Leatherman Bond 18

I already own a Leatherman Surge and a Wave and I love them both. I have recently changed jobs and now have little reasonable excuse to carry a knife with a locking blade although I do need small tools fairly often so thought I would give the Bond a try because of its non-locking blade and the ever present pliers and screwdrivers. It is not as elegant as its larger cousins but it has its own charm in that it is compact. It sits on my belt in its case and it is unnoticeable until needed. I also ordered the tool driver for it. It fits over the Philips screwdriver and sits quite securely. Fortunately I have 2 sets of the extra bits (one for the Surge and one for the Wave). It was a work of a moment to swap bits so that I have what I need with the Bond’s driver. I like the fact that the knife sits inside the arms so that the Bond has to be unfolded to get access to the blade. This makes it less imposing compared to a Surge with its outside mounted one hand opening blade. Overall I am pleased with my Bond and look forward to reaching for it whenever jobs need doing.

I bought this as I wanted a UK legal carry multi tool. I do have a Wingman. This tool is several leagues above the Wingman in terms of quality and how it feels in the hand. It does not have scissors, like the Wingman, but the toolset on the Bond is significantly better, especially the Philips screwdriver. And the fact that it comes with a decent pouch just adds up to a very good buy for the money.

nice and light ,bargain at the price ,great edc ,only thing i dont like is you have to pay extra for the pocket clip and the pouch is made in china

I am definitely a leatherman fan, this is my third. The fit and finish is superb as is the presentation (a really nice gift style presentation box with cordura case). The tools (including the knife) are non-locking and thus UK carry legal which was the attraction for me to this model as there aren't many UK legal multitools around that have a reasonably sized pair of pliers. This still feels like a quality product, but somehow without the locking tools it doesn't feel quite as 'prestige' as my other leathermans. I have nothing negative to say about the quality, it is still great. The blade and tools are well tensioned out of the box so you can open it without losing your nails and yet tight enough so they don't flap about when in use. I think maybe it just reminds me of the chinese leatherman multitool clones from 20 years ago that didn't have locking blades and were either way too lose or extremely tight. The Bond is nothing like those at all, but somehow still feels a small step down from a 'proper' leatherman. The only place where it really loses points for me is that you have to pay £15 for the pocket clip. It is a tiny bent piece of metal and two minute screws, for crying out loud Leatherman, stick one in every box for free!!

Fantastic little Leatherman that's legal to carry everywhere in the UK. Wouldn't leave home without it!

This is an excellent edc multitool where a lock knife is not permitted. However, I have read of the blade being a little loose and possibly catching the hand when using the plyer. I ground the tip to create a sheepsfoot, so if it does poke out a little, it just gets pressed back in. Works well, safer, maybe goobye warrenty but hey, at this price.

Lovely to have U.K. legal leatherman, Keep it in car as go to Toolstation Used to use wave until I realised not legal. Absolutely brilliant purchase. With brilliant service and delivery,as always from. Heinnie

It is a good size pocket tool with a nice selection of tools the blade has no retention and is loose and pops out when using the pliers so I sent it back great service from heinnie

As Peter said, the fact that you have to open the handles to completely fold away the blade negates the fact that the blade is non-locking. The only full size Leathermans that have ever been UK legal were the Juice range, because the blades were on the outside.