December 2008
I've Got a New C2!!
10 years ago my father died, and in the small cardboard box that constituted his estate after many years of living in Central America, was a Leatherman Super Tool. I could tell it was something important to him from the well used condition of the leather case, and it was the one thing that I inherited from him that I truly cherished.
It was far more tool than I needed but I could appreciate the finely honed edges of the knives, and the pliers and screwdriver bits were often used.
But one time, it showed me truly what it was made of. While in Toronto, Canada, my girlfriend and I were bicycling and came across a tree that had fallen across the bike path. It had a number of branches about 6" in diameter sticking up and we couldn't get around it. I remembered that the tool had a saw blade, and with that tiny little saw I quite easily cut enough branches off the tree that we could get through. My girlfriend was absolutely amazed.
Now the sad part....while traveling in Mexico in January 2007, at Zihuatanejo airport I stupidly left it in my carry on knapsack. And it was found by airport security. I had no way to check it and very little time before my flight left so I ran out the front door of the airport and tried to sell it to the taxi drivers parked in front. They all could tell the jam I was in and no one would offer me more than $10 for it, so in spite, mostly of myself, I threw it as far as I could and walked back into the airport. You should have seen them take off running after it. One taxista in Zihua has the best tool in town.
I was really sad about losing it but I never got around to replacing it. I wanted another like it but found out they are out of production so I just let it go. But yesterday I walked into Palm Abrasive Company and I knew right away I was looking at my new Leatherman tool sitting in a display case.
It was love at first sight; a shiny red Juice C2 with sleek design, very crisp action, and the first truly usable corkscrew I've ever seen on a knife.
It's actually a better size tool for me than the Super Tool (except that one time I needed the saw), and you can be sure I'll remember to put it in my checked luggage.
Thanks!
Curtis D.
Portland, OR
OK, you voyeur, you. Enough of reading other people's stories. It's time you told your own tale of gripping heroism or even just neat DIY'ism. We know there's a Shakespeare in you somewhere. Don't make us use the Steens to find it.