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Have you seen this Micra wanna be...?

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Offline tanker

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Have you seen this Micra wanna be...?
on: December 07, 2008, 04:02:11 AM
This "Eddie Bauer" mini MT looks a lot like the Leatherman Micra but not quite the same quality...
I will take some more photos later and post them. Did you know it?
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Re: Have you seen this Micra wanna be...?
Reply #1 on: December 07, 2008, 04:07:13 AM
Yah Winchester also has a micra knock off jsut like it. Funny how blatent they are about it.
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Re: Have you seen this Micra wanna be...?
Reply #2 on: December 07, 2008, 04:55:15 AM
An inch long wood saw, really useful.


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Re: Have you seen this Micra wanna be...?
Reply #3 on: December 07, 2008, 05:44:51 AM
I see a lot of these generic knockoff tools...Eddie Bauer, Scheffield, Winchester...they all just look in a catalog of chinese tools and point to one they want their name on.

boooooooo :P
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Re: Have you seen this Micra wanna be...?
Reply #4 on: December 07, 2008, 05:59:06 AM
An inch long wood saw, really useful.
It's there in case you're lost in a bonsai forest,and need shelter ;)
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Re: Have you seen this Micra wanna be...?
Reply #5 on: December 07, 2008, 05:59:40 AM
LOL! It would be OK for making notches in wood.
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Re: Have you seen this Micra wanna be...?
Reply #6 on: December 07, 2008, 07:04:33 AM
Have bought some knock offs before sticking to the originals, won't want to buy knock offs again no matter how cheap they are they are just total waste of money! :P
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Re: Have you seen this Micra wanna be...?
Reply #7 on: December 07, 2008, 12:17:11 PM
Yup these just scream " I have no practicle use"

However I do believe that they sometimes do serve a purpose. Peole see that a cheep thing does work and then they usually go for the higher quality stuff,.
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Re: Have you seen this Micra wanna be...?
Reply #8 on: December 07, 2008, 02:42:15 PM
Yup these just scream " I have no practicle use"

However I do believe that they sometimes do serve a purpose. ....

You can grind off the rivets and carry some of the individual tools on your key ring, e.g., the screwdrivers and file.
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Re: Have you seen this Micra wanna be...?
Reply #9 on: December 07, 2008, 02:51:23 PM
An inch long wood saw, really useful.
It's there in case you're lost in a bonsai forest,and need shelter ;)
:D :D :D

The whole package doesn´t look bad, it comes with a small led light and a nylon sheath that I probably will use more than the tool itself


This thing is bit hard to open and close, and the handles sometimes doesn´t close even :P the knife is not bad, the minisaw at least is double teeth, I actually like that the phillips driver is not flat. I tested the scissors and cut paper ok but when you fold the paper... :oops: two of them are too much  :D
The wire cutter doesn´t cut thin wire or anything...In the end not all was lost, I think I bought a very nice sheath and led light for my Micra ::)


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Re: Have you seen this Micra wanna be...?
Reply #10 on: December 07, 2008, 04:21:04 PM
Yeh, I've seen that same tool sold with a COAST logo. :-\


But.....hello, what's this? They included a disassembly wrench for the multitool??!!! Now THAT is something I'd like to see from the big guys! Just imagine if Leatherman included a little wrench with every multitool they sold... :multi:

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Re: Have you seen this Micra wanna be...?
Reply #11 on: December 07, 2008, 04:53:47 PM
I`ve also seen them with the COAST logo at the hardware store.
What? Enablers! Are you serrrrious? Where? I dont see any.
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Re: Have you seen this Micra wanna be...?
Reply #12 on: December 07, 2008, 08:11:39 PM

This thing is bit hard to open and close, and the handles sometimes doesn´t close even :P the knife is not bad, the minisaw at least is double teeth, I actually like that the phillips driver is not flat. I tested the scissors and cut paper ok but when you fold the paper... :oops: two of them are too much  :D
The wire cutter doesn´t cut thin wire or anything...In the end not all was lost, I think I bought a very nice sheath and led light for my Micra ::)


You probably just need to sharpen the scissors and wire cutter. Most of the cheap tools don't come sharpened.


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Re: Have you seen this Micra wanna be...?
Reply #13 on: December 07, 2008, 11:28:04 PM
You probably just need to sharpen the scissors and wire cutter. Most of the cheap tools don't come sharpened.

Actually the cutters don´t get close enough, there is some little space between them when closed and the scissors are just kind of tricky.
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