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Leatherman Free P2/P4 Club and Feedback Thread

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Re: Leatherman Free P2/P4 Club and Feedback Thread
Reply #780 on: July 31, 2021, 11:43:06 PM
The pliers are very Hefty on the Free P series and I do wished that we would see those on some of the next Gen tools :tu: :like:
I would like to see that as well. Though, just to be clear, I used the closed pivots as a hammer.


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Re: Leatherman Free P2/P4 Club and Feedback Thread
Reply #781 on: July 31, 2021, 11:53:34 PM
Ah, gotcha :cheers: I have used a MT as a hammer more than I will admit :whistle: :D


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Re: Leatherman Free P2/P4 Club and Feedback Thread
Reply #783 on: August 01, 2021, 12:14:39 AM
 :iagree: :rofl:


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Re: Leatherman Free P2/P4 Club and Feedback Thread
Reply #784 on: August 01, 2021, 07:32:27 PM
 :iagree:
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Re: Leatherman Free P2/P4 Club and Feedback Thread
Reply #785 on: August 09, 2021, 11:16:44 PM
Here my P4 setup! Aloha

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Re: Leatherman Free P2/P4 Club and Feedback Thread
Reply #786 on: August 10, 2021, 12:38:30 AM
Nice 8) :like: :like:


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Re: Leatherman Free P2/P4 Club and Feedback Thread
Reply #787 on: August 17, 2021, 09:22:10 AM
I didn't get a picture on my canoe trip, but after a sudden weather shift meant walking in navel-deep water for awhile until I found a decent spot to haul the canoe onto the shore, I did a terrible job of drying off my Free P4 in my tent before bed, and stored it with the tools closed. In the morning there was wet rust on several of its tools. The reason I didn't get a picture is because it all wiped off with a light finger, leaving the P4 as good as new. You would never know just from looking at it. I did a pretty thorough check and clean later that afternoon, and found no damage, cosmetic or otherwise.

Here's a picture in the dark, because the light switch is almost a whole metre away.


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Re: Leatherman Free P2/P4 Club and Feedback Thread
Reply #788 on: August 17, 2021, 06:29:23 PM
Glad it made it through the canoe trip relatively unscathed :o :ahhh :D

Great pic :like:
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Re: Leatherman Free P2/P4 Club and Feedback Thread
Reply #789 on: August 17, 2021, 06:32:36 PM
 :iagree:


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Re: Leatherman Free P2/P4 Club and Feedback Thread
Reply #790 on: August 17, 2021, 06:48:02 PM
I was relieved it was so easy to clean. With all the stories, I half expected it to seize shut forever then explode, instead of being completely unharmed.



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Re: Leatherman Free P2/P4 Club and Feedback Thread
Reply #791 on: August 17, 2021, 07:11:46 PM
Another great pic 8) :like:


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Re: Leatherman Free P2/P4 Club and Feedback Thread
Reply #792 on: August 21, 2021, 07:24:37 PM
What can I say. It was an offer I couldn't refuse. Got me a p2 to mod.

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Re: Leatherman Free P2/P4 Club and Feedback Thread
Reply #793 on: August 21, 2021, 07:27:11 PM
Great pics,  frick :like: can't wait to see what mods you are thinking of doing  :popcorn: :like:


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Re: Leatherman Free P2/P4 Club and Feedback Thread
Reply #794 on: October 22, 2021, 02:10:18 PM
Another :bump: for this thread with my P2 today  :woohoo:











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Re: Leatherman Free P2/P4 Club and Feedback Thread
Reply #795 on: October 24, 2021, 08:29:25 AM
P2 here, one of my least favorite leathermans, second only to the OHT.
The hype as I recall it was the ability to balisong the tool open, I can do that with my charges after a little tuf glide and working it a little. and on my p2 unless you really flick it it does not lock open, it kind of bounces off the detents. plus when folding it up I end up pinching the web of my hand, both of which don't happen with my charge when I do the same.

After reading some of the posts here I decided to check the tools, which I had always assumed were from the wingman/sidekick and they are not exactly but seem more like inspired by the wingman/sidekick.

I agree with the posts here that say overpriced. But I'm not sure that I am not influenced by the prices I paid for sidekicks and wingmen. I got 11 sidekicks for $18 and 9 wingmen for $11 at the HD after xmas clearances on consecutive years.
They all made great presents. But maybe that's why $119 and $139 seem like such a stretch.

I'd be much more comfortable with the price of the P2 @ $79 or $89 and the P4 @ $99 but as it is they are in the range of the Surge and Charge and more than the ST300,  I just don't feel they are anywhere near as premium as a surge or a charge.
no premium steel, no bit exchanger or tshank adapter. If they came with zapwizard's tools off the top, And a CPM154 or S30v blade that would also go a ways to justify pricing into surge and charge level.

EDIT yup it bit me when I was closing it up from the picture. Had my hand near the plier head and when it snaps out of the detent it grabs me.
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Re: Leatherman Free P2/P4 Club and Feedback Thread
Reply #796 on: November 10, 2021, 02:35:02 AM
Here are my Leatherman Free multitools.  I recently added the Free P2.

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Re: Leatherman Free P2/P4 Club and Feedback Thread
Reply #797 on: November 10, 2021, 11:51:51 AM
Great pics cnlson and parnass :tu: :like: :like:

Congrats in adding the P2, parnass :tu: :like:

I still haven't gotten a P4 yet but it is on the list  :cheers:


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Re: Leatherman Free P2/P4 Club and Feedback Thread
Reply #798 on: January 07, 2022, 06:12:07 PM
P2  :cheers:



And T4 :salute:



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Re: Leatherman Free P2/P4 Club and Feedback Thread
Reply #799 on: January 07, 2022, 06:29:44 PM
Yay, I haven't seen any Free's in a while! Another signed Leatherman, oh boy.. Great pictures Poncho :cheers:


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Re: Leatherman Free P2/P4 Club and Feedback Thread
Reply #800 on: January 08, 2022, 01:41:00 AM
Thanks nakken :hatsoff: I bought the T4 the day I got it signed :tu: :cheers:


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Re: Leatherman Free P2/P4 Club and Feedback Thread
Reply #801 on: January 08, 2022, 01:48:15 AM
 :like:

Now that’s a keeper!


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Re: Leatherman Free P2/P4 Club and Feedback Thread
Reply #802 on: January 08, 2022, 01:51:59 AM
Thanks Zephon :hatsoff: :tu:


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Re: Leatherman Free P2/P4 Club and Feedback Thread
Reply #803 on: January 08, 2022, 06:09:59 PM
I just got a Free P4 yesterday and see why some people really like it and others really do not. I myself am not sure how I feel about it. My immediate impression is that this is a Leatherman version of the Swisstool Spirit X. That's both good and bad. The Swisstool Spirit X is really a nice tool. There are somethings I prefer to the Swisstool and some things I prefer on the Free P4. But in my opinion that's kind of the problem with the Free P4. I see the Swisstool Spirit X available online with a nice leather sheath only for $100. The Free P4 with an OK I guess gray sheath is now $150. That's a lot more money (50% more) for basically the same tool. Yeah there are differences (and I can't even say I prefer the Free P4) but in no way is the Free P4 worth $50 more.
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Re: Leatherman Free P2/P4 Club and Feedback Thread
Reply #804 on: January 08, 2022, 06:48:34 PM
I've just received a new Free P2.  It's meant to replace my wave that I lost in August after carrying daily for (20) years.  I'm not sure how I feel about this one just yet.  I don't hate it, but can't say I love it.


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Re: Leatherman Free P2/P4 Club and Feedback Thread
Reply #805 on: January 08, 2022, 07:04:44 PM
Congrats on your new P4 and P2!
And welcome to the forum, cdcengineer :tu:


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Re: Leatherman Free P2/P4 Club and Feedback Thread
Reply #806 on: January 08, 2022, 07:39:40 PM
Thanks for the kind welcome.  I am excited to have the tool, and can't put it down yet.  I scored it at half price brand new in the box.  I shoulda bought all (4) as they would make decent gifts.  I can't tell you how much I missed having a MT these past few months, though I'm sure the MT addicts on this forum can relate.  I really miss my wave, and might have to get a new one. for the saw.  One note on this new P2 is the date code is 08 19.  And the scissors are what I believe are the early version from pg 20 of this thread.  The lock doesn't engage when they are opened, but I'm thinking with use this issue will correct itself.  I was trying to upload photos to join the club properly, but for some reason the forum says the files are too large


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Re: Leatherman Free P2/P4 Club and Feedback Thread
Reply #807 on: January 08, 2022, 08:02:44 PM
Where is the date code on a Free P4? I must be blind...


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Re: Leatherman Free P2/P4 Club and Feedback Thread
Reply #808 on: January 08, 2022, 08:10:13 PM
Let's try again

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Re: Leatherman Free P2/P4 Club and Feedback Thread
Reply #809 on: January 08, 2022, 08:14:26 PM
Look under the Philips on the retaining clip that holds the plier head


 

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