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And my old very cool LAMY 2000 from Sydney in about 1968-69. With the #DAMAST blade of my #SAK3627 Alox Pioneer X #FarmerX #onscreenNOTES
The one I was after...
Leatherman Free T4 Multi-tool Review
by Brian Hamilton
Last Updated January 6, 2024
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With the Free T4, Leatherman is seeking to create the pocket tool for the 21st century that the classic Swiss Army Knife was for the 20th. It combines modern styling with the most advanced multi tool systems plus the basic tools that made Swiss Army Knifes famous. Follow along as we pop the hood on this fascinating new knife and see if it can actually live up to the hype.
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Leatherman Free T4 Overview
The Leatherman Free T4 is an integral part of Leatherman’s latest Free series of advanced multi tools. Built around an innovative one-handed opening system, it gives you all the same tools and capability of the larger butterfly fold Free P2 minus the plier section.
At first glance, you can see the influence classic folding knife design had on Leatherman’s thinking. The Free T4 is just 3.6 inches long and well under an inch thick. It weighs just 4.3 oz yet packs in 60%-70% the utility of its larger cousins.
The combination of excellent ergonomics and totally revamped folding knife design intrigued us, let’s dig a little deeper to see how well Leatherman executed their vision.
Leatherman Free T4 Tools
The first thing you’ll notice about the Free T4 is that it uses the same buttery smooth thumb roll opening system of the Free P2 and P4. You can reliably access any of the tools with one hand, and lock/unlock them with the flick of your thumb.
It comes with 12 total tools, including a classic pair of metal tweezers, each of which is identical in shape and function to their counterparts on the Free P2. The sole exception to this is the knife blade.
We’ll cover that more below.
Knife
The knife on the T4 is a 2.2 inch long 420HC straight edge blade. It uses drop point blade architecture and comes from Leatherman razor sharp.
It’s the outermost tool on the body of the T4 and incorporates a generous thumb hole combined with a cutout along the scale. It allows you to flip out the blade as easily as you would with a modern folding knife while still protecting your nails from painful chips and breaks.
Spring Action Scissors
The spring action scissors use a blunt architecture identical to those on the P2 with a rounded tip. They’re more than capable of slicing through cordage, cardboard, paper, and anything else you need to open up.
They’re definitely on the small side, but overall do a great job.
Screwdrivers
The T4 has the same number and type of screwdrivers as found on the Leatherman Free P2. There’s a single Phillip’s head driver and three different flat head ones. These are medium, small, and extra-small in size and work just as well as they do on the P2.
Like the P2, the T4 lacks a bit driver and is limited to the screwdrivers built into its body.
Pry Bar, Bottle Opener & Package Opener
The pry bar and package opener are both built into the same tool piece. The pry bar is one and the same with the medium flathead screwdriver while the package opener shows itself as a sharpened edge along one side of the screwdriver.
The bottle opener is located on the Phillip’s head screwdriver and works as well as any we’ve seen. You’ll have no problem cracking open an ice-cold beer or old fashioned soda with this bad boy.
Awl, File, Tweezers
The awl includes a thread hole but notably doesn’t have a pointed tip. Instead, Leatherman combined the extra-small screwdriver with the awl for a chisel style tip. This hasn’t exactly been a popular decision, but it does still work alright for punching through leather and other heavier materials. We had no problem adding a loop to a standard thickness leather belt.
The wood/metal file, like the one found on the P2, is a bit of a disappointment. It’s quite a bit smaller than those found on previous full-size Leathermen and is really only good for smoothing very small surfaces.
The tweezers, though, we love. They’re functionally identical to those that have been found on Swiss Army Knives for generations and work perfectly for pulling out splinters or grasping small items securely.
See outdoorsmantoolkit.com/leatherman-free-t4-review/
In all my 2-3 million miles or kilometres of #FlickrSpelio #bushwalking, #SUSScaving, #WASGcaving, #RMLAIDForest life or #GSWANullarbor work, travel #roundAUstraliawithSpelio or in the UK or Europe in #Helga2004, where I bought a #SAKTinker in Switzerland or in #mtus, where I bought the #juiceS2, I never needed a #SAKedc or #Leatherman as I always had a couple of fully equipped toolboxes of #remotegearlist and a trusty #sheathknife.
When I head out this Friday evening, I'll have my low budget bases covered... ;)
*Bacon flavored toothpicks
*Timex Reef Gear watch with two-ring ZULU watchband
*Schrade Team Primos pocket knife
*CRKT Viva keyring multitool
*Titanium kubaton/toothpick holder
*Twistlock cable keyring
*Jetbeam Jet-1 MK LED flashlight AA/14500
*Wallyworld tri-fold wallet
*Vehicle and house keys
*Paracord wrist lanyard and pocket knife fob ~ globe knot, Turk's head knot bead, two-strand stopper knot, Matthew Walker knot, wall knots
1. RHODIA Handbook and Wallet
2. SPYDERCO DELICA 4
3. LEATERMAN WAVE(old)
4. FENIX LD10
5. ALTOIDS Survival Kit
6. Timex Chronograph Watch
7. Key Ring(bicycle tool+Spyderco Ladybug 3+Keys)
8. iPod Touch 2Genration
-This is a strong partner of my life-
A peculiar Roman bath tool-cluster, found in Pompeii, that combines a flask of cleansing oil, a "patera" pan to spread the oil, and four seemingly identical strigil skin-scraping tools.
It used to be the case in the UK that any pocket knife with a blade exceeding 3" in length (with a rather vague definition of how you measured a blade), or in which the blade was lockable, was ipso facto a prosecutable dangerous weapon. To escape prosecution you had to argue successfully that you had a legitimate reason for carrying it, such as that it was a tool of your trade, and you were in transit between home and plying your trade.
No doubt things are going to get even sillier now that knifing people has become fashionable in certain teenage circles.
Having grown up in the old days when schoolboys were encouraged to carry knives and to know how to use and care for them I usually have a knife in my pocket. And having learned by finger-scarring experience what happens when a folding knife folds up on your hand that knife is always a locking knife. And because I sometimes dangle from ropes for fun or profit I like that knife also to be easily openable with one hand. The police regard one-hand opening to be only slightly short of being a flick knife in terms of culpable lethality.
It's easier to argue that your knife is a tool rather than a weapon if it's a multi-tool. I believe this Spyderwrench to be the only multi-tool with a one-hand opening locking blade. It's not a particularly good multi-tool, but it's possibly the best knife with multi-tool capabilities.
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Scanned Objects, Denizens of the Desk Drawer. A knife-tool I got from a former employer. Very useful for opening packages and beer bottles (in a pinch) or for cleaning fingernails. It doesn't work very well as a screwdriver, but that's ok.
Part of a set of scanned objects.
A new addition to my EDC, because my shorts arn't so happy with my wave i bought this, it has everything i would need as an EDC multitool, if i know i'm going to abuse the tool with me i take the Wave.
New saddel on the way. Wunderlich.
New Vario touring windshield with spoiler on its way. Wunderlich/TouraTech.
Cruise Control on the way. Touratech.
Centerstand. BMW
Handguards alu. BMW
Motorcycle cover. BMW
Boardcomputer. BMW
Scottoiler; elektronic.
ABS. BMW
Handprotection plast. BMW
Heated grips 2 steps regulating. BMW
Mirror Extension. Touratech.
Xenon/foglight seperate lamps. Touratech.
Front Light Protection. Wunderlich.
Neopren front fork protection. Touratech.
Engine guard big. BMW
BMW engine guard tool box. Touratech.
Engine guard extension. Touratech.
Zega Pro And-S 31/38 ltr Alu with locks.
Handle Bar Height Increase 20mm. Touratech.
Water cooler protection aluminium. Wunderlich
Aluminium Hard Part radiator. Touratech.
LED Indicators. Touratech.
Instrumentcover with 2 power pluggs. Touratech.
Folding brake lever. Touratech.
Adjustable folding gear lever. Touratech.
Cover brake fluid reservoir rear. Touratech.
Cover ABS sensor. Touratech.
Frame guard ALU right. Touratech.
Frame guard ALU left. Touratech.
Roll bar. Touratech.
Roll bar extension. Touratech.
Pinion gear guard. Touratech.
Multitool front fork adjustment. Touratech.
PlasticGuard for brake fluid cont handlebars. Touratech.
Universal manifold cover, 35-42mm. Touratech.
Oregon handlebar bracket lockable. Touratech.
Garmin Oregon 450T GPS with 1:25.000 topo DK og EU CN / EU 1:100.000 topo.
Crossbar. Touratech.
Hornbutton protection. Wunderlich.
Regulator protectionaluminium. Wunderlich.
Brake Light switch protection aluminium. Wunderlich.
Exhaust protection aluminium. Wunderlich.
Laser Duo-Tech exhaust.
Nomad Tent.
Tracking Device.
Abus chain/combi/brake disc lock with 125dB alarm.
Engine starting protection. BMW
Famsa tankbag and tank pannier set.
Luggage carrier prepared for oncomming ZEGA PRO AND-S topbox for F800GS. Touratech.
A lot of travelling gear.
Belt loop and liner detail of my multitool sheath. Also put some glue over some of the thread so it doesn't fray - classy.
I needed a toolroll for the mountainhack, so I decided that a good solution would be to strap it onto the front of the rack (the rack, despite being 9×9, is a rando rack afterall and I don't want to encourage myself to load the exposed parts of it too much.
So I brazed a couple of slats into the nose of the rack (angled for cosmetics, which would have worked better if one hadn't have slipped out of place during brazing), looped a couple of toestraps around them, and sewed a ~10×12 toolroll to hold a couple of tires, a minipump, multitool, patch kit, and tire lever (with one empty pocket for, I dunno, a wrench?)
I don't have the rando bag sewn yet, so I've wedged the pink rando bag from the born-again Trek onto the thing so I can have a bag for any brevets I ride on this machine before I sew a new one up.
SOG Seal Team Elite
SOG OPS
SOG Flash II Tanto
SOG Twitch XL Tanto
SOG Visionary I
SOG Power Assist Multitool
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The Leatherman Style CS is a small multitool which features spring-action scissors, a file, knife, tweezers, bottle opener and mini-screwdriver.
Shot on January 9, 2011 with a Canon 60mm f/2.8 macro.
Photo collage of my Alox Victorinox Copper Cadet Swiss Army Knife with braided nlyon lanyard and swivel clip.
Dad warned me about these cacti. He told the story of his road trip with mom across the southwest in the 70s, and how they came across these unforgiving cacti. Mom noticed a beautiful flower and put her finger out to touch it. A jumping cactus like this one latched onto her finger and wouldn't let go. She got histerical and cried for dad to take it off. Dad wisely got some newspaper and slowly pulled it off to avoid getting stuck himself.
In my case, I didn't know what the "jumping cactus" actually looked like, so when I saw a few roundish cacti on the ground like this one, I was curious. I carefully grabbed one of the spines to get a better look at it. The crazy part was, and the reason they get their name, another nearby spine stuck into my finger. It just got worse from there.
Natural reaction to sudden pain is to pull away, but because the spines have microscopic barbs and tips that curve on contact with moisture from the underlayer of your skin, the spine stuck into me and stayed in. So when I pulled away, the spines held on, and the rest of the cactus swung back into my hand, sticking even more spines into my palm and fingers.
To get the spines out, you really need pliers or a multitool. I had neither, so I used two sturdy sticks to pry the spines out of my skin one-by-one. A painfully messy experience.
Gates Pass Trail,
Tucson Mountain Park
Rebranding and vacuum form packaging of a mini multi tool.
A student project from the Communication Design area of the Milwaukee institute of Art and Design. visit www.miad.edu/
Just occurred to me, we had many other Victorinox knives apart from Swiss Army Pocket knives. Some are well travelled in the VelcroPalace and Angela. The ones in the motorhome still would be counted in our collection…
See a YouTube video on kitchen knives..
Wow, I wear a lot of tools on my belt! And on the other side I have an electrician's multitool and a tape measure. I'm like Batman! Except...not really.
Here's an image I did for a MultiTool.org thread named "Got a Light?" These are some of the lighters I use to light cigars with and burn the ends of paracord (550 cord for you military folk). I shot this with my iPhone (really loving that camera at the moment) on my coffee table humidor my wife got me for Christmas a couple years ago. Thanks for looking and have a GREAT weekend!¡!