Here is the rub.
I used to have a Gerber Legend 800 multi tool. It was slick. It was big and buly and it weighed a ton, but it had everything: A decent screwdriver, a good knife blade, replaceable wire cutting blades on the pliers, and it even took 1/4" jigsaw blades for its saw blade tool.
I used to have a reputation for going through multi tools. I've busted about forty seven Leathermans of the original design or similar; I've broken two Gerber CompactSports of varying descriptions, wore out the locks on two Buck tools and arc welded one to a vacuum cleaner (long story), and busted the lock on a Schrade ST1.
I liked the Legend because the tool blades were replaceable, everything locked (the Schrade was a favorite of mine but only half the tools lock...), everything wear-outable was replaceable, and I knocked the snot out of it for three years without breaking it.
So, I lost it. It rode in the saddlebag of my bike; My bike rode on the rack on the back of the car, and somewhere along 90 miles of route 13 the saddlebag bounced itself unzipped and I lost my Legend.
Seems they don't make it anymore. I can buy one online, if I like - To the tune of over a hundred dollars! I paid 50 for mine brand spanking new at Target when I got it.
So.
Anybody got any bright ideas? What's on your tool belt, and why do you like it?
I used to have a Gerber Legend 800 multi tool. It was slick. It was big and buly and it weighed a ton, but it had everything: A decent screwdriver, a good knife blade, replaceable wire cutting blades on the pliers, and it even took 1/4" jigsaw blades for its saw blade tool.
I used to have a reputation for going through multi tools. I've busted about forty seven Leathermans of the original design or similar; I've broken two Gerber CompactSports of varying descriptions, wore out the locks on two Buck tools and arc welded one to a vacuum cleaner (long story), and busted the lock on a Schrade ST1.
I liked the Legend because the tool blades were replaceable, everything locked (the Schrade was a favorite of mine but only half the tools lock...), everything wear-outable was replaceable, and I knocked the snot out of it for three years without breaking it.
So, I lost it. It rode in the saddlebag of my bike; My bike rode on the rack on the back of the car, and somewhere along 90 miles of route 13 the saddlebag bounced itself unzipped and I lost my Legend.
Seems they don't make it anymore. I can buy one online, if I like - To the tune of over a hundred dollars! I paid 50 for mine brand spanking new at Target when I got it.
So.
Anybody got any bright ideas? What's on your tool belt, and why do you like it?