I was going to release it in February but I decided to release it now to spare people's wallets for Christmas. This is the only Leatherman model I've ever had problems with. 2 Arcs, 2 fails. Pretty sad
@dualsportoutdoors not just with the innovation but with the quality in proving so fast and for the price I make be converting to roxon..I have the Swisstool spirit x and the leatherman surge love them both ..and keeping and eye on roxon..when the upgrade the ks2 to the ks2 elite alot of people just focused on the d2 blade upgrade they upgraded all of it for only 8 dollers more..there listening to the people
Definitely agree about the sheath. I had a similar one with my Supertool 300, and it did not last very long before it came apart. Replaced it with a heavy duty sheath from American Benchcraft, and it's been good to go👍Thanks for your thoughts on the Arc, the price on that one is a bit out of my usual ballpark. But nice to hear the shortcomings so I don't end up saving for one and being disappointed with it. Cheers, buddy!
I could tell that sheath would not last out of the box I even told people that in my reviews so I updated mine with a custom one made by a guy on Etsy. Which allows me to carry both bit systems. As for sharpening what are you using to sharpen with? I use Sharpton stones to sharpen with. It is a hard steal so you have to use Sharpton or a good diamond stone. I also bought custom wire cutters Damascus Steel for 40.00 off Amazon. Then I picked up 2 screws off eBay so those 2 holes would not be open. As for the play your having I have not got that yet. I will make a video if mine do that.
@@SurvivalSavvvy I do my sharpening on a Worksharp field sharpener. Even my custom knife with 64 HRC Magnacut tunes right up on it. The Arcs are claimed to be in the 58-60 range from what I've heard but given how they sharpen, I'd be willing to bet they're colser to 55
@@dualsportoutdoors That sharpener is more of a touch-up sharpener. When you used it you probably wrecked the blade. Most likely need to reprofile it. I have a video that says "How to sharpen your leatherman" Where I show you proper stones. Please do not hate me. :) That work sharp the strop on it is horrible and the ceramic gets dirty. Like you said in the video you spend $300.00 and you're sharpening with a touch up. DMT is another go company for sharpening. I would stop using that sharpener and search UA-cam on knife sharpening and learn form the 10-year-old videos which are the masters.
@SurvivalSavvvy I don't use the guides usually. It hasn't done any damage to any of my blades so far since I just use the diamond plates and ceramic rod. I do clean it up after every few uses too. I've been looking at the Fallkniven DC series of stones as an alternative sharpening system. Whatever I go with needs to be compact enough to fit with all my other gear in my bike's luggage on a longer ride and in my pocket when I'm on an extended trek in the woods
Been seeing your comments on a few videos I've been hoping you'd make a video
I was going to release it in February but I decided to release it now to spare people's wallets for Christmas. This is the only Leatherman model I've ever had problems with. 2 Arcs, 2 fails. Pretty sad
@dualsportoutdoors I'm sorry that happened I couldn't imagine the frustration
@@Daveggay I was P.O. for sure. That's over $400 in failed multitools. I could have brought a lot of stuff to the channel for that money
@dualsportoutdoors not just with the innovation but with the quality in proving so fast and for the price I make be converting to roxon..I have the Swisstool spirit x and the leatherman surge love them both ..and keeping and eye on roxon..when the upgrade the ks2 to the ks2 elite alot of people just focused on the d2 blade upgrade they upgraded all of it for only 8 dollers more..there listening to the people
Definitely agree about the sheath. I had a similar one with my Supertool 300, and it did not last very long before it came apart. Replaced it with a heavy duty sheath from American Benchcraft, and it's been good to go👍Thanks for your thoughts on the Arc, the price on that one is a bit out of my usual ballpark. But nice to hear the shortcomings so I don't end up saving for one and being disappointed with it. Cheers, buddy!
@@davidkurle5418 yeah go with the Charge instead if you're looking for a pemium multitool. It's leaps and bounds better than the Arc in every way
I could tell that sheath would not last out of the box I even told people that in my reviews so I updated mine with a custom one made by a guy on Etsy. Which allows me to carry both bit systems. As for sharpening what are you using to sharpen with? I use Sharpton stones to sharpen with. It is a hard steal so you have to use Sharpton or a good diamond stone.
I also bought custom wire cutters Damascus Steel for 40.00 off Amazon. Then I picked up 2 screws off eBay so those 2 holes would not be open. As for the play your having I have not got that yet. I will make a video if mine do that.
@@SurvivalSavvvy I do my sharpening on a Worksharp field sharpener. Even my custom knife with 64 HRC Magnacut tunes right up on it. The Arcs are claimed to be in the 58-60 range from what I've heard but given how they sharpen, I'd be willing to bet they're colser to 55
@@dualsportoutdoors That sharpener is more of a touch-up sharpener. When you used it you probably wrecked the blade. Most likely need to reprofile it. I have a video that says "How to sharpen your leatherman" Where I show you proper stones. Please do not hate me. :) That work sharp the strop on it is horrible and the ceramic gets dirty. Like you said in the video you spend $300.00 and you're sharpening with a touch up. DMT is another go company for sharpening.
I would stop using that sharpener and search UA-cam on knife sharpening and learn form the 10-year-old videos which are the masters.
@SurvivalSavvvy I don't use the guides usually. It hasn't done any damage to any of my blades so far since I just use the diamond plates and ceramic rod. I do clean it up after every few uses too. I've been looking at the Fallkniven DC series of stones as an alternative sharpening system. Whatever I go with needs to be compact enough to fit with all my other gear in my bike's luggage on a longer ride and in my pocket when I'm on an extended trek in the woods
Good video. I never seriously considered the Arc. It's out of my price comfort zone.
@@GromMolotok Avoid it like the plague