True Tales of Tools

I don't have any specific stories, but a general one. I carry three (3) Leatherman Tools with me almost all the time. First, there is the original Leatherman, purchased about 15 years ago. It's always ... Read the Rest of This Story »

About fifteen years ago I bought a basket case Harley Davidson. It was a 74 FX model with a shovelhead engine. Every time I got more than 10 miles from home, it would break down. ... Read the Rest of This Story »

We horse pack into elk camp in eastern Oregon when we get tags. From our horse camp we don knapsacks and rifles and venture out several miles at times to find the game. Normally my ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I have a Core, recently received second-hand, for a case of beer off a friend who had upgraded to the Surge. Coming into Flint and Steel (the name of a rocky point in local waters) ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I am a Staff Sergeant, and have been in the Army for a while now; I have 2 deployments under my belt and am in the 82nd Airborne Division. Since I joined the Army I ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I used to work for an IT helpdesk at a small private university. I used my Leatherman on a daily basis because it was always easier than trying to remember to carry a tool kit ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I’ve used my Wave for over 10 years now, in truth I should have sent it back to you some time ago now as 2 of the screw drivers snapped (but I was using excessive ... Read the Rest of This Story »

If you asked me mates they would surely tell you that I have often been heard to say why carry a tool pouch when you can take a Leatherman. I bought my Wave as a ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I was tapping a hole, critical to the construction of some custom hardware, when my tap snapped off. Being carbide the tap was "un-drillable", but it was sticking out one sixteenth of an inch. I ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I recently got a Leatherman Charge XTI for my birthday; I also got a new bike (pushbike) which came in a flat pack. So I assembled the bike using allen keys provided and all was ... Read the Rest of This Story »

Gudday mate, I wanted to tell you all just how tough and long lasting the Wave is. I work in the coal mines in New South Wales, Australia. For the last eight years I was ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I was snowmobiling in Northern Minnesota on a trail along an old abandoned farmstead . . . farms are rare in this forested country, even abandoned ones. It was a really cold day, and the ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I was given my Leatherman 4 years ago having given my friend one a few years earlier; I'd kept borrowing theirs... I was delighted - it's sexy, it's strong & people wanted to borrow mine! ... Read the Rest of This Story »

Once I was at a horse camp with some friends and a skilled horse trainer. There was also a Problem colt their and the professional was working with him. The trainer had a Leatherman wave ... Read the Rest of This Story »

It's not much but it's a tale worth telling. Okay, we have this 5th grade school play (yes 10 years old and I'm already obsessed with LEATHERMAN. It just goes to show how great they ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I live in northern Indiana and this time of year the deer are on the move. Consequently the number of deer vehicle accidents dramatically increases as well. I travel rural roads to work and as ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I work in the construction industry here in Ireland recently while working on a refurbishment contract at a local authority, the head of the motor tax dept arrived n a state of distress, he had ... Read the Rest of This Story »

At 5:00 p.m. I was locked out. It was 30 degrees out and dark. All I had was my trustee Leatherman wave. I sat and thought. I took out my Wave check all windows ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I am a US Army Bomb Disposal technician, formerly an infantryman and paratrooper. I owned a Swiss tool when I was a younger and slightly dumber grunt; it promptly broke my first week in Afghanistan. ... Read the Rest of This Story »

So currently I am deployed to IRAQ. I had to use the bathroom really bad so I find the nearest portable potty. I run to it not making sure there is any TP. So after ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I Love My Leatherman. I use it every day. Around the house, in the deer woods, at the lake, and any where I go. Like the boy scouts motto “be prepared". You never know when ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I have been a Leatherman Wave owner for the past 6 years and it hasn't left my side. I used it on a daily basis as an on road mechanic fixing anything from small power ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I met my husband while we both worked at the Grand Canyon. He was in charge of facilities maintenance. I noticed he was never without two things: his huge ring of keys and his Leatherman. ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I currently possess my third Leatherman tool. My first one was given as a safety award. After the first few times I needed to use it, I told my wife that if I ever lost ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I am a Treasure Hunter. Ok, so I am just a guy with a metal detector. I love getting out into the great outdoors in search of older relics and coins that were lost long ... Read the Rest of This Story »

One morning on the way in to school one of my friends got in a car accident. Although the damage to his vehicle was not extensive it did nearly close off his exhaust pipe. He ... Read the Rest of This Story »

Last August 2007 we made a pack trip into the South Chilcotin Mts. in B.C., Canada and had occasion to use your "Leatherman Tool" in a great way. Day one: We drove to the trail ... Read the Rest of This Story »

One fine morning my wife and several friends were on our way to Orlando to visit Mickey and friends and we needed to make a short roadside stop. We got out of our vehicle to ... Read the Rest of This Story »

Yeah, we got my '61 Volvo PV544 started and off but within minutes I smelled gasoline. With the hood popped and gas squirting, BJ flipped out some weird tool I'd never seen and within minutes, ... Read the Rest of This Story »

This is not your typical Leatherman story, but I like my Leatherman so much I have to let you know what I did to get more. For the last few weeks my fiancé has been ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I am the maintenance manager with Wal-Mart in Winkler, Manitoba, Canada and for many years I have had a Leatherman tool on my belt (this is not an approved tool to be used at Wal-Mart ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I am a theatrical Lighting Designer/Master Electrician/Technical Director. I was working in a local theater in the Atlanta area for about 7 years. Shortly after I took that job my Leatherman Super tool became very ... Read the Rest of This Story »

Last year 3 of us rode our Harley's on New Year’s Day to ride around the rose Parade. My friend said his bike was shifting real hard and stalling when he pulled in the clutch ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I work for an armored car company and we service ATM machines. When we can’t fix them, we call out IBM techs. One individual never carries a tool box. The first time I met him ... Read the Rest of This Story »

As children we all want to be just like our dads. We look up to them and want to do things "just like dad". Well one thing that stands out in mind now as a ... Read the Rest of This Story »

Late night I was picking up a friend after work in my truck, in Columbus OH. Around 3 to 4 in the morning, was in late January, really cold, wanting to pick him up and ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I had carried another brand of multi-tool closely associated to baby food, and was rather disappointed by the short life expectancy of its various tools. (In all fairness I have been accused of being able ... Read the Rest of This Story »

Hey there. I'm one of the many amateur musicians in recent years that has succumbed to the dreaded eBay addiction of "putting guitars together from bits bought from all over the place" . I'm a ... Read the Rest of This Story »

In 2004 I was mobilized with the Small Arms Readiness Group as a small arms instructor for the Army. Over that year of mobilization I helped train roughly around 10,000 troops who would be deploying ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I work as a nurse on a labor and delivery unit and we had just recently transitioned to computer charting. In the process of installing keyboard shelves for our computers, the workers had removed the ... Read the Rest of This Story »

Working on a charter fishing boat "Arramora" in the Gulf of Mexico, I use my trusty old PST2 several times everyday for whatever comes up, from rebuilding a reel to clipping leader wire. I even ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I have been a vet tech assistant for three years. Clean kennels, laundry, light maintenance, etc. In my job I am called upon to take care of cleaning and maintenance problems, sometimes fixing or adjusting ... Read the Rest of This Story »