thoughts on the "kiddie" leahterman

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I was cruising around the Leatherman website and found that they designed a "kid specific" multi tool called the Leap. its in bright colors, kinda bulbus tools and a removable knife blade. As a young man (22) no kids and limited experience with kids, i was wondering what yall thought about it. I think it would be cool because if you take the blade out and the take it to school they (hopefully) won't get expelled.
Paul
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The product name is the Leap for those who may be interested. More info is available here: http://leap.leatherman.com/.

First thing that comes to my mind is if Leatherman can create a MT with a user-installable blade, why can't they create a MT with a user-UNINSTALLABLE blade? I need a blade in my Leatherman like I need another hole in my head! I realize that the blade in the Leap is a one-time install, but why shouldn't it be able to work both ways?
 
bld522 said:
The product name is the Leap for those who may be interested. More info is available here: http://leap.leatherman.com/.

First thing that comes to my mind is if Leatherman can create a MT with a user-installable blade, why can't they create a MT with a user-UNINSTALLABLE blade? I need a blade in my Leatherman like I need another hole in my head! I realize that the blade in the Leap is a one-time install, but why shouldn't it be able to work both ways?
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Thanks for catching me not mentioning the name I changed the OP. I love having a blade on my MT because then i can have a loaner blade and i also have a blade that i don't have to worry about destroying because its like a "bonus" blade. I would love to see a juice size MT with removable blade so i can fly with it.
 
lobodelanoche said:
I would love to see a juice size MT with removable blade so i can fly with it.
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You're not alone! In my case it would be a Micra, but same general idea. Sure beats taking a dremel to the blade to make it TSA compliant. :mad:
 
I recall hearing or reading that they wanted to make the Leap have a removable blade but couldn't do it in a way that guaranteed the kid's safety, and didn't require a bunch of tools. so they opted for simplicity in that case.
I like the idea as it foments the idea of a multi-tool as a TOOL before kids get the idea that knives are weapons. Its a multi-tool I'd give to a 5 or 6 year old, especially for "helping out" around the house/yard. Probably not ever be able to take it to school, but who knows, maybe the world will get less paranoid. One can hope.
 
It seems like a good idea. If you go camping with your kids you may want to get them a "kid friendly" knife, but parents should remember that no matter how many safety features this has, at the end of the day a knife is a knife and it can be dangerous for your kids.

However it seems like a good concept, I wonder how it'll hold up.
 
gadgetgeek said:
I recall hearing or reading that they wanted to make the Leap have a removable blade but couldn't do it in a way that guaranteed the kid's safety, and didn't require a bunch of tools. so they opted for simplicity in that case.
I like the idea as it foments the idea of a multi-tool as a TOOL before kids get the idea that knives are weapons. Its a multi-tool I'd give to a 5 or 6 year old, especially for "helping out" around the house/yard. Probably not ever be able to take it to school, but who knows, maybe the world will get less paranoid. One can hope.
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I doubt the world will get less paranoid, my old school definitely won't, an old teacher of mine I'm friendly with told me a kid nearly got stabbed with some kid's knife, so I doubt they'll be letting kids bring their pocket knives to school anytime soon

. It's horrible that knives are seen as weapons not tools, even at my work place people are always on edge when they find out I carry a multi-tool.
 
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