True Tales of Tools

I live in Africa - South Africa to be exact, and I have carried a Leatherman Sideclip and now a Charge with me for the past ten or more years. I can think of two ... Read the Rest of This Story »

About 16 or 17 years ago or more, not long after the Leatherman multi-tool first came out, a friend of mine received one for a Christmas gift from his brother-in-law. He didn't seem to be ... Read the Rest of This Story »

In 1986 I bought my first Leatherman, a PST-1, in preparation for my first trip to Maine's famous Waterway. My wife and I went with another couple and were paddling up the west shore of ... Read the Rest of This Story »

My tale begins with the ending of the spring semester of 2007 at Paul Smiths College in the Adirondack Mountains of UPSTATE New York. The Adirondacks is a 6 million acre park that is located ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I have been an avid Leatherman tool fan for quite some time. I began using a Leatherman Wave about 5 years ago. I was working as the assistant manager of an IT department in a ... Read the Rest of This Story »

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I am an eye doctor working in southern Ethiopia and have a main clinic, and then I do rural visits out in the bush. These clinics require me to pack up the ... Read the Rest of This Story »

In 4th grade, I accidentally stapled my thumb with a mini stapler. I wasn't very scared until someone said that it might get infected. When I sat down in the nurse's office, they called someone ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I got my Leatherman tool about four years ago. My grandfather gave it to me after having lost and broken many a Swiss army knife. He had had it for many years before that and ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I can't go anywhere without my Wave. Everyday I find it useful in many different tasks. I am logging what jobs I've performed and have managed to use it now, for 30 consecutive days.

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This story is not about freeing game from fences, or cutting people free from seatbelts. It's simply a testimony of the quality of a Leatherman. A few weeks ago, I was working in our backyard ... Read the Rest of This Story »

My name’s Paul I live in Western Australia and work as a driller, one of the toughest job out there. I've been wanting a Leatherman for about 10 years but always thought they were very ... Read the Rest of This Story »

As a Dog Warden (Animal Control Officer) I find that my Leatherman is an invaluable item of equipment that enables me to carry out my duties and help animals. When a person finds a stray ... Read the Rest of This Story »

Hi. I recently purchased my first Leatherman, a squirt P4. I am sure I will get another one sooner or later. I have not had a chance to use it properly yet but I look ... Read the Rest of This Story »

My husband has been a Leatherman fan for years, ever since a friend gave him one as a gift in El Salvador. He carries a Leatherman everywhere, even when he is in shorts, and also ... Read the Rest of This Story »

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I am a Stage Manager in the concert and theater business here in France, along with other specialties as stage electrician and many more, and I never go to work without ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I bought my first Leatherman tool many years ago when they first came out. As a Deputy Sheriff on patrol I soon found that I used my tool many times a day. The first week ... Read the Rest of This Story »

My wife just had a nephrostomy tube, (a tube that drains the contents of a kidney into a bag which is attached to your leg), inserted by her doctor early in the morning of the ... Read the Rest of This Story »

We were hiking the back country of Mount Cecil Station on the South Island of New Zealand in early March when my buddy Sam and I heard the distress calls of a two-year-old Red Stag, ... Read the Rest of This Story »

Back in the summer of 02, I had been in a car accident. The doctors wasted no time sewing the many lacerations on my face. At one point I reminded the doctors that I was ... Read the Rest of This Story »