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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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December 2007

"Now I'm a Man!"

My son and daughter grew up in East Africa where we were missionaries for 13 years. Many of the men on the compound wore Leatherman tools. I used my Wave in my job as the technology person, so I was always carrying it. When we went on furlough one summer, my 13 year-old, 6-foot tall son decided that he was going to get one too. The rest of the family stayed in the car while he and I ran in to a department store to purchase one for him. When we got back out to the car, he announced to one-and-all, "Now I'm a man! I've got a Leatherman!" He considered it a rite-of-passage to becoming a man.


Dean E.

Kettle Falls, WA

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