The new Leatherman Raptor was designed specifically for medical personnel. It is a compact, folding shear.
It integrates a one hand opening strap cutter with an integrated oxygen tank wrench. Flip to around and there’s a carbide tip glass breaker as well as a lanyard attachment.
Once opened the shear’s 420 high carbon steel blades feature a metric scale ruler for measuring ECG strips and the shears themselves feature a unique grind that doesn’t shed material into wounds and allows you to rip cut. Additionally, there is a ring cutter function at the back of the blades.
In addition to a pocket clip which will also fit a single PALS bar. Additionally, there is an ambidextrous injection molded holster that allows for angled carry. The holster allows for open or closed carry of the Raptor.
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When’s the release date for this? Also is there any plans to release a version with a black shear? Either way i dont mind buying it as it is right now.
Leatherman does this silly thing where they finish a product enough to shoot glossy ads for it, but announce it *months* before availability. See: The Skeletool. The MUT. The OHT and now the Raptor.
They are saying May. Expect July.
Long bit to wait, really, but they look to be well put together. I’d prefer a darker shear, myself, but long as it does what it needs to do I can still Cerakote it if I must.
I do think that announcements made this far in advance are simply done by goofy marketing muppets. You’re giving a smaller more agile company an opportunity to come up with something better…but then again maybe it’ll help us get something better.
These look awesome. Do want.
That is pretty cool….My only gripe is that I like shears like I like the rest of my EMS equipment: Cheap and disposable if need be.
I’d rather not the heartache of losing it or having it unusable because of some patient’s BBP’s….
Looks like it would be a pain in the ass to decon.