History: New Wave

 Jaws:

• Stainless Steel, features soft and hard wire cutters, regular pliers, needle nose pliers

Handle/Frame: 

• The new Wave along with the Surge has a very complex handle with a series of bends that makes both halves of each handle a U shape that designed for comfort. It is stainless steel and has a polished finish.

Blades/Tools: 

• Outside Accessible:

-420HC Plain edge drop point main blade with One Hand open feature
-420HC Serrated sheepsfoot blade with One Hand open feature
-Metal/wood file with a diamond file on the reverse and a metal saw on the lower spine
-Push/pull saw
-Lanyard ring in the saw pocket

• Inside tools:

-Large bit holder with a #2 Phillips and 3/16 flat-head
-Can opener w/ wire stripper
-Large flat-head screwdriver
-Scissors
-Small bit holder with eyeglass Phillips and flat-head

Lock system:

• Features liner locks on all outside accessible tools, rocker locks on all inside tools.

Other Features:

• Optional removable pocket clip/quick release lanyard loop that utilize the rocker lock system.
• Ingenious mechanism that locks the knife blades while the pliers are deployed.
• 8"/19cm ruler on the inside handles

Sheath/Carry Options:

• Nylon w/velcro closure
• Leather with snap closure

Both sheath options include side slots and a slot behind the tool for the optional bit kit.

 Dimensions:

• Length Closed=4 in/10 cm
• Length Open=6.22 inches/15.8cm
• Weight=8.5 oz/241 g
• 2.9 in/7.37 cm (blade length)

 Variations:

• Stainless steel finish
• Black oxide finish and in July 2015 there was a special release of three colors for the Wave. Blue, green and tan.
• 25th anniversary edition
• The Danish variation has nail nicks in place of the holes making the Danish variation 2 handed opening.
• Damascus Wave w/Damascus steel PE and Serrated blades, DLC coating on the handles.
• The new Wave has a tab in the inside of the handle for the plier head to rest on, older ones were thinner and prone to bend and eventually break causing the plier head to stick inside the handle, later models (2008 and on) have a thicker tab and fixed this problem.

History:

• Descendant of the original 1998 Leatherman Wave design, the new 2004 edition Wave implemented the bit exchanger system that displaced 5 dedicated screwdrivers, and incorporated a new scissor design.

Related Tools:

• The Charge is a similar set of different tools with a few extras built in and higher end scales and the Surge is a larger tool version of the new Wave that has outside opening scissors a blade ex-changer and inside has an awl. This is also the second version of the Wave the first Wave was retired in 2004 and the new Wave was it's replacement. Also the same plier head was on the Blast, Fuse and Kick.

More Info

• Leatherman new Wave review - at Multitool.org main site
• Leatherman Wave Owner's club Discussion on Multitool.org Forum
• New Wave vs. Old Wave Discussion on Multitool.org Forum
• Charge TTi tabs (shows a pic of the old and new pin fix for the Wave and Charge) Discussion on Multitool.org Forum
• Leatherman new Wave at Leatherman website