True Tales of Tools

I work in construction, and on my latest job I drive a rough terrain forklift. My most common task is to lift pallets full of tools and material to the second and third floors of ... Read the Rest of This Story »

We were musky fishing on a large remote lake in northern Wisconsin. Storms can appear within minutes in this region. We were able to make it to shore and hiked inland for cover from the ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I received my Leatherman in the early 90's for a Christmas gift from my brother. Over the years it provided fail proof and reliable service to me while being subjected to unbelievable demands in the ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I bought my Leatherman Wave as a 6th grade Boy Scout with money that I had saved from cutting lawns. I am 19 years old now preparing to start my sophomore year in college in ... Read the Rest of This Story »

My father owns a tow truck company in south central PA. I am first called for all our police rotation calls many our involving wrecks or impounds. Almost every call I go out on requires ... Read the Rest of This Story »

In 1995 I worked for our Wastewater Department maintaining sewage pumping stations. I was using my Leatherman to work on our odor control systems when I accidentally dropped it into the 27' deep wet well ... Read the Rest of This Story »

On Thursday 6-25 @ 9:30pm a radio call came to the bridge from the engine room. You could tell by Chris's voice something was seriously wrong. As I entered the engine room, of this hundred ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I am a building engineer and have worked at many resorts in the American Southwest. About five years ago I had a 20 foot pole light blow down in one of our parking lots. ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I've been using your product(s) for quite some time now and I never leave the house without it. A few weeks ago, I snapped the flat screwdriver blade off my Wave (not good), so I've ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I figure this is a long time coming and have wanted to share this story with you all for some time.

On July 10, 2001 I was trapped with a group of fellow firefighters ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I spent the month of May camping in the Australia outback. My friend Charlie broke his aluminum tent pole while erecting his tent. I used my Leatherman Wave to remove a broken furrell, and file ... Read the Rest of This Story »

Well I’m not sure if this will go in this category or not, but I have been a tree trimmer for many years and now I am in the HVAC industry and nothing comes close ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I am an HVAC mechanic; all of my apprentices are required to have a multi-tool, no excuses. Mine was 3 years old when it broke doing a job it was not designed to do. ... Read the Rest of This Story »

My father and I were hunting at the Amazon forest in Brazil. We settled camp in the middle of the forest and decided to go hunting. We went in two different directions. After a ... Read the Rest of This Story »

My family purchased a Leatherman Wave for me some time ago. The cutting edge inside the jaws started sticking making it hard to open. I called the 800 number on their web sight and they ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I have always been a tool fanatic and collector and am skilled at a number of different trades. I purchased my first multi-tool in 1994 (it was a Fiskars tool) and was really disappointed. In ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I was on holiday in Rhodos in 2008. We rented a car and went to the countryside and mountains. My kids went deep into the forest and they heard a desperate bleating and found a ... Read the Rest of This Story »

Our hotel recently had a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of a new expansion. The ceremonial large scissors would not cut the ribbon while VIPs and guests looked on. After a few embarrassing ... Read the Rest of This Story »

About two years ago I found myself in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, monitoring a distribution of humanitarian supplies to families who'd been displaced from their homes by fighting. I was monitoring the mosquito ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I bought a Leatherman Wave in 2004 when I was passing through the States. I use it so much that I keep it in my bag wherever I go - even to work.

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Well, I owned the Classic Wave since 2004 then it lost in 2007 after the security guy in the airport told me to put my bag not in the Cabin because he knows that I ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I work at a ski area in California as a security supervisor and I won’t ever walk out of my home without my Wave Leatherman; I use it all the time.

I was ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I bought a Leatherman Kick about 5 years ago, and whilst on holiday a piece of kevlar snapped off a tent pole and went into my finger, about 1-1/2". Kevlar doesn’t show up on ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I have a small outdoor equipment business which allowed me to go to the Hardware Trade Show when it was still in Chicago--it was the year that the Micra first came out and I had ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I was canoeing/kayaking with my grandfather on the Greenbrier River Trail in Pocahontas county West Virginia. After we got back to camp, we prepared dinner and were eating the best baked potatoes of my life. ... Read the Rest of This Story »

Hello my name is Keily and I'm currently in the Marine Corps stationed in southern California. I have owned a Leatherman most my life. I think I got my first one when I was about ... Read the Rest of This Story »