Hi all, this is my first post here, I was wondering if anyone has had a problem with the locks on their charge ti ? The ones on my saw and file don't hold the way they should,I have the same locking system on my old wave and have not had any problems.I did a search on here but couldn't find anything. Thanks in advance for any help you can give me.
Harry,
On the very first time I used my Charge, the plain edge blade folded while cutting out a vine (no injury). At first I thought it possible my work gloves activated the lock release, but a week or so later, when I was doing some not difficult cutting, it folded again. This time, I wasn't wearing gloves (no injury). A spine tap on the sole of my shoe folded the blade, and so long as I was testing, the serrated failed, too. In many years using any number of locking blades, including by Leatherman, these were the only failures I ever experienced.
After a brief e-mail conversation with Leatherman Warranty Dept., I sent them the Charge. It came back with a note that nothing had to be done, the blades were "in spec."
I don't really know what caused the lock to fail. It could have been mishandling, an overlooked flaw on my sample, a weakness in design or manufacture, but whatever, I didn't want to risk my fingers on a question mark. So I sold off the Charge with a relatively clear conscience, since it had, after all, been officially inspected and certified by Leatherman.
On two separate occasions I made mention of this matter while posting on other topics, but since nobody picked up on it, I figured this was not of widespread concern.
