Seems pretty compact too.



Is that a telescoping radio antenna they call a pocket bellows? I know for a fact that rapidly extending and contracting those types of antennae make them to hot to hold onto.

Had a bit of an accident with my Leatherman Blast today.

I was using the pliers on it and I guess there was a flaw in the machining or something, but one side of the very tip of the pliers snapped off.

Since this particular tool was discontinued by Leatherman some years ago (the Blast was replaced by the Rebar), sending it to Leatherman isn't an option.

So out comes the Dremel with a cutoff wheel and now instead of needle nose pliers, my Leatherman Blast has a sort of blunt nose/semi needle nose set. They ain't perfect, but they'll work.

Now if I could find a semi-trashed Blast to use as a parts donor, that would be great. Only problem is I can't find one locally and I'd rather avoid using Ebay. May have to start checking the local pawn shops again.

Quote from: 12_Gauge_Chimp on June 27, 2026, 05:09:42 PMHad a bit of an accident with my Leatherman Blast today.

I was using the pliers on it and I guess there was a flaw in the machining or something, but one side of the very tip of the pliers snapped off.

Since this particular tool was discontinued by Leatherman some years ago (the Blast was replaced by the Rebar), sending it to Leatherman isn't an option.

So out comes the Dremel with a cutoff wheel and now instead of needle nose pliers, my Leatherman Blast has a sort of blunt nose/semi needle nose set. They ain't perfect, but they'll work.

Now if I could find a semi-trashed Blast to use as a parts donor, that would be great. Only problem is I can't find one locally and I'd rather avoid using Ebay. May have to start checking the local pawn shops again.

When you say sending it back to Leatherman wasn't an option, did they tell you that or did you make that assumption? Because while I admire your resourcefulness in modifying your Blast to preserve some of the plier functionality, if you didn't at least reach out to Leatherman to see what they might do for you, taking the Dremel to it may have been a rash decision. Maybe they had some new old stock of Blasts set aside especially for warranty replacements. Maybe they would have sent you a Rebar, or offered you a credit towards another Leatherman product.

Quote from: majorhavoc on June 27, 2026, 09:07:37 PM

Quote from: 12_Gauge_Chimp on June 27, 2026, 05:09:42 PMHad a bit of an accident with my Leatherman Blast today.

I was using the pliers on it and I guess there was a flaw in the machining or something, but one side of the very tip of the pliers snapped off.

Since this particular tool was discontinued by Leatherman some years ago (the Blast was replaced by the Rebar), sending it to Leatherman isn't an option.

So out comes the Dremel with a cutoff wheel and now instead of needle nose pliers, my Leatherman Blast has a sort of blunt nose/semi needle nose set. They ain't perfect, but they'll work.

Now if I could find a semi-trashed Blast to use as a parts donor, that would be great. Only problem is I can't find one locally and I'd rather avoid using Ebay. May have to start checking the local pawn shops again.

When you say sending it back to Leatherman wasn't an option, did they tell you that or did you make that assumption? Because while I admire your resourcefulness in modifying your Blast to preserve some of the plier functionality, if you didn't at least reach out to Leatherman to see what they might do for you, taking the Dremel to it may have been a rash decision. Maybe they had some new old stock of Blasts set aside especially for warranty replacements. Maybe they would have sent you a Rebar, or offered you a credit towards another Leatherman product.

I actually emailed Leatherman about a repair on my Blast not long after the Rebar came out (so like 2010 or thereabouts) and Leatherman said they wouldn't repair it since the Rebar replaced the Blast in their catalog.
 

Speaking of Leatherman tools, I had a bit of an idea the other day and decided to see if it'd work.

Y'all know how on the Wave the file is on the side with the serrated blade ?

Well, I hated that so I decided I wanted to see if I could swap the saw with the file. It worked, but I encountered a minor problem. Namely the hidden lanyard attachment which serves no real purpose for me.

So I removed it since it caused the file to bind up badly and not allow it to open. Did this to both Waves I own and overall I'm happier with this set up instead of how it came from the factory.

Also, over the course of me doing this mod, I found out the lanyard thing is easily removed. I found this out after I used a set of snips on the first lanyard thing on my first Wave.

Apparently Leatherman anticipated morons like me doing this, so they made it easily removable if you've got a set of T10 Torx security bits with the little hole in the tip. Wish I'd have figured that out before I used a set of snips to cut the first one off my first Wave.

Oh well, you live and learn I guess.

Chimp rides the Wave !!! 

Quote from: majorhavoc on July 20, 2026, 06:41:53 PMChimp rides the Wave !!! 

I've actually had a pair of Waves since 2015 or so. Bought one and then bought a second one after my brother accidentally broke the scissors on the first one.

Ended up fixing the scissors on the first Wave with a set I took from my Blast since the scissors are pretty much the same.

Bought a Buck 722 Spitfire on clearance at the local Walmart today.

It's not a bad knife, but it's stiff as hell opening. Backing out the lockbar screw a little helps, though.

Not a bad deal at 28 dollars, I think.