Tool Tale : Leatherman

Tale of the Month

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

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.

The Presidents'Wife

It has been some years, but as a senior tech in a PCB shop, I was called into a meeting with several engineers, the president, his wife, and a few others. ALWAYS had my Leatherman at my side. During her presentation, Lucy's right lens fell out of her glasses. She was alarmed and concerned as she was rather incapable of reading without them. I promptly volunteered to resolve the issue with the tiny straight screwdriver of my original Super Tool. One engineer, who did not care much for me, commented that "concealed weapons" were not allowed in the plant just as I handed Lucy back her repaired glasses. The President looked at me, then turned to him and said "it looks more like a concealed toolbox to me, now shut up". Nuff said?

Bart S.

Hanover, PA