Broke my Leatherman today.
I won a raffle in 2008 I think.
The first prize was a gift card which I used to buy the most expensive leatherman that was available in the store at the time.
I have used it so much and still somehow taken way too good care of it. Never abused the blades. I bet the tool I have used the most have been the pliers and the screwdriver.
The leather holster that I used occasionally looks still almost like new.
Cutting hot dog buns for kids when out and about, fixing my bike…
F for respect 🫡
Ok. I’ll let you in on my addiction. Don’t blame me if you decide to check this out. Wera Tools. They actually have a bike kit. I don’t like advertising but their stuff changed my preferences a lot. But I also have over 10k of tools from all sorts of brands.
I like to keep stuff at a certain quality level now. I’ve conc’d my head(don’t use a 10 foot pipe as a breaker bar) and almost took out an eye and almost removed half of my teeth breaking wrenches.
Anyway the point is have higher quality tools so you don’t injure yourself. Oh I’m not too fond of Snap-On.
Send it to them, they’ll probably replace it.
This should be labeled as “Not Safe For Mens Life”… So sad, I’ll bring my bugle, we shall play taps when we lay it to rest.
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just remember kids: the multi tool is only appropriate when no other tool is available
I see people abuse these things at work all the time, and I’m baffled that they refuse to just carry the correct tool, when they know what repeatable actions they take throughout the day.
Which is why my EDC includes actual pliers and an actual knife and multiple wrenches and shears, tape measure, speed square, box tape, masking tape, safety glasses, spider key, and you know what my hips hurt.
None of the above was a joke.
How much did the pocket dimension cost?
It’s the cargo shorts. Some tools are attached to the fedora too
Hell yeah. This is why I EDC my Bell System vintage needlenose pliers
my Swiss Arny knife can cut down trees.
and open corked bottles
I’m sorry bro, I lost mine about a year ago and I just haven’t been the same. My thoughts are prayers are with you 🙏
Lifetime warranty no? Get it fixed
This is the correct answer, Leatherman’s have lifetime warranty.
File a claim OP
25 year, but it’s still within the period.
My experience with them was very good. They had my broken Skeletool back in just a few weeks.
Same!
*Lifetime of the tool. Also, OP has to prove he’s not dead.
It says all you can eat.
And that’s all you CAN eat!
I swear I can eat this table
Yeah but, as weird as it is to think, I bet steel was better in even 2008. I know that older hand tools used stronger steel, and iirc, it was project farm(i think?) that did a comparison of steel used even through the 1990s and into the 00s and found modern steel to be much softer.
His watch is over.
RIP
You now have an unpaired plier.
A plier. So OP can still ply things.
A “solo of pliers”?
Had the exact same thing happen to me. Got it fixed under warranty no questions asked. Never happened again (even tho I use it nearly every day)
This seems like the least likely point of failure and yet here I am witnessing it twice.
It’s almost certainly the most likely failure point. It’s where the two parts thin to overlap each other, but still aren’t overlapping, and also it’s undergoing a lot of force if you put any vertical torque on it.
I’m no engineer, or expert, or someone who’s ever had this happen, but it seems like a pretty expected failure mode. Everything else is much thicker and more durable.
You’re much thicker and more durable!
all pliers break at that point.
I’ve only had a long nosed pair break roughly 15mm from the end. Was only using the to remove a painted on junction box cover.
Oh well I’ve just been outed as a non-plier specialist. At least I learned something.
hey get 'em! they don’t know about pliers!
make 'em go to plier college
They have a pretty solid warranty policy as far as I know. Maybe worth checking it out:
I have a Leatherman that is grandfathered with a lifetime warranty. They’ve honored it several times.
I went back to mark the 25 years because I got confused by the 40 year warranty banner if you were a part of some group. You beat me to the punch lol
Think you are covered under warranty still…
https://www.leatherman.com/pages/customerservice-warranty
(25 years)
I’m amazed companies still have such long warranties and haven’t enshitified yet. I have a Carhartt jacket that had the zipper seam come out and they covered repairing it under their warranty.
You broke the pliers of a leatherman? Are you like the hulk?
maybe it was used ocassionaly as a hammer
I mean true, i did use a leatherman to mine vulcanic crystals in iceland once 💀 i am not even kidding. Sadly that one lasted long enough to get stolen so yeahhh
