On Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:02:03 -0600, Vic Smith
wrote:

On Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:01:11 -0500, John H
wrote:

On Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:08:00 -0600, Vic Smith
wrote:

On Tue, 6 Jan 2009 19:46:28 -0800 (PST),
wrote:


The guy I posted for will be using it to carry on a dirtbike.. no room
for a toolbox, even a small one...

Ya but...
Those multi-tools aren't exactly small either.
When I biked (pedal) I could carry what I needed.
Forgot what your friend wanted - pliers? - but there's
not many sizes to twist on any bike.
Though I don't use them, and I don't like them, a Crescent
wrench is better for cranking nuts than any pair of pliers.
Somebody already wrote about a multi-tool pliers breaking.
I can't imagine breaking a pliers, and I've cranked on a lot of them.
And you need a slip joint in any set of pliers to get a good bite on
more than one size thing.
I'm spitting in the wind here anywhere, because the multi-tool Army is
marching, and I'm just going to get run over. (-:

--Vic

I think my friend used his Leatherman pliers as a pry bar. It's for damn
sure they didn't break under proper use.

Because he didn't bring the tool box with the prybar. (-:

The thing is, Leatherman just replaced the tool.

I've seen a guy use a Craftsman 3/4" drive ratchet as a hammer.
Sears would replace it, no questions asked.
But I get your point.

--Vic

Once upon a time, when I was about 17, I had a Sears Craftsman
pocketknife. I broke the point off. I took it to the store, showed it to
the salesman, and asked that he replace it. He asked how I broke it.

"I was throwing it at a tree to stick it," I said.

"We can't replace it when you treat it like that," he said.

So I asked him to get the manager, which he did. After hearing both sides
of the story, the manager looked at me and asked, "Are you satisfied with
the knife?"

"No," I said.

The manager looked at the salesman and said, "Give him a new knife."

The salesman was not happy. I was.