · **Reply #9 on:** April 20, 2008, 10:10:28 PM

Now there's a blatent piece of LM propergander if ever there was one

Grant Lamontagne · **Reply #10 on:** April 21, 2008, 03:51:30 AM

I thought it was actually SOG propaganda.... they post a broken Vic that they figure everyone will blame LM for.... let those two camps fight it out, then when both are weak, SOG steps in and points out this wouldn't happen with compound leverage!

Def

jzmtl · **Reply #11 on:** April 21, 2008, 04:35:34 AM

Wouldn't compound leverage make it easier to break, since you can put more force on the jaws?

Mike, Lord of the Spammers! · **Reply #12 on:** April 21, 2008, 10:12:30 AM

Wow, respect for the Sog!, now that is a cunning plan, Blackadder would be proud

hawkchucker · **Reply #13 on:** April 21, 2008, 01:41:06 PM

Wow and I thought he Suspension was crap. And to think I actually wanted one of those.

Mike, Lord of the Spammers! · **Reply #14 on:** April 21, 2008, 01:42:22 PM

Quote from: hawkchucker on April 21, 2008, 01:41:06 PM

Wow and I thought he Suspension was crap. And to think I actually wanted one of those.

Hush your mouth heretic

BIG-TARGET · **Reply #15 on:** April 21, 2008, 02:23:25 PM

Swiss Man · **Reply #16 on:** April 21, 2008, 08:23:22 PM

Story just in:

The Swiss Tool snapped as a result of a act of bravery. A man was walking down the street and saw a trash truck go by with a puppy following it. As the truck stopped at the intersection the puppy jumped in the back because its master threw away his favorite red ball.

As the truck started to compress the trash the little puppy was trapped and soon would be crushed.
The brave SAK owner opened his beloved Swiss Tool and shoved the pliers into the gears.

Grabbing the puppy in the nick of time before the 50,000 pounds of force snapped the plier head.

Hearing something that sounded like a gun shot the sansination engineers jumped out of their truck and ran to the back to see the brave man holding the frightened puppy. Asking what just happened he told the story.

Seeing the awesome quality and strength of a Swiss Tool both the driver and the handler took off their Leathermans and threw them into the trash and was heard saying "That's where they belong."

Mike, Lord of the Spammers! · **Reply #17 on:** April 21, 2008, 10:11:22 PM

Still, it has a ring of truth to it

hawkchucker · **Reply #18 on:** April 21, 2008, 11:40:17 PM

I bet the Suspension would have held 60,000 lbs. Ya know it is the future of MT's and it is made of superior steels for reliability.

Now if you excuse me I have to go put on my tin foil hat.

NeitherExtreme · **Reply #19 on:** April 22, 2008, 12:39:24 AM

Forgive me a cruel chuckle... (heh heh heh)

My condolences to the SwissFans.

But serriously, I'm sure there's a good story of abuse behind that picture...

Grant Lamontagne · **Reply #20 on:** April 22, 2008, 12:48:59 AM

I've been waiting for you to come out and take a shot at it!

That's the best you could come up with? Come on, really let loose! Those SwissTool guys deserve it!

Def

NeitherExtreme · **Reply #21 on:** April 22, 2008, 01:21:07 AM

Hehe, I'll be nice... I'm not sure I want to start a horror-picture contest with the VicFans.

Grant Lamontagne · **Reply #22 on:** April 22, 2008, 01:47:06 AM

Your restraint is admirable!

Def

NeitherExtreme · **Reply #23 on:** April 22, 2008, 01:52:26 AM

Quote from: Defender on April 22, 2008, 01:47:06 AM

Your restraint is admirable!

Well, either that, or I've seen enough LM disaster pics to know better. I'm just content to see that Swisstools are human too.

Tools are human, right?

ducktapehero · **Reply #24 on:** April 22, 2008, 02:05:39 AM

I don't see what the big deal is. I buggered up a LM Supertool 200 so bad it had to go back to the factory. Unless it has 1 part, there is a chance for failure at some point.

Dunc · **Reply #25 on:** April 22, 2008, 05:50:43 AM

Quote from: ducktapehero on April 22, 2008, 02:05:39 AM

I don't see what the big deal is. I buggered up a LM Supertool 200 so bad it had to go back to the factory. Unless it has 1 part, there is a chance for failure at some point.

The big deal is this is the first pic any of us has seen of a Swisstool with broken pliers . This is not just another Leatherman/Gerber broken plier pic .This is the first one weve seen so we'd all quite like to know how it happened .

Dunc

Mike, Lord of the Spammers! · **Reply #26 on:** April 22, 2008, 10:19:41 AM

Like Dunc said, it's practically unheard of for a swisstool to fail, if it was an LM or a Gerber we'd think nothing of it (no, thats not a dig) I'd like to know how it happened too

Dtrain · **Reply #27 on:** April 22, 2008, 02:17:06 PM

Maybe it was not a REAL SwissTool.I wonder if it was the Taylor Knock-Off that Def was collaborating with them on.

Sorry Def I could not help myself....

Dtrain

Grant Lamontagne · **Reply #28 on:** April 22, 2008, 04:13:08 PM

The only thing I would collaborate on with Taylor, is a devastating office and factory fire!

Def

Swiss Man · **Reply #29 on:** April 22, 2008, 10:35:18 PM

Quote from: Defender on April 22, 2008, 04:13:08 PM

The only thing I would collaborate on with Taylor, is a devastating office and factory fire!

Def

I have the gasoline and match, all I need is a witness that I wasn't no where around.

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