Angus Campbell from Australia, NSW Public Profile

Lovely fondling knife, very light with lovely smooth mechanism that is a joy to handle.
But construction is weak. I dropped it on a hard floor and it just fell apart. The threaded fasteners that hold this together are tiny and have little engagement with the thin frame steel. I discovered that two of these fasteners stripped when it hit the floor and the knife just fell apart. The thin frame steel allows installation of the cocobolo onto a flat external frame surface - but at the direct compromise of adequate structural strength.
Additionally the blade profile is narrow and from my use the blade stock is too thick for slicing. So it’s fine for cutting tape but the primary grind is too obtuse, making it rubbish for slicing an apple of a piece of cheese.
Feels lovely in the hand, but I’m looking for a full flat grind for EDC that is still light weight but is waaaaay more durable than this.

I've carried a leatherman on my belt for over twenty years and use it every day. I wanted beefier pliers so i upgraded to Surge. Love the exchangeable file and saw fitting, love the bigger stronger scissors located on the outside. But i preferred the inside tool set on the Charge ALX which has another bit driver and a mini jewellers screwdriver instead of the awl and two flat drivers. A much, much better tool selection for my needs. I bought a used Wave for parts and swapped them out, now I have the perfect LM. If LM offered a Surge ALX model it would be the best Leatherman ever.

Starting with the hard plastic sheath - way, way too bulky. Detention is rubbish, the knife falls out with every least little bump. Plan to make a kydex sheath if you want to carry this.
As for the knife, note that it is a really short/steep clip point that is really not for stabbing, and the geometry suits small hands. As in the hand size of a child. The thumb indent is too close to the hand grip for even medium size hands of a grown up. That being said, this is a durable full tang construction and with a half decent sheath would make a reasonable starter for a child if you wanted a light fixed blade without a sharply pointed tip.

Having a well designed folder with a high vis grippy handle for field dressing works for me. A single tool with both jipper and skinning/dressing blade in decent stainless blade steel that is easily washed out to remove hair and animal material is exactly what I was looking for. This isn't pretty, but it is the functional tool I was looking for.

I like the knife, but I have medium size hand and find the handle a bit big. I don't notice until i am really using the knife, then I find my grip gets tired quickly. I would look for something else if you have medium to small hands. A friend with larger hands than mine loves it.
Nicely balanced, very nice blade. The edge comes right back to the handle so you have a full 5" of blade length and can use a strong full-fisted grip and get maximum power/leverage right next to the handle for carving and feather sticks and so on.
Good knife if your hands are big enough for the substantial handle.

The blade is out of proportion with the handle and finger guard. This is a poorly designed knife.
The small velcro tab detent on the sheath is dangerously hopeless, it does not keep the knife secure and it readily slips out. The blade extend below the finger guard and you need to be particularly careful taking it out, with the hopeless detent the blade only needs to be riding a little high in the sheath for this to be dangerous.
I have medium size hands, the finger guard is too small for my hand and the handle also is too small. The only comfortable hand position is well back on the handle. The handle may work ok if you have small hands, my 14 year old daughter found it comfortable to hold but the blade is far too wide for any practical use in her small hands.

Open spanner and a ring spanner, metric and imperial, with a screwdriver and a pry bar. Too clever.
The spanner os a direct complement to the set of pliers on a leatherman multitool, and is always handy to have a spanner in your pocket. Flat shape fits easily into tight nooks. Leatherman multitool on the belt, Pirahna in the pocket - I use them every day. How does anyone get through a day without having tools like these at hand?