That's a bugger. Can you not unmodify it and send it into Whitby? Even modded a bit it's still worth a shot, they do have the power of discretion.
Wow. I’m sorry to hear that. Free strikes again.
Wow. Of all the things to break. Didn't even realize the pliers rest had any real force placed on it.
Not if the pliers move freely, but if they jammed when the tool was being closed, it might be different.
Curse of the grey sheath strikes again.
drill a hole and put a thin leaf spring there to holde the plier in position. It shouldnt happen yet it is fixable
I hate that this new and improved tool has failed in such a way for you. At least when that part failed on a wave it just made closing difficult. Did you have to do anything to the T2 blade or did it just drop in?
Now to think of a fix. Bummer they wont at least take a look to see the modifications didn't contributed to the failure.