few new toys

hardheart

hardheart

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The Schrade is larger than I expected. It's put together fairly well, good tension on the springs and came with a decent edge. I went ahead and got the Wegner signal card, since it was just a few bucks. The case holds the tools in fairly well, has rulers on the back side. I think I'm going to leave the plastic coating on the mirror for now. The little T10 multi is pretty stiff, but it looks like the pivots for the handles are going to wear pretty quick, very thin stamping. The tools lock open, but there's a fair amount of play. You have to open a second tool to 10 o'clock to release the locked one, not very smooth operation. The pliers should be pretty useful, and I think the overall package is better for the size than the older Swisstech I have.


 
The wenger signal mirror is not a wenger product. according SOSAK they were bought by a sales guy who had intentions of packaging them with knives but never did and so they have something like 10000 of them rotting in a warehouse
 
I bought a T10 a couple months ago. Impulse buy at Fry's Electronics.

The pliers and screwdrivers are nice. But as you noticed, the lockup is a bit sloppy. The knife, bottle opener/screwdriver, and file are all substandard compared to a Leatherman Micra/Squirt. The simpler models that forgo the knife/bottle opener/file tools would probably be a better overall tool.

The ISC knock offs look interesting, too. I might pick one up.

I kinda like the Wenger Signal Card's knife. One of these days, I'll give the handle a few dunks in Plastidip, make a sheath, and turn it to a dandy little neck knife.
 
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