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I stopped trying to tell people that the bibury is better and only 28

Yeah something is wrong with that casting. Looks like they put cheaper (softer metals) inside as fillers 🤔

Thank you for reminding me where this video is...shared it on my channel and subbed

That's an excellent invention! Lovely work, thanks for making the video.

Every Harbor Freight I have been in since has completely eliminated their Gordon tool display- there were formerly a few knives and things. The Gordon multitool never actually hit the shelves, they had them in the back. Anyone else see similar things? And, since it keeps getting asked, I kept the broken Gordon for use as parts should I get a leatherman wave based tool. I did not try to warranty it out, though they told me it has a lifetime warranty. I did get in contact with HF, to tell them about the failure- this is so they become aware of the problem and could potentially correct it. I was impressed with the knife in particular- seemed to be decent enough steel that held an edge. As I said, I really wanted to like the Gordon, it had many good points… but it broke. I have since bought a leatherman Surge and have been impressed with it- although the Gordon knife blade seemed to be harder steel- the Surge gets like ribbons shedding when it is sharpened (incidentally, so do new production Victorinox blades)It does get sharp, but the steel is not as hard and the edge wears faster as a result.

I've broken a gen 1 and gen 2 Wave. Leatherman sent me a gen 3 when I sent the gen 2 in for repair. Now I abused the original Wave. That failure was entirely on me. The second Wave just plain shouldn't have broken, period. Point is, anything can break; even the very best. Now I've been EDCing the Gordon for about a month so far. It's held up beautifully. Is it as durable as a Leatherman? Undoubtedly not, but it's not bad. It remains to be seen whether the Wave is worth three times as much.

The key is the scraper, If you can buy tungsten steel or ceramic scrapers, the scraping experience will be improved by several levels.

Keep us posted if Harbor Freight replaced it for you.

Nice thanks brother

Say a little prayer the Lord will help you

Got to use some of that new off works good

Williamson steak

I only carrier Bic lighter with me

My grandma she made candles from Amber fatwood, they smell real good

I like to have my slow Gin Fizz with me😏

Typical Chinese junk

So cool! What a poignant video! (Get it? because there are pointy tools? Point-gnant?)

I’m glad I didn’t buy them yet , but more importantly let’s talk about that bow your working on

I’ve broke the pliers on leather man rebar tool, and skelatool twice. Sent them back to leather man and they fixed with minimal questions asked. Take those back to harbor freights chances are they will take care of you.

35.00 dollars nuff said

Are you saying that they rounded corners?

My ex was hoe

These overseas cheapos are never going to be as good as a Leatherman,who put their tools through the tests and beyond! As they say ,you buy cheap,you buy twice!

Stopped watching after you tried comparing a forged tool to a multi tool. Forging and castings are two different things my guy.

You get what you pay for.

It's not a rip-off. It was a bad cast mine. I've been beating the crap out of daily bend thought that it was going to snap, but nope, it still hasn't.

My Ozark Trail Multiforce broke just like this. I had it for a year, but I mostly used the bit adapter and flat driver as a lite pry tool. The pliers were used as big tweezers, until I needed them to twist a nut off. They gave way a little and I looked at it and the entire jaw fell to the ground. The metal looked grainy, or like you said, kinda powder look. I think it's a sign of over heating. Our plier head probably had a stress fracture and it was either hidden by the finish, or deep in the metal. I had a pair of Stanley pliers that broke on me and I got a replacement and I had the replacement since the early 2000's, so I think it could happen with any heat treated metal. I personally know a few contractors who have a Multiforce like mine that broke and since it was 1 of the 1st Wave Clones, many people tested them, so in my case with my Multiforce, I probably got a defective plier head. I put a wire stripper head on the Multiforce handles and I love it even more like that. Thanks for sharing your experience. I personally like full sized bits and I have a Leatherman Knifeless Rebar, with the bit adapter. I have a few flat bits but I don't really like them. I use my multitools daily, mostly for the bit driver's, but I also need Torx and Square bits though. If I was just a DIY or EDC my multitools, the flat bits would be a awesome space saver. Like you said in other comments, you could have gotten a lemon or Gordon messed up. Time will see. I wouldn't write off the company for 1 breakage.

I broke my Leatherman 300 doing the same job on our chicken coupe.

Are the cutters replaceable. Whether they are or aren’t I wouldn’t be cutting 90 wires like that with a multi tool. Not that it can’t do it but that’s when it’s time to pull out the snips or bolt cutters, I’d rather keep the multitool pristine for occasional snips or emergency snips lol

Almost looks like it was broke before and got brazed back together and resold as new.

Do you think it's just a bad one-off?

BRIAN!!!!!

always wanted to do that with a quality file in a multitool, never understood why some people dont understand the use of a file, MANY uses for one.

Well take it to any harbor frieght and get a new one. Cant do that with leatherman. You will be out of a tool for a month or so while it goes though warranty.

Im Glad I happened across your vid, I was just about ready to buy one of those. Thanks for the 411.

Looks like a powdered metal sinter process was used but not correctly.

I broke my Leatherman rebar that same way

That's always my concern when I see cheap multi tools. It's the quality and heat treatment of the steel.

Awesome information with suggested mods to the tool itself. I hope you're open to constructive criticism, as well. Your tool-handling was conducted in the upper-quarter of the screen. As such, your hands and the tool disappeared from view entirely. As a correction for that issue, I suggest adjusting the camera angle and/or position to move the item closer to the middle or bottom-third of the viewing area. You could step a closer to the camera, as well, which should bring your hands and the item into a better viewing area.

👍🏼 Dang😲

are you going to show your file mods, I have a wave and your mods were impressive

Very cool idea

Mine said lifetime warranty when i bought it online. You may want to bring it in and swap it out for a new one!

Good news is it has a 90 day warranty

VIctorinox Swisstool X is what I would take.

That's too bad. I'm a huge Leatherman fan. I'm not one for the many "Wave" clones out there but this was the one I really liked. Its currently sold out at the two nearest stores about 30- 35 miles away in my area. I wonder how the other people's experience is going with the Harbor Freight Gordon 20-1.

IMPORTANT UPDATE: After testing the function of the Gordon for about a week now and really liking the tool in general, a small burr formed on the pliers, kind of in a weird spot. I didn’t remember doing anything that would have caused that. A few hours later, I noticed a second burr- almost like a pimple forming in the metal. Strange, indeed. Used the tool today for an hour helping here and there pull staples from wood (small ones) and sudden, catastrophic failure, the one side of the pliers sheared off. At no point did I abuse this tool- Yes I wanted to see if it was worth its salt, so I used it. I have pliers that are 80 years old made of thinner metal that I have pushed 3x as hard and are still perfect. The root of the problem is in either casting or braising- there is a distinct brass flakiness in the point of failure. I’ll guarantee this isn’t the only one that fails- this is a big time flaw. HF rep said that there is a lifetime warranty on the tool. (However- mods….) I will be doing a follow up video as soon as I can throw one out there.

Wow harbor freight really stepping up there game

And this, ladies ang gentlemen is why we humans are the top of the food chain. I'm looking forward to seeing those crayfish, Sir. Nice work.

Good brief and mods. New sub.