>>774818not the anon your talking to but. Yes, oil the shit out of it. and open and close each of the blades individually, over and over and over again, while continuing to oil them.
When I first bought my Leatherman Juice S2 it was like what you describe. I could barely pry open any of the screw driver tip blades and usually they all came out together.
It was built with super tight tolerances, which is good.
It took me several weeks of several times daily opening and closing each of the blades individually, while oiling the shit out of everything. I did this probably hundreds and hundreds of times.
Eventually things loosened up just enough to where I could open any of the blades easily by just lightly prying with a fingernail.
whole process took 2-3 weeks of fucking with it on a daily basis.
Now after many years and constant use, it is still one of my fave MTs and never let me down. truly a joy to own and use.
A method I used, to open and close the blades rapidly for hundreds of times in a row was this-
wrap the implement blade in a thin cloth or piece of leather for protection, then carefully clamp the blade into a vice. Do this in such a way that allows you to still replicate the motion of opening and closing the blade, as best you can, while the blade is clamped in the vice.
This makes it a lot easier to repeatedly perform the open/close action many times very quickly.
Repeat process for each blade until you notice an improvement
Do this for each blade you need to get broken in. it will get better, just takes a little time.
