Leatherman 830039 New Wave Multitool with Leather Sheath

Customer Reviews

Best Leatherman Yet

2008-06-27
This is my 4th Leatherman and the 1st with outside blades. The quality of the New Wave is excellent and having access to the blades, file and saw without opening the tool is very useful. I work in construction and always have a Leatherman on my belt. Western Case makes an excellent, compact, nylon belt clip case for medium size Leatherman tools.

Excellent Multitool

2008-06-17
I love my Wave more than most of my other multitools. I own 6 multitools at the time of this writing, and my Wave is my current favorite that I carry and use all the time.

The one handed blade opening is great. The operation is smooth and the blades themselves are extremely sharp.

I've done a lot of abusive stuff to this multitool, and so far it has held up well. I even sawed through a PVC pipe once in an emergency which I was sure was going to destroy the non-wood saw blade. It cut through nicely and actually made the saw sharper than before (I accidentally cut myself with it seeing if it was still sharp).

It's a great tool and you won't be disappointed.

My only complaint about it is that the internal tools are a little too tight to open comfortably. I wish they were as easy to open as the tools on my Leatherman SuperTool 200.

perfect replacement for my old one

2008-05-27
gave away my other one to a guide in brazil. He loved it. I needed another one and this one is the perfect replacement.

The American swiss army knife at its best

2008-05-26
This review will be short:
Over the years I have bought maybe twenty Leatherman of every type, and except for one which was stolen from me, all the others I gave around to my friends - save the one I am currently using which is the new wave.
It is the best I have seen so far.
E-xcel-lent.
Six stars.

Handy!

2008-04-25
I keep this all-round tool in the kitchen, so if I have a small repair to do, I needn't go down to the basement for the major tools.

leatherman not the best

2008-04-21
The New Wave multitool from Leatherman features improved pliers and wire cutters, externally locking knives, a file, and a saw. All the internal tools are positive locking and include scissors, flat 1/4-inch bit driver with Phillips head, flat screwdrivers, can opener, reversible eyeglass screwdriver and wire Stripper. Comes with handy leather sheath. Made in USA with Domestic and foreign parts.

Leatherman New Wave Multitool

2008-04-14
I purchased the New Wave Multitool recently and have been very pleased with it. I really like that it has locks for all of the tools. I really had to struggle with going to this larger size tool because I had been carrying a Swiss Army knife for years. It had pliers as well, but they don't compare to the Wave! Also the difference in strength of the pliers as well as the strength and sharpness of the blades between the two is like night and day. I've already put a good inch long cut in my thumb with the knife blade of the Wave when I tried to open it. So my only warning would be to be extra careful when using the one-handed method to open the blade using the thumb hold provided. The mechanism is a little stiff at the moment and that probably caused me to use extra pressure and then my thump slipped off of the thumb hold. I also really like the feature of being able to switch around the screwdrivers from slotted to Phillips, thus providing two screwdrivers in one. If only they would provide a toothpick, tweezers and a pen then this knife would be awesome.

very well made

2008-04-12
much better than my mid-90s version which had to be completely opened to get to blades, the bladeson this one are on the outside

Wave, Wow!

2008-04-09
Even better than my old classic Leatherman.
Improved design, easy access to blades and all tools lock solidly.
The pliers are even easy on your hands now.
A super solid, strong tool.

Overall, impressive EVEN by Leatherman standards.
Need I say more?

jimp

2008-03-21
This is one awesome product at an awesome price. Amazon - you did it again.