True Tales of Tools

As I'm sure most all of you reading this have been really stuck. Meaning that you've buried a truck up to the frame and needed help from three friends and possibly a bulldozer to get ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I love my Leatherman knives. I have a Wave and a pocket knife. I use them everyday. I always have both of them on me everyday.

My 5 year old son was riding ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I've been in the HVAC industry for 20 years and have purchased hundreds of tools for this business. I have also purchased almost all multi-tools from others manufacturers, but have always resorted back to my ... Read the Rest of This Story »

Dear Leatherman,

First of all thank you for making your tools. Through the years I have had several different types and have used them to solve a whole host of problems. My most recent ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I fly radio controlled model airplanes for a hobby. I would say that 99.9% of the times I go out to the club field, someone will ask me if they can borrow my Leatherman Wave. ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I tend to misplace things from time to time. Misplacing my Leatherman Wave tool is never fun; I rely on it almost everyday.

I was working on the Arthur Kill River near Elizabeth, ... Read the Rest of This Story »

My Core was the first. It immediately replaced 1/4 of my tool box after purchase. That's a statement as I have been in many trades, including a Dodge Mechanic, so my tool box is fairly ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I purchased my Leatherman PST in 1994 while I was in the Marine Corps just a few months before my first deployment.

Since then it has been an invaluable part of my daily ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I have just always been one of those people who have to fix things. I just can't let it go. If a handle on a pot is loose, I pull out my Leatherman and fix ... Read the Rest of This Story »

Last weekend my wife was in charge of the finger food for the VIP room during a musical event. She asked me to put a toothpick thru a black olive and into two pieces of ... Read the Rest of This Story »

This is less a story about specifics than one of endurance.

I've had many different tools over the years. But when reading over the stories on this site, it occurred to me that the ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I received a PST II for my birthday when I was 12 and have used it every day for the past 8 years. With carrying it on my belt that entire time at such a ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I bought a cheap imitation version of a Leatherman the other day and had to have the real thing. Once I saw the Skeletool in the package I was impressed by the weight, functions, size, ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I work at Uno Chicago Grill in Nashua, NH. Today I waited on two men, one of whom I noticed had a Leatherman strapped to his belt. "Is that a Leatherman?" I asked him. "Yeah, ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I have been working on commercial jets for over twenty years, and a Leatherman has been with me all this time. We in the aviation industry refer to it as our "Flight Line Tool".
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I forgot to bring the toolbox, but fortunately my Leatherman Micra was on my key ring.

I live 125 miles from the Sacramento Airport and was driving my sister-in-law there to catch a plane. ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I work maintenance and my charge ALX is never out of reach, at work or not...

Last winter I, my dad and another guy were out ice fishing on a semi-remote lake. On the ... Read the Rest of This Story »

Did you know that a Leatherman tool makes for a great “key” for resolving those lock issues that get in your way of getting the job done?

Last year a colleague and I were ... Read the Rest of This Story »

Years back, in high school, I used most of a weeks pay from a crappy part time job to pick up a Leatherman Wave. It seemed like a good idea at the time. (Who says ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I was having lunch in the break room when I noticed a co-worker running past. A moment later I saw him run back the other way asking where the water main might be. Curious as ... Read the Rest of This Story »

Well, I was ice fishing in February of 2009 on a little dam called Newton Dam. It’s just a few minutes northwest of Logan, Utah. We were catching crappie that you could barely see ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I was on a road trip to Seattle with my family. We got up on the last day before we arrived and got an early start. We were making good time until the car ahead ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I received an original PST as a gift in 1986. I'm kind of a handy-man mechanical type, and used it practically every day.

In 2006, my son-in-law Bob and I were out on ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I ordered my Skeletool CX back on March 17, 2009 and loved it from day one, plus I have been a Leatherman collector for probably 20 years, but now all I have is this one. ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I originally bought my Squirt E4 back when I was a senior in high school, mainly because you use the wire stripper down to 20 awg. I was in a electronics class at the ... Read the Rest of This Story »