Leatherman 830018 Kick Pocket Multi-Tool with Leather Sheath

by Leatherman

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The Kick folds down to a tight, easy-to-transport 4 inches.

The Leatherman Kick: You Can't Beat it For the Basics

Designed for folks who prefer a little less weight on the hip, the Leatherman Kick multitool features longer, sharper, stronger implements in a lightweight, compact tool. The full-size pliers include a newly designed jaw to handle twice the squeeze-load as the previous version with no extra weight added. A straight-knife, three extended screwdrivers and a bottle and can opener fold neatly and tightly inside the tool. Leatherman's rugged Zytel handle grips ensure a firm and comfortable hold. This multitool also contains a fixed lanyard ring and a leather sheath.

Key User Features

Efficiency is the name of Kick's game. Thoughtful engineering means that a tapped screw allows you to choose a pocket clip (sold separately) instead of a belt sheath. Kick has the same super-strong pliers as larger Leatherman tools, but its narrow shape and light weight keep you moving.

The Kick's interior features are supremely easy to access -- just swing open the handles and rotate the blades out using the convenient nail nicks. The scissors open the same way, with a swift rotation and a nail nick; and when the scissors are fully extended, they lock into place. All of the tools available in the Kick are made from 100-percent stainless steel, engineered to the optimum grade hardness for each individual tool. The Kick features a system of straight blades, which can be sharpened by using standard sharpening methods, for easy maintenance.

The Kick's thoughtful engineering means sharp, strong, long blades and twice the gripping power of the previous model.

Expand your Kick's capabilities with genuine Leatherman accessories like this removable bit driver or pocket clip (both sold separately)

Multitool Capabilities:

• Needlenose pliers
• Regular pliers
• Wire cutters
• Hard-wire cutters
• Clip-point knife
• Large screwdriver
• Small screwdriver
• Phillips screwdriver
• Ruler (8 inch/19 cm)
• Bottle/can opener
• Wire stripper
• Lanyard attachment

Optional Accessories (not included)

To expand your Kick's capacity, accessorize it with genuine Leatherman add-ons. The removable bit driver adds versatility to your Kick with 10 screw bit tips, and the Universal Tool Adapter is a standard 1/4-inch hex drive that locks in three positions.

Warranty

All Leatherman products are covered by a 25-year limited warranty. If within 25 years from the purchase date of your genuine Leatherman tool you find any defect in material or workmanship, you can count on the manufacturer to make it right with fast warranty service. To obtain warranty service, return your tool to Leatherman Tool Group. Depending on the tool defect, they will decide whether to repair your tool or replace it with a product of equal or greater value. No variations, upgrades or refunds are offered.

The Leatherman Tool Group and its History of Quality

In 1975, Leatherman Tool Group founder Tim Leatherman was inspired by leaky pipes and a cranky car on a budget trip to Europe -- and thus the idea for his first pocket survival tool was conceived. Since then, Leatherman has become an internationally recognized company with hundreds of employees and a wide variety of durable, versatile, stylish products. Created with bold designs and truly rugged construction, Leatherman products are a perfect addition for tool kits, emergency sets, and glove compartments everywhere.

From the Manufacturer

Designed for folks who prefer a little less weight on the hip, Leatherman's new Kick multi-tool features longer, sharper, and stronger implements in a lighter and more compact tool. And, if you need an option to belt storage, the Kick also has a tapped screw for attaching a pocket clip (sold separately). Full-size pliers feature a newly designed jaw that can handle twice the squeeze-load as the previous version with no extra weight added. The new Kick is narrower and lighter than ever before. A straight-knife, three extended screwdrivers (including Phillips) and a bottle/can opener fold neatly and tightly inside the tool. To ensure a firm and comfortable hold, Leatherman has stuck with the rugged Zytel handle grips. Your purchase includes a leather sheath, a fixed lanyard ring, and is covered by Leatherman's 25-year limited warranty.

FEATURES

• 25-year limited warranty for consumer confidence
• New jaw design for increased durability
• Comfortable Zytel handle grips for less user fatigue
• Three screwdrivers, bottle/can opener and knife blade for versatility
• Longer wire cutters for a better reach
• Pliers are redesigned for more than double the squeezing load
• Removable bit driver (sold separately) attaches to Phillips screwdriver for driving fasteners

What's in the Multi-Tool

• Needlenose Pliers
• Regular Pliers
• Wire Cutters
• Hard-Wire Cutters
• Clip-Point Knife
• Large Screwdriver
• Small Screwdriver
• Phillips Screwdriver
• Ruler (8 inch/19 cm)
• Bottle/Can Opener
• Wire Stripper
• Lanyard Attachment

SPECIFICATIONS

• Length: 4 in. / 10 cm closed — 6.3 in / 16 cm open
• Weight: 5.2 ounces / 162 grams
• Materials: 100% stainless steel (Optimum grade hardness for each tool/blade)

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 4 x 1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0002H49CG
• Item model number: 830018
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (46 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,569 in Home Improvement (See Top 100 in Home Improvement)
  • #72 in Home Improvement > Power & Hand Tools > Hand Tools > Multitools & Accessories > Multitools

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

35 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Solid, useful, and cheap, but needs better handles., April 20, 2006

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T. Hassler - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Leatherman 830018 Kick Pocket Multi-Tool with Leather Sheath (Tools & Home Improvement)

I'm a fan of leatherman, and I was able to pick up a couple of these on a Christmas closeout for about a third of normal cost. Let me break it down:

The Good:
1) Solid Tools. Includes sturdy needlenose/plier combo with soft and hard wire cutter combo. Nice 3 inch blade. 2 sizes of standard screw driver bits and a phillips, all are tough. Wire-stripper, bottle opener, can opener combo, and a lanyard ring. Plust it has both metric and Imperial measurements on the handle.
2) Cheap
3) Decent quality leather sheath (though I prefer nylon)

The Bad:
1) Although otherwise of quality construction, the cheap plastic inserts in the handle are sharp (they have an edge) and even in the finger molds, they tend to dig. The plastic offers no grip quality improvement either.
2) The knife fingernail notch sits below the handle edge, making it difficult to open. In fact, all of the tools are tough to get open to some degree except for the Phillips driver.
3) Tool selection is minimalist. Would have been better served to opt for the screw driver bit system they use on the higher end models and substitute a scissors and maybe an awl or small saw instead, of course, it's an inexpensive tool, but I'm not sure how this would be any more expensive to build in this way.
4) Pretty heavy for what you get - doesn't weight much less than my New Wave.

The Ugly:
They look like a cheap Chinese knockoff. To some degree the handle digging into your palm reinforces this view. They are of rather plain design.

If you can pick it up for a decent price, it's a solid tool. It's design belies a nicely constructed and well balanced feel and the implements are of decent quality (though obviously not the steel used in their higher end models). If you use your pliers a lot, I strongly suggest another model with rounded steel edges like the New Wave or Charges. Based on Quality, Performance and relatively low cost, I'm giving it a 3.5. Because it lacks some utility, and the handles are pretty much a mess, I'm rounding it down to 3 stars on Amazon (no halves). I'm putting these in my vehicles as emergency gear - they won't be Every Day Carry items for me.

The cheap and sharp platic inserts are the deal breaker. If they fixed those, I would have rounded up to a 4 for sure based on your bang for the buck.

24 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Kick Yourself, May 31, 2006

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William H III (Southern California, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Leatherman 830018 Kick Pocket Multi-Tool with Leather Sheath (Tools & Home Improvement)

Every manufacturer nowadays has a "lite" version of whatever they sell, from the stripped model sub-compact car to lite beer, cheaper components and a few shortcuts is the fast and easy way to make the product available for a few less dollars. But if everyone followed Tim Leatherman's model, the world would be a better place.

At under $30, the Kick is the Leatherman "lite" model, but don't let the price fool you. Viewing the Kick through it's boxed blister pack, concerns about compromise fade quickly - the brush-polished stainless steel exterior looks very solid and precisely machined, as do the pliers. The oversized round bolts holding the whole tool together are the same as on the $75+ Core model, with only the contured black plastic bordering the grip seeming to soften things (it doesn't - the plastic is actually the "metal replacement" polymer Zytel, which is roughly as tough as gold). Visually, it's virtually identical to most any other Leatherman model, both in appearance and quality.

All of which is confirmed when you hold the Kick. The weight and feel is that of a small semi-automatic handgun; the cold and unyielding touch of one millimeter-thick stainless steel makes it clear that this is definitely an all-business tool. "Lite" doesn't refer to weight here, though 5.2 ounces doesn't sound like much, compared to other modern portable devices, this is a serious slug of metal. But unlike a cell phone or iPod, you could accidentally run the Kick through a cycle in the washing machine or even back over it with your car without fear.

The seriousness continues with the Kick's features, each of which are made from optimized-grade density stainless steel and are just as precisely engineered as the exterior. Only the most common tools for day-to-day use are included, so you don't have to deal with the added weight and bulk of a corkscrew or some other feature you'll never use. Each individual tool is machined with an inflexible strength and design as though it could be sold seperately. The long Phillips screwdriver (ideal for recesssed/hard-to-get screws) is compatible with Leatherman's Removable Bit Driver, so if carrying the Kick's twelve tools in your pocket isn't enough, you can also add ten different screwdriver bits. Or add the Wave Tool Adapter, making any 1/4" drill bit compatible with your Kick. Of special note is the knife - though it's just a basic clip-point design, this example is *wicked sharp*, remarkably so for an under-$30 tool or knife.

Comparison shopping to other brands of multi-tools, you'll see thinner and poorer-quality metals, slipshod design and machining, strange combinations of feautres, and countries-of-origin galore, sometimes at double or more the Kick's price. It's obvious that Leatherman was first and has had the most experience with the multi-tool idea, and the Kick reflects this in every facet. So if you think you or someone you know is ready to enter the do-all world of the Leatherman owner, the Kick is a compromise-free introduction at an introductory price.

16 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Nice pliers and knife, October 4, 2005

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L. Bushore (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Leatherman 830018 Kick Pocket Multi-Tool with Leather Sheath (Tools & Home Improvement)

This is one of the smaller Leatherman tools. It has a nice needlenose pliers part, and one nice sharp knife blade. There are also a few smaller tools(screwdrivers mostly) which I find difficult to get out using just my fingernails.