True Tales of Tools

While working as a commercial tire tech I found that using a pair of side cutters wasn't working, so I went to my locker and got out my LEATHERMAN WAVE with the needle nose pliers. ... Read the Rest of This Story »

My Leatherman SideClip goes everywhere with me. So naturally when I went on a business and skiing trip to Seattle a couple of years back my Leatherman was in the bag when I zipped it ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I was 26 going to University at night, working by day, and dating my wife. I was working a graduate job at the bottom of a ladder. The money sucked, but I was ... Read the Rest of This Story »

This past fall, I was doing some high-country photography late in the afternoon when a sudden snowstorm caught me off guard. Fortunately, my truck was nearby. I jumped in, started the engine, and got ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I am a Marine and currently stationed in Okinawa, Japan. We, as Marines, have an annual event called the Rifle Range to test our proficiency with a weapon. It was mid April here and it ... Read the Rest of This Story »

In August of 1990 I was deployed to Saudi Arabia as a reconnaissance scout with the 82d Airborne Division. Shortly after arriving there a buddy in my unit introduced me to the original Leatherman. It ... Read the Rest of This Story »

Hello. I want to start this out by saying I have carried some kind of multi-tool on my belt for about five years or so. I have owned every brand and make, but never a ... Read the Rest of This Story »

My Dad, Mom, Wife and I were going salmon Fishing on the Coquille River in Southern Oregon. We loaded all the gear into the boat and headed off for a day of fishing as part ... Read the Rest of This Story »

This is not a story about daring rescues, and or last second fixes by my Leatherman Blast, but simply a story about the best multi-tool I have ever owned.

I am employed as ... Read the Rest of This Story »

In my profession, I carry around many different tools. I used to carry around a pouch with a knife, 2 screwdrivers, 3 types of pliers, and different sized hex heads. It weighed my pants down ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I was at one time a fire fighter. I was in a commercial building fire and I was on my way out of the building when my coat got caught on something. I kept my ... Read the Rest of This Story »

My Dad and I had both killed a deer, and I had already made the 2 mile walk out to the truck to fetch our deer cart, then 2 miles back in to load up. ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I think I told Leatherman about this a few years back, but I did not send it to this site. I was spending some time with my friends from work near Philadelphia, and everyone decided ... Read the Rest of This Story »

My friend and I had this project where we had to make a tool in the outdoors. Since there was a bamboo forest nearby, we figured we would use bamboo for this. Not so hard, ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I work in the maintenance department at a hospital. I have used my Leatherman on several occasions in the Emergency room when the tools the nurses have just won't work.

On one occasion ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I work as a hunting guide in the state of Idaho and a great deal of time is spent on the back of a horse. On a deer hunt last November, I was guiding two ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I am an Air Force orthopedic surgeon serving at Balad Air Force Theatre hospital in Balad, Iraq. Recently our team operated on an Iraqi policeman who had a femur fracture treated by Iraqi doctors 2 ... Read the Rest of This Story »

A few months back my girlfriend and I where traveling through Ecuador in South America. We traveled quite light with only a 35 kilo backpack each on our seven month trip through South and North ... Read the Rest of This Story »

Was first exposed to a Leatherman mulitool while deployed to the Middle East in the early 90s. I made it a point to buy one when I returned to the States. Over the past 15 ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I have owned the same Leatherman Micra for several years now. I take it everywhere with me. It's always in my purse, camera case, or backpack, and even the pocket of my jacket when I ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I use the Super Tool 200 everyday as a self-employed chimney sweep. When installing a stainless steel liner in a masonry chimney, it's the only tool I need to take up the ladder to finish ... Read the Rest of This Story »

Good day. I am writing to tell you just how well your tools work, but you probably get this all the time. 1st of all let me tell you I am a boy scout leader ... Read the Rest of This Story »

After several years earning my living as an auto mechanic, I switched to teaching the subject in a trade school. Because my school's policies were incompatible with knives as large as a standard Leatherman, I ... Read the Rest of This Story »

About 10 years ago, just before Christmas, I was looking in a woodworking shop in town for things to buy my dad. I ended up buying him some new chisels and on the way out ... Read the Rest of This Story »

Currently deployed in Iraq, I am a mechanic with the US Navy Seabees. Often times we are without proper tools out in the field so we have to implement other ways to make our repairs. ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I Recently purchased a Leatherman Kick and let me tell you I LOVE IT!!! I've never had a multi-tool like it or even close to it. You guys really have done a good job. I ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I have a collection of Leatherman tools, started with a Mini-tool back in the eighties. I actually broke it, and sent it in. A couple of weeks later it returned. I at first thought it ... Read the Rest of This Story »

Over the past ten years I have managed to collect 8 Leatherman tools. They are respectively: Micra, PST II, Kick, Wave, Super Tool 200, 2 Surge, and Charge TTi. The first was the PST II ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I own two Leatherman tools, the Blast and the Juice S2, and I always have at least one of these on me. I usually carry the Juice S2 in my pocket during the week and ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I was fishing in the Minnesota Boundary Waters when a huge hit snapped my graphite rod between the first and second guides. Civilization was a two day paddle away, so a replacement was out of ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I lost my Leatherman last Sunday. I suppose it was only a matter of time. Any tool used so often, loaned to so many strangers and companions, and handled around so much water was bound ... Read the Rest of This Story »

My Leatherman (Core) is a fairly recent acquisition, but already had some serious usage in the mining site at which I work. I've always carried a knife, and screwdriver, but since also carrying a pair ... Read the Rest of This Story »

Dear Leatherman,
Firstly, I want to thank you for making the best multi-tool there is.

Now to the point, I am a missionary kid raised in West Africa, from the sands and ... Read the Rest of This Story »

This is not a tail of heroism or even thrilling adventure, but rather one about the finest tool I own (and I own many tools).

For about twelve years now, the most used ... Read the Rest of This Story »

About 3-4 years ago I was given a Wave multi-tool for X-mas! It was the coolest thing I ever got. It did not take more than five minutes before it was at my side and ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I’ve been using a Leatherman Wave since 2002 and every time my motorcycle broke I fixed it with my Wave. Over the years my Leatherman broke in some parts, like the screw drivers, but it ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I actually found my Leather man in 1994 at the Marine Corps base, Camp Lejeune, NC where I was stationed at for school. While walking to the demo range one day it was just laying ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I'm an aircraft inspector with an aircraft charter operation in Bloomington, Illinois. I bought my Leatherman in 1992 in Dallas Texas. I had never seen anything like it before and was impressed with its precision ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I'm a NYC elevator mechanic. I work for the New York City Housing Authority in some of the toughest neighborhoods in NY. That is why I am NEVER without my Super Tool 200. I can ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I used to work for a food delivery company. Their offices were in the basement of a company that moved offices and they had limited daytime hours. During the day we were required to park ... Read the Rest of This Story »

Hey folks, my name is Adolfo. I just returned back to the states a few weeks ago from an almost 1 year missions trip to Peru. In Peru I took part in a lot of ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I have the Leatherman Surge. I like it because the blades hold a very sharp edge and the pliers are very strong. It even got dropped in the snow and it did not rust. I ... Read the Rest of This Story »

Dear Mr. Tim,
I would just like to thank you for your commitment to life and quality for chasing a dream and seeing it through. THANK YOU!!!

About four years ago ... Read the Rest of This Story »

Hello, I’m Ral from Spain. Sorry about my English, it’s very poor. I have a Leatherman tool, Charge Ti since two years ago. I’m very happy to have one. I work as an exposition production ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I was out with a mate and he said to me he had a knife for sale and I said how much. He said 2.50 and I said can I see it. ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I have had Leatherman products in the past, but never realized its full potential until I was activated to service in Operation Enduring Freedom in Kandahar, Afghanistan. It was there that I purchased in the ... Read the Rest of This Story »