June 2009
The Only Knife I've Never Broken
I bought a Leatherman Wave in 2004 when I was passing through the States. I use it so much that I keep it in my bag wherever I go - even to work.
In my spare time, I'm a paraglider pilot - sometimes not a very good one, and I've caught my glider (similar to a parachute) in trees on multiple occasions. Let me tell you, it's about as bad as a ball of fishing line tightly tangled up with driftwood. On multiple occasions, I've used the saw on my Leatherman Wave to trim off various branches in order to get my glider off undamaged.
Of all my knives, including my Zwillings, Opinels and Victorinoxes, this has the sharpest blade which keeps an edge the longest. I've also never managed to break it, which I can't say about any knife I've used to any length of time. If I ever lose this, I will go straight out and buy a new one. And then promptly find the old one, of course!
Craig P.
Stuttgart, Baden Württemberg
OK, you voyeur, you. Enough of reading other people's stories. It's time you told your own tale of gripping heroism or even just neat DIY'ism. We know there's a Shakespeare in you somewhere. Don't make us use the Steens to find it.