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My dad's old Leatherman hit 20 years and I only broke one tool off of it
I was cleaning out my truck last weekend and found my dad's old Leatherman Wave he gave me back in high school. It's got the year 2004 stamped inside the handle, so it's been kicking around for 20 years now. I've used it for everything from stripping wires on a house remodel to cutting fishing line on vacation in Florida. Only thing I broke was the little scissors, they snapped clean off trying to cut some thick zip ties about 5 years ago. I sent it in to Leatherman's warranty people for $10 and got it back with new scissors in 3 weeks. That was honestly the moment I stopped buying multi-tools at the hardware store counter. Has anyone else had one of these old ones hold up way longer than expected?
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carr.xena10d ago
Used to think Leatherman was overpriced hype. Grabbed a cheaper multi-tool at Home Depot every time one broke. Then my buddy let me borrow his dad's old Supertool from the 90s. That thing was beat to hell but still worked perfectly. Finally caved and bought my first Wave. Three years later I'm still amazed. Made me realize you really do pay for quality upfront and it pays off later.
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