True Tales of Tools

Some time ago I was on my way to visit a friend who used to live in the southern part of Germany. On a lonely filling-station at the Autobahn I accidentally locked myself into the ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I work at the Santa Ana zoo in southern California and we have a goat named Fridge. It was closing and we had already completed our rounds of feeding, medicating and cleaning and were just ... Read the Rest of This Story »

Every other Thanksgiving we head to my aunts for Turkey Day. Well on this Turkey Day every thing was going as planned except the TV wouldn’t come on. Supposedly my little cousin had pushed the ... Read the Rest of This Story »

Being a cement truck driver in Massachusetts I’ve always had one of several Leatherman tools on me for the past 8 years. This week I was extremely lucky and had most likely the beefiest of ... Read the Rest of This Story »

Now I'm sure there are stories describing how many uses someone has managed to squeeze out of their Leatherman. My story starts 10 years ago (I am 23 now) when I first discovered my mothers ... Read the Rest of This Story »

Dear Leatherman Company, I wanted to pass on to you a couple of humorous photos. Our motto is "Be Prepared"....but sometimes we have to work at it!

On our latest backpacking trip we ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I have had my Leatherman Wave since they were first introduced. It has been used to build stage sets, household repair, car repair etc. I mostly use it for my current job, an avionics (aviation ... Read the Rest of This Story »

How I wish I could find an Original Leatherman. I think I bought mine in the middle 80's. I carry it every day, including Sunday to church. I farm and work in the oil patch ... Read the Rest of This Story »

The gas line split on my friend’s boat, so I cut the hose using the PST’s knife blade and then reattached the gas line using the phillips screw driver. These are so well made you ... Read the Rest of This Story »

One day while at work a woman on my floor stopped by and asked me if I had a screwdriver. Across the cubes someone else yells, "Forget it; I've got one." I then hear ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I have a Charge which I am inseparable from. It was my present to myself after graduating as a qualified Marine Engineer. I now work as a support engineer for a Round the World yacht ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I always dreamed of visiting the Leatherman Plant ever since I purchased a PST in 1985. Later, I bought a Wave because the PST was so good.

During a recent visit to the ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I received my Leatherman PST as a groomsman gift from a friend about five years ago. My Leatherman is a great sidekick. It has installed a number of car stereos over the years, and can ... Read the Rest of This Story »

It all began back in 2006 when my mother bought me a Leatherman Core. I had always carried a full-sized set of pliers with me and she thought this was a better idea.

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In the fall of 1996 I purchased "the Leatherman Super Tool" with the help of several fellow employees at Sasktel in Prince Albert. At that time the only dealer was in Calgary Alberta, so all ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I started out with your standard Leatherman tool maybe 15 years ago. I don't know if they had names then, but something happened to that tool; it just disappeared. So I went to the local ... Read the Rest of This Story »

Being a MacGyver type person who can fix anything with anything (I live for duct tape, WD40, and my Leatherman). Many years ago I got my Leatherman and now I can't be without it. I ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I have now been a member of the British army for 17 years. In that time I don’t think there has been a single day when my Super tool has not been by my side. ... Read the Rest of This Story »

My girlfriend and I had set out on a beautiful Florida evening to catch a sunset on the beach. We unloaded our beach chairs and a bottle of wine and I soon noticed I had ... Read the Rest of This Story »