I think the tool clumping are unavoidable. Since they are just normal washers. Nothing "special" like Gerbers or some leatherman series that are designed for that purpose. I am actually fine with clumping. But what happened in my case was not suppose to happen.. Sog.BTW, anyone notice there isn't a proper flathead screwdriver on board... my cap lifter will turn into one soon..
Quote from: Sam Lim on May 16, 2018, 04:37:03 AMI think the tool clumping are unavoidable. Since they are just normal washers. Nothing "special" like Gerbers or some leatherman series that are designed for that purpose. I am actually fine with clumping. But what happened in my case was not suppose to happen.. Sog.BTW, anyone notice there isn't a proper flathead screwdriver on board... my cap lifter will turn into one soon..I did mention that you'll need to pocket a few bits with the Pint if you need more than a "jeweler's flat driver."
Quote from: gerleatherberman on May 16, 2018, 04:47:28 AMQuote from: Sam Lim on May 16, 2018, 04:37:03 AMI think the tool clumping are unavoidable. Since they are just normal washers. Nothing "special" like Gerbers or some leatherman series that are designed for that purpose. I am actually fine with clumping. But what happened in my case was not suppose to happen.. Sog.BTW, anyone notice there isn't a proper flathead screwdriver on board... my cap lifter will turn into one soon..I did mention that you'll need to pocket a few bits with the Pint if you need more than a "jeweler's flat driver." Ya.. I missed that.. This is quite a strange MT after playing with it for a while.. It feels like a shrunk down power grab.. Rather than a new design... Strange...
Quote from: Sam Lim on May 16, 2018, 06:02:53 AMQuote from: gerleatherberman on May 16, 2018, 04:47:28 AMQuote from: Sam Lim on May 16, 2018, 04:37:03 AMI think the tool clumping are unavoidable. Since they are just normal washers. Nothing "special" like Gerbers or some leatherman series that are designed for that purpose. I am actually fine with clumping. But what happened in my case was not suppose to happen.. Sog.BTW, anyone notice there isn't a proper flathead screwdriver on board... my cap lifter will turn into one soon..I did mention that you'll need to pocket a few bits with the Pint if you need more than a "jeweler's flat driver." Ya.. I missed that.. This is quite a strange MT after playing with it for a while.. It feels like a shrunk down power grab.. Rather than a new design... Strange...Do you still have a PowerGrab? I am not getting that feeling...yet. The PowerGrab seems(to me anyway) more akin to the PowerPlay than anything else. Maybe I am missing something? Edit:It does seem like a decent new modding platform. Any ideas for modding the Pint yet, Sam Lim?
For anyone not sure what Sam and I are talking about in regards to the PowerGrab plier head(Grab left and PAD right).
GLBM, you and I know the picture doesn't do it justice. I honestly haven seen anything that wows me that much after the PG.. Now u are making me wanting one again... Regarding the backside of the tool, some are smooth, some rough. Enough to feel the "gear" effect when pulling it back..
Quote from: Sam Lim on May 16, 2018, 09:10:09 AMGLBM, you and I know the picture doesn't do it justice. I honestly haven seen anything that wows me that much after the PG.. Now u are making me wanting one again... Regarding the backside of the tool, some are smooth, some rough. Enough to feel the "gear" effect when pulling it back..Had to try. People might think we're nuts saying the PowerGrab did something excellent. Thank you, Sam!It'll be interesting to see if that issue gets worse on newer Pints as tooling at the factory starts to wear out in the future.
Looking forward to seeing what you come up with. Edit: Just saw your edit, Sam Lim.That plier head is the main reason I kept mine, so I know what you mean. The Grab plier head is possibly the most beautifully machined plier head ever made. On another note, I am curious to know if the tool tangs on the Pints You and Exeter got are rougher looking than mine. I hope this photo shows it clearly. It feels really smooth, so I didn't give it any thought, but in macro, I can see it.Does yours look rougher? Does it feel rough to the touch?
Try cutter with your left hand. This is a pair of left handed scissor like I said before earlier.I, am, serious.Btw, the design of the scissors are off. The handles are too short to give it any kind of proper leverage.
Quote from: Sam Lim on May 16, 2018, 02:10:30 PMTry cutter with your left hand. This is a pair of left handed scissor like I said before earlier.I, am, serious.Btw, the design of the scissors are off. The handles are too short to give it any kind of proper leverage.Well, I did just that, but saw no difference, it just chewed on the cardboard, it's too much for it. And let me add that I'm ambidexterous, or mixed handed to be precise, so my left is pretty much the same in strength and dexterity as my right, so that variable can be ruled out. For the sake of the experiment, I tried it with my right hand upside down, with the moving arm facing downwards to my pointer finger, but no difference either.Maybe you scissors are better made, or your hand/fingers are stronger.
Quote from: Exeter on May 16, 2018, 02:26:33 PMQuote from: Sam Lim on May 16, 2018, 02:10:30 PMTry cutter with your left hand. This is a pair of left handed scissor like I said before earlier.I, am, serious.Btw, the design of the scissors are off. The handles are too short to give it any kind of proper leverage.Well, I did just that, but saw no difference, it just chewed on the cardboard, it's too much for it. And let me add that I'm ambidexterous, or mixed handed to be precise, so my left is pretty much the same in strength and dexterity as my right, so that variable can be ruled out. For the sake of the experiment, I tried it with my right hand upside down, with the moving arm facing downwards to my pointer finger, but no difference either.Maybe you scissors are better made, or your hand/fingers are stronger.Without any disrespect, I am serious. Its not my hands are better or anything like that. It's really a left handed scissors. There are scissors specifically made for left handers. And this is one of them. I am not sure why Sog made this decision. The past scissors designs from the powerlock series are right handed.Well, the scissors from sog had never been great for the record. So.. I am not too surprise that it didn't make the cut this time round.. Mine is terrible as well.
On mine they look like this. There are machining marks, and can be felt when opening, definitely not buttery smooth, but wouldn't call it rough either.
Also, future owners be aware that the scissors on the PowerPint, although require quite some force to operate, are only good for threads, a couple of layers of normal printer/newspaper, thin zipties, thin regular cardboard. I tried it on corrugated cardboard and it failed miserably. See on the photo: the abandoned cut was made with the PP, the rest for comparison with the same piece of cardboard.EDIT: Based on the size of the scissors, maybe a Squirt PS4 would be better for comparison, but I wouldn't dare to have a go at cardboard like this with that, so looking at like that, it's a win for the PP.
Quote from: Sam Lim on May 16, 2018, 03:17:28 PMQuote from: Exeter on May 16, 2018, 02:26:33 PMQuote from: Sam Lim on May 16, 2018, 02:10:30 PMTry cutter with your left hand. This is a pair of left handed scissor like I said before earlier.I, am, serious.Btw, the design of the scissors are off. The handles are too short to give it any kind of proper leverage.Well, I did just that, but saw no difference, it just chewed on the cardboard, it's too much for it. And let me add that I'm ambidexterous, or mixed handed to be precise, so my left is pretty much the same in strength and dexterity as my right, so that variable can be ruled out. For the sake of the experiment, I tried it with my right hand upside down, with the moving arm facing downwards to my pointer finger, but no difference either.Maybe you scissors are better made, or your hand/fingers are stronger.Without any disrespect, I am serious. Its not my hands are better or anything like that. It's really a left handed scissors. There are scissors specifically made for left handers. And this is one of them. I am not sure why Sog made this decision. The past scissors designs from the powerlock series are right handed.Well, the scissors from sog had never been great for the record. So.. I am not too surprise that it didn't make the cut this time round.. Mine is terrible as well.Well, I didn't think you're pulling my leg. And I see what you mean with it being left handed, the arms are arranged opposite as on other scissors, I just meant for me it didn't make any difference when trying it left handed. Take thick blades, short lever arms and a too strong spring and you have your PowerPint scissors.
Quote from: Exeter on May 16, 2018, 03:34:33 PMQuote from: Sam Lim on May 16, 2018, 03:17:28 PMQuote from: Exeter on May 16, 2018, 02:26:33 PMQuote from: Sam Lim on May 16, 2018, 02:10:30 PMTry cutter with your left hand. This is a pair of left handed scissor like I said before earlier.I, am, serious.Btw, the design of the scissors are off. The handles are too short to give it any kind of proper leverage.Well, I did just that, but saw no difference, it just chewed on the cardboard, it's too much for it. And let me add that I'm ambidexterous, or mixed handed to be precise, so my left is pretty much the same in strength and dexterity as my right, so that variable can be ruled out. For the sake of the experiment, I tried it with my right hand upside down, with the moving arm facing downwards to my pointer finger, but no difference either.Maybe you scissors are better made, or your hand/fingers are stronger.Without any disrespect, I am serious. Its not my hands are better or anything like that. It's really a left handed scissors. There are scissors specifically made for left handers. And this is one of them. I am not sure why Sog made this decision. The past scissors designs from the powerlock series are right handed.Well, the scissors from sog had never been great for the record. So.. I am not too surprise that it didn't make the cut this time round.. Mine is terrible as well.Well, I didn't think you're pulling my leg. And I see what you mean with it being left handed, the arms are arranged opposite as on other scissors, I just meant for me it didn't make any difference when trying it left handed. Take thick blades, short lever arms and a too strong spring and you have your PowerPint scissors. Though I sounded like I have alot of complains for the power pint, I am still liking this tool alot. Well mainly because how small and compact this is! Lets face it. The scissors are smallish and most likely suited for light task which I think they are ok-ish. Let's look beyond the scissors! There's the wonderful awl, nice blades, butter spreading file, etc etc....
Hm, I just noticed now, that the plier has slightly different typefaces for the SOG logo on the two sides. Interesting. Since this is my first and only SOG product, I can only speculate why this is. Is this something SOG regularly does? Or did the two halves come from a different batch?