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Found a Leatherman Wave today!

us Offline ChopperCharles

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Found a Leatherman Wave today!
on: October 20, 2021, 06:26:19 PM
I had a tree guy on my property today, and while he was de-vining some pine trees he found a leatherman wave in a leather case under the vines. Someone lost it behind my fence line. Wondering who was walking my fence line, but also happy to have a new free tool :)

It appears to be an older Wave. It does not have locking inner tools, and it has "PAT PEND" under the Leatherman logo. All the blades and tools are fine, but there is some rust on the rough textured end pieces. It may or may not clean up. One side has a flat driver, phillips driver, can opener, and tiny lanyard loop. The other handle has scissors and three more flat drivers.

I don't know much about the history of leatherman (I'm a Gerber guy), so I'd appreciate any enlightenment you can give as to the generation and year it may have been made.

I'm going to clean it lube it and put it into rotation. BUT, I'm guessing there's no provision for a pocket clip for this old model, as the only clip I can find seems to use the locking mechanism on the current tool to retain it.

Charles.


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Re: Found a Leatherman Wave today!
Reply #1 on: October 20, 2021, 06:33:48 PM
That is an excellent find, CC :o Congrats  :hatsoff: :like: :like:

Nope, no clip on the OG Wave but it is still an excellent tool and a bit slimmer than it's newer counterparts :tu: Which means better pocket carry :woohoo:


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Re: Found a Leatherman Wave today!
Reply #2 on: October 20, 2021, 06:56:59 PM
Wow!  Nice find!


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Re: Found a Leatherman Wave today!
Reply #3 on: October 20, 2021, 08:08:33 PM
That is a sweet find.  The Wave is an awesome tool, especially for free.


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Re: Found a Leatherman Wave today!
Reply #4 on: October 20, 2021, 08:26:51 PM
 :iagree: :like:

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Re: Found a Leatherman Wave today!
Reply #5 on: October 20, 2021, 08:35:22 PM
I had a tree guy on my property today, and while he was de-vining some pine trees he found a leatherman wave in a leather case under the vines. Someone lost it behind my fence line. Wondering who was walking my fence line, but also happy to have a new free tool :)

It appears to be an older Wave. It does not have locking inner tools, and it has "PAT PEND" under the Leatherman logo. All the blades and tools are fine, but there is some rust on the rough textured end pieces. It may or may not clean up. One side has a flat driver, phillips driver, can opener, and tiny lanyard loop. The other handle has scissors and three more flat drivers.

I don't know much about the history of leatherman (I'm a Gerber guy), so I'd appreciate any enlightenment you can give as to the generation and year it may have been made.

I'm going to clean it lube it and put it into rotation. BUT, I'm guessing there's no provision for a pocket clip for this old model, as the only clip I can find seems to use the locking mechanism on the current tool to retain it.

Charles.

So from your description, it's a first generation one, but not only that it's an earlier one from that generation because it still has the textured bolsters. If you look inside the chassis where the internal tools are, you'll find a date code on either side... If that makes sense.

Great find though, you can't get more iconic than an OG Wave!  :cheers:


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Re: Found a Leatherman Wave today!
Reply #6 on: October 20, 2021, 11:16:25 PM
Two date codes inside either handle. 0299 and 1198.

Also i'd post pics but the site is broken and now I have to host them elsewhere and it's really annoying.

Charles.


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Re: Found a Leatherman Wave today!
Reply #7 on: October 20, 2021, 11:17:37 PM
It was inside a tightly-fitting brown leather holster, which seems to have protected it from the worst of the weather, as there was only minimal rust. I've already cleaned it up and lubed it, and everything is working great.

Charles.


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Re: Found a Leatherman Wave today!
Reply #8 on: October 20, 2021, 11:40:03 PM
98-99, nice score  :tu:


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Re: Found a Leatherman Wave today!
Reply #9 on: October 20, 2021, 11:40:55 PM
I never knew they made a Wave without locking tools.

"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."  **Edmund Burke**

"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."    **Benjamin Franklin**


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Re: Found a Leatherman Wave today!
Reply #10 on: October 20, 2021, 11:55:43 PM
98-99, nice score  :tu:

 :iagree: that's a lovely vintage to have.  :tu:


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Re: Found a Leatherman Wave today!
Reply #11 on: October 20, 2021, 11:56:48 PM
I never knew they made a Wave without locking tools.

Internal tools that is... from 98-ish up to the 2004 redesign.


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Re: Found a Leatherman Wave today!
Reply #12 on: October 21, 2021, 12:04:23 AM
It was inside a tightly-fitting brown leather holster, which seems to have protected it from the worst of the weather, as there was only minimal rust. I've already cleaned it up and lubed it, and everything is working great.

Charles.

It should clean up fine.  :tu: Incidently, If you want to strip it down you'll annoyingly have to get two 5-point Torx Pro bits (I can't remember what size, 8 or 10)... as opposed to regular 6-point Torx Pro. 


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Re: Found a Leatherman Wave today!
Reply #13 on: October 21, 2021, 12:10:03 AM
Two date codes inside either handle. 0299 and 1198.

Also i'd post pics but the site is broken and now I have to host them elsewhere and it's really annoying.

Charles.

Which site is broken ?


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Re: Found a Leatherman Wave today!
Reply #14 on: October 21, 2021, 12:10:31 AM
Great find BTW !    :cheers:


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Re: Found a Leatherman Wave today!
Reply #15 on: October 21, 2021, 12:14:33 AM
Good for you Charles!
The best thing I have ever found around my house was a mini framing square, just big enough for a 2×4. I would say that an OG Wave is the better find  :D


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Re: Found a Leatherman Wave today!
Reply #16 on: October 21, 2021, 12:17:42 AM
A little mini framing Square's pretty sweet too mind.  :tu: All metal?


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Re: Found a Leatherman Wave today!
Reply #17 on: October 21, 2021, 12:31:30 AM
Yes, it is all metal. And I have made use of it. It is somewhere in my shed, but I just looked for it and couldn't find it.
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Re: Found a Leatherman Wave today!
Reply #18 on: October 21, 2021, 01:05:17 AM
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Re: Found a Leatherman Wave today!
Reply #19 on: October 21, 2021, 04:45:52 AM
Any photo I try and post from my phone gets me this:



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Re: Found a Leatherman Wave today!
Reply #20 on: October 21, 2021, 04:48:57 AM
It cleaned up really nicely. No need to disassemble it fully. Wire wheel took care of the bolsters and rust on blades and other parts. Then judicious use of lubrication and repeated opening and closing unstuck all the tools.

Charles.


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Re: Found a Leatherman Wave today!
Reply #21 on: October 21, 2021, 05:42:03 AM
Any photo I try and post from my phone gets me this:

Pics have to be smaller than 512kb to attach them here. There are good free resizing apps that work really well and are easy to use.


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Re: Found a Leatherman Wave today!
Reply #22 on: October 21, 2021, 08:31:41 AM
A quick workaround could be to make a screenshot of the pic on your phone when viewing it. Should hopefully be smaller than 512kb .


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Re: Found a Leatherman Wave today!
Reply #23 on: October 21, 2021, 12:50:24 PM
I use to use that trick but my screen shots now are well over that limit :facepalm:

But the resizing apps are very handy even when using on photo hosting sites :tu: My internet isn't the best where I live and the smaller size makes uploads easier :cheers:


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Re: Found a Leatherman Wave today!
Reply #24 on: October 21, 2021, 06:00:21 PM
Yeah, I'm not going to do all that.  It's 2021, not 2001. The forum software should automatically resize incoming images.

Charles.


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Re: Found a Leatherman Wave today!
Reply #25 on: October 21, 2021, 06:35:36 PM
Yeah, I'm not going to do all that.  It's 2021, not 2001. The forum software should automatically resize incoming images.

Charles.


Well then, maybe you could help fund the software upgrades needed to do that  ;)


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Re: Found a Leatherman Wave today!
Reply #26 on: October 21, 2021, 06:51:36 PM
 :iagree:  :like:


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Reply #27 on: October 21, 2021, 10:03:04 PM
 :rofl:


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Re: Found a Leatherman Wave today!
Reply #28 on: October 21, 2021, 10:57:37 PM
Or you could reset your phone or camera's settings so that it automatically records pictures in the acceptable size format for posting on websites.  There's no reason to take pictures in what would in the real world be the size of a poster if you printed them in actual size.  I don't even know why that exists as a setting, let alone why it is the default setting for most of our devices.  Reducing the default picture size saves memory too.


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Re: Found a Leatherman Wave today!
Reply #29 on: October 22, 2021, 08:44:10 AM

Well then, maybe you could help fund the software upgrades needed to do that  ;)
There is no cost as far as i can find, you simply add this in the forum config. auto resize,
https://custom.simplemachines.org/index.php?mod=2206

there is also auto resize and rotate
https://custom.simplemachines.org/index.php?mod=4087

these may not have been available when the forum was first setup, but they are now and do not appear to have a cost.

Any photo I try and post from my phone gets me this:
if you have a samsung, you can edit the picture straight from the gallery and in the top right the hamburger menu includes resizing. I'm sure most other phones have something similar.

Or you could reset your phone or camera's settings so that it automatically records pictures in the acceptable size format for posting on websites.  There's no reason to take pictures in what would in the real world be the size of a poster if you printed them in actual size.  I don't even know why that exists as a setting, let alone why it is the default setting for most of our devices.  Reducing the default picture size saves memory too.
You will never regret having as many pixels as possible. If you crop or edit, the more pixels the better. storage is cheap.
if you have old 35mm 4x6's compare them to a 16mp photo from your phone, the difference in detail is amazing.


 

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