In the last few years I’ve given my wife a few Leathermans. She’s got a Charge TTi, one of the last batches of Juices, a limited edition Orchid Raptor Rescue, and a blue Raptor Response. Problem is, she loses things… sometimes she has three Leatherman tools in her bag at once, sometimes she’ll misplace them for months.As they’re all either discontinued or hard/expensive to replace, I’d like to get her something else, a nice all-rounder to leave in the car and occasionally carry in her bag. Her solution? “Just give me one of your duplicates “My duplicates: [ Quoting of attachment images from other messages is not allowed ] So now I have to buy another Leatherman.
Yes I know this is supposed to be funny...If the "misplaced" MTs always turn up eventually then the situation isn't so bad (but I'd buy some more common duplicates for her for future replacements). If they are actually lost forever then IMO it is your fault for continually enabling her bad behaviour by replacing MTs for her when you should make her buy her own ("actions have consequences").
Mrs. FX never lost her Micra or any of her Classic SDs. I, on the other hand, cannot say I've never lost a knife. Maybe put a brightly colored lanyard on Mrs. Crunchie's multis to make them more visible?
My wife doesn't really lose stuff, she misplaces it for years. I put some colored scales on SAKs for her, but she kept them where she would never lose or use them. She loved carrying Classics when she worked but permanently lost several, so I bought a batch of 20 used ones on eBay. Even now and then she would ask, "Do you have another of those cute little knives?"