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Hi all,
New member from the UK here! I came across this forum and thought this would be an excellent resource, so had to join in. I was wondering if someone can help me.
I recently got this Leatherman PST from a local car boot sale (kind of like a flea market for our US friends!), with British military markings on the handle. Marked on the side of the handle is the latter part of the NATO stock number, an arrow (British government ownership marking), and the year of issue. I also collect military stuff, so a military issue Leatherman was 'win-win' for me! Both handles have a June 1993 (0693) manufacture date. After a little bit of research, I found that these military marked PST tools were Issued to the Royal Marines, and from what I can understand, only 1990 and 1993 produced PST's have these markings. Maybe someone out there can correct me if I'm wrong! I'm really pleased to have found it, as I've never seen another one like it, not even here in the UK. I've posted this elsewhere and other experts have said that this is a fairly rare tool, so that makes it all the more interesting!
Unfortunately, the tip of the blade has snapped off, which is where I need some help. Seeing as this is seemingly a fairly rare tool, I would really like to fix this. I've been looking around on Ebay and on google, but I haven't been so lucky. Could someone point me in the right direction for finding a replacement blade, or would someone on this forum be able to help me out with a spare? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Many thanks indeed!
Best regards,
Simon
New member from the UK here! I came across this forum and thought this would be an excellent resource, so had to join in. I was wondering if someone can help me.
I recently got this Leatherman PST from a local car boot sale (kind of like a flea market for our US friends!), with British military markings on the handle. Marked on the side of the handle is the latter part of the NATO stock number, an arrow (British government ownership marking), and the year of issue. I also collect military stuff, so a military issue Leatherman was 'win-win' for me! Both handles have a June 1993 (0693) manufacture date. After a little bit of research, I found that these military marked PST tools were Issued to the Royal Marines, and from what I can understand, only 1990 and 1993 produced PST's have these markings. Maybe someone out there can correct me if I'm wrong! I'm really pleased to have found it, as I've never seen another one like it, not even here in the UK. I've posted this elsewhere and other experts have said that this is a fairly rare tool, so that makes it all the more interesting!
Unfortunately, the tip of the blade has snapped off, which is where I need some help. Seeing as this is seemingly a fairly rare tool, I would really like to fix this. I've been looking around on Ebay and on google, but I haven't been so lucky. Could someone point me in the right direction for finding a replacement blade, or would someone on this forum be able to help me out with a spare? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Many thanks indeed!
Best regards,
Simon
On this side of the pond, eBay have a very slim selection of nice clean and cased examples, but they are too nice take apart. It’s typical really, I saw about 6 months ago four spare blades as I was just scrolling through eBay, and now I need one, there isn’t any. lol.