Excellent mods fellas !
What acid did you use for the BO ?
Interesting modifications. What are the red and yellow "flags" on the belt pouch? 450 grams (16 ounces) is too heavy for me.
Whenver I carry the tool, I never move near water - if I fall into it, the weight will inevitably pull me down. Joking aside, there is a fine line to walk between stability and weight. Most of the factory-made tools I had in my hand so far in my opinion weren't resilient enough. Hand on heart: How often have you wanted to loosen a stuck screw and stopped trying for fear of damaging the good tool? The ideal multitool should be just as resilient as a "real" tool, shouldn't it?
Yes they should but I am the guy who breaks 15/16 inch wrenches
If titanium wasn't so expensive, it could be used more widely to save weight when manufacturing parts of a multitool.
And used "wisely" : LM Charge TTi has ... Titanium, but is heavier that the Wave, for no added (relevant) feature(But it is a cool tool, and that alone is enough)
I should not have made general case of the specific nevermind, here are mine : Charge XTi from 2004 (I don't have the original Ti) : 228g/8.04ozCharge + TTi from 2019 : 251g/8.85oz (replaceable wire cutters AND steel washers used instead of Ti cast may increase weight) New Wave from 2013 : 244g/8.61gI have noticed that the metal spring piece that locks blades shot where using pliers and helps closing the pliers head when folding the MT changed quite a lot other the years and it may well be one of the the cause of weight increaseThat, and the changes in build process for the charge (I am looking for an early "new design" Charge, but I think that the transition from cast titanium to steel washers is very recent)We may make a dedicated thread for this ?
Sure, go for it. I would put it in the Leatherman forum
here it is https://forum.multitool.org/index.php/topic,88668.msg2308867.html#msg2308867what are the manufacturing years of your Wave and Charge TTi please?