Anyone else have this problem with their LM Squirt scissor spring?

Smaug

Smaug

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The spring on my scissors of my Squirt Es4 snaps to the side after a couple of snips. I just wanted to ask before sending it to Leatherman. Maybe it is just a bad spring design and they can't fix it?

That'd be too bad, because I really like this little guy. It's not much bigger than a SAK classic, but offers a lot more tools.
 
Smaug said:
The spring on my scissors of my Squirt Es4 snaps to the side after a couple of snips. I just wanted to ask before sending it to Leatherman. Maybe it is just a bad spring design and they can't fix it?

That'd be too bad, because I really like this little guy. It's not much bigger than a SAK classic, but offers a lot more tools.
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My Ps4 scissors appears to be the same type as yours. Seems okay to me cutting paper and twine, but I haven't used it enough to know for sure if the spring action is a weak design or not. Time will tell. So far, the scissors have performed very well with no spring problems whatsoever. Your call, but I'd send the Es4 to Leatherman Warranty.
 
Good to hear, I will send it in.

After having this problem, I noticed that the mating surfaces of the spring on the Juice models are beveled, so they don't slip apart like this.
 
Only ever happened to me when trying to cut something too big and too tough for the scissors (eg. thick vulcanised fibre), where I should have been using shears/tin snips.
 
parbajtor said:
Only ever happened to me when trying to cut something too big and too tough for the scissors (eg. thick vulcanised fibre), where I should have been using shears/tin snips.
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I'm only cutting threads, paper, and labels from clothing.
 
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