Leatherman Bond vs TOPS Silent Hero RMT HERO-01

Some quick notes: there is no play whatsoever with the blade. The pivots are extremely tight and it takes a lot of effort to open up and unfold the pliers.

Nice fine push cut and you're choking up, you know and you're using the finger choil and you just got a really good kind of hammer, grip style and mak...

This one's kind of interesting. I used my modified knife less Leatherman Bond with bit driver and bit kit to repair my elementary classroom door handle after an active shooter drill. My door handle got bent during the drill so I popped it off using one of the hex bits from the bit kit, unbent it and reinstalled it.

I love the retention on the blade handle, much better than the standard wrist loop, I feel like it gives me more control.

Due to the all steel construction of the Bond I think that the pliers in actual use will be able to take some significant abuse, similar to the Wave or Spirit. I am ok with not having the replaceable cutting edges as this is not something that I typically use. Note, I like the LM pliers over the Victorinox Spirit as the needle nose is longer. The Bond feels very good in the hand with no sharp points etc

Not buying this again. I open them the same day they arrived. I am not gonna do extra work,money, and time to fix it.

I have always enjoyed collecting Leatherman tools since buying a PST a while ago. I knew that the Bond would be simple, and that the plan for the knife and tool setup would avoid locking features to allow for lawful carry in an expanded group of regions and countries. That being said, there's no real value that I see that is comparable to any of the other Leatherman offerings other than the price (the Sidekick and Wingman used to be the entry level offerings). I'm surprised and a bit disappointed that the Bond is a slightly upgraded PST

Right there with the ESEE 5 in my book. Had a custom yellow hawk sheath made just for it. Worth the price for probably one of the best bushcraft knives ever developed to date.

I have carried the Rebar for years and this has most of the same functions but saves a little weight. So the Bond does not have a saw or serrated sheep’s foot blade but I will make do with the regular blade. I rarely used the saw on my Rebar anyway. Mine locks tight for a slip joint type

The size and weight are very nice. I have bigger hands and this knife fits them perfectly. It comes razor sharp from the factory. The sheer appearance of this thing is spectacular