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Leatherman Saved My Life

I was driving in my Volkswagen Vanagon camper when out of the blue a car pulls out of a side street and t-bones my van. ... Read the Rest of This Story

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February 2008 Tool Tales

I've been a Buck knife user for a long time. My last 110 folding hunter I used for 15 years. While in K-Mart, purchasing ... Read the Rest of This Story

One day, driving alone in my SUV, one of my tires went flat. When I took out my jack stand I discovered I didn’t have the ... Read the Rest of This Story

I've owned and sailed wooden sailing boats for forty years now. Tradition requires the crew of an old boat to carry a marlin ... Read the Rest of This Story

An ex-girlfriend bought me my first Leatherman about 8 years ago and it has gone just about everywhere with me. It has proved ... Read the Rest of This Story

At the end of the workday, I started my truck and the starter stuck on, running along with the engine. When I turned the ... Read the Rest of This Story

I am now close to 55 yrs. old and I have known Squeaky since I was In High School, which was around the late 60's. Squeaky ... Read the Rest of This Story

In 2002, during an army cadet field training exercise, one of the officers commented that the steering wheel on her car ... Read the Rest of This Story

I am a Prison Guard, and I'm also responsible for maintaining all the "hard" security at my facility. Problems with locks, ... Read the Rest of This Story

I work for a contractor, and was working on a local community center. Sometime during the renovations a pregnant cat made ... Read the Rest of This Story

For many years I was involved in Practical Shooting as a Range Officer. This meant going to shooting ranges in the boondocks ... Read the Rest of This Story

I have the Super Tool 200 and, yes, it's appropriately named. I don't have a story about one occasion the tool has saved ... Read the Rest of This Story

Right after Leatherman came out with the Juice line I bought a KF4, so maybe it was 6 years ago. After owning it half a ... Read the Rest of This Story

Hi, I am a 20 year old associate at a knife shop in the middle of the desert, and I would just like to inform you that even ... Read the Rest of This Story

Well I have had my Super Tool now for 9 years and it has survived rock shows, medical emergencies and most of all save my ... Read the Rest of This Story

I purchased an original Leatherman Super Tool in 1993 while serving in the U.S Army. This tool traveled on my many deployments ... Read the Rest of This Story

In 1997 I bought my Wave. I used it many times just like everyone else. I work in the automotive industry as a salesman, ... Read the Rest of This Story

I have wanted one of these things for years but just never got around to buying one. I work on computers for a living and ... Read the Rest of This Story

As a unit armorer I have to work on weapons pretty frequently. I found myself on a range and part of a weapon broke, which ... Read the Rest of This Story

We were on a holiday in the African bush when the following happened. It is interesting to note that we were an hours drive ... Read the Rest of This Story

A friend and I were heading out to our cattle lease to do some shooting. At the time I had a truck that was a little above ... Read the Rest of This Story

As a real beachcomber I was collecting all sorts of things to decorate the sand built Dome of Rome, formed with my grandson ... Read the Rest of This Story

Two years ago I got a Leatherman Wave for Christmas. I loved it and used it often. One day that following March I was snowboarding ... Read the Rest of This Story

I have been using Leatherman since 1985. I would buy Leatherman in bulk to give to my accounts for Christmas presents. ... Read the Rest of This Story

I have been a heavy multi-tool user for about 10 years. Once I was of age, my obsession with multi's began. I have used ... Read the Rest of This Story

I work in the health care field and very often I need my Leatherman to repair some of the wheelchairs on campus. As it turned ... Read the Rest of This Story

A recent graduate of law school, I found conservative wisdom in continuing to drive my 1982 VW Rabbit diesel to my first ... Read the Rest of This Story

Back sometime in the late 90’s my father-in-law and I where fishing on the Susquehanna River. As we were polling across ... Read the Rest of This Story

Last Spring, while finishing some work at a trailer I have in the woods, my Juice fell into the leaves. It wasn't until ... Read the Rest of This Story

Two years ago this January, my wife and I went to Addis Abba, Ethiopia to visit her family. Her eldest brother Gulelat, ... Read the Rest of This Story

I am a Locomotive Engineer for the Canadian National Railroad in Chicago and I have on more than one occasion had to make ... Read the Rest of This Story

Wife or Knife? Just short and "sweet" note - when my wife asked if I would ever leave the house without my Leatherman, I ... Read the Rest of This Story

To Whom It May Concern. Hello. The reason I am writing is to tell you why you should never leave home without your Leatherman. ... Read the Rest of This Story

I traveled with my brother to the country of Surinam and took my Leatherman Super Tool with me as I always do. I've owned ... Read the Rest of This Story

Last weekend, I was at my sister’s house playing cards with her brother-in-law and his friends. While playing cards I heard ... Read the Rest of This Story

I have been a Mission Dentist in Madagascar since February of 2007. My wife and I have been living with only the things ... Read the Rest of This Story

My son has a Leatherman Wave tool. I love him, but he is not the most "tool wise" guy. He kept telling me how great this ... Read the Rest of This Story

I am a Dental Missionary. I traveled to Burundi last year for mission work amongst the TWA people. I met a woman with a ... Read the Rest of This Story

When I was six years old, I got my first pocket-knife, a Victorinox. I really loved that tool until I got my first Leatherman ... Read the Rest of This Story

It was the end of my senior year and time to prepare for college, but not before one last missionary trip with my friends ... Read the Rest of This Story

The house prices in London are astronomical these days and I certainly can’t afford to buy just yet. So I am forced to rent ... Read the Rest of This Story

It was 9:30 at night as we were leaning into a left hand curve in Arkansas. As I twisted the throttle on the Goldwing we ... Read the Rest of This Story

Obsessively self-controlled (the nice way to say anal) is one way in which I have been described. I like decency and order. ... Read the Rest of This Story

On November 2, 2007 the State of Tabasco, in Mexico, suffered the worst floods in 50 years. It was a major tragedy that ... Read the Rest of This Story

I am a certified Arborist. I have had several (at least 6 that I can remember) different brands of multi-tools. None have ... Read the Rest of This Story

I worked in a factory where I drove a forklift and boxed and shipped products. I always needed a tool for pulling staples, ... Read the Rest of This Story

Back in 1991 I was working for a small town hardware store. One day the boss and a coworker came up to me and said check ... Read the Rest of This Story

Just a note to say thank you for making such a great tool. I bought a Wave about four or five years ago with some Christmas ... Read the Rest of This Story