True Tales of Tools

Well, my previous Leatherman (the PST) started getting too stiff to open easily. So I purchased a Charge ALX and Bit Kit to replace it. Money well invested.

So, I decided to prove the ... Read the Rest of This Story »

My wife and visited Greece several years ago. Naturally, I took my trusty Micra which I had for a couple of years.

Standing in front of the Greek Parliament buildings in the bright Athens ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I received my Leatherman Super Tool as a groomsman’s gift (best groomsman gift ever) back in May of 2000. Aside from a couple trips to Disney on Ice and a few other events with metal ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I work in a highly active ER on the East Coast of the U.S.. For years I have carried a Leatherman Squirt in my pack that I have used at work (a friend of mine ... Read the Rest of This Story »

A long, long, time ago I became a Leatherman fan back when I was about 15 or 16 (I’m 36 now). I received my first Leatherman - it was the Micra. I believe I still ... Read the Rest of This Story »

It was right after my work shift, when I decided I was going to stop at the local Subway Shop to pick up dinner. All of a sudden, a couple from Australia, vacationing in Honolulu, ... Read the Rest of This Story »

Ever have one of those days where you pick up a splinter so small that you can't see it, but you certainly can FEEL it? Well, I had one of those days.

After feeling ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I wrote a couple tool tales last month for the Blast, and described how awesome it is, but I just got my Skeletool in the mail the other day and I must say that I ... Read the Rest of This Story »

While walking the dog together with my wife the other evening, I saw the season’s last rose. I just had to pick it for her, so I climbed the two meters or so at the ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I have been in the military for 13 years now and one of my most favorable memories was in 1999 in Kosovo.

I was on a Brigade Recon Team and deployed to Kosovo ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I work in the theatre as a lighting technician, and have always used a Leatherman regularly in my day to day work. I've owned an original Super Tool for years now, but it eventually got ... Read the Rest of This Story »

While travelling from Houston to Atlanta with a trailer of furniture, I arrived in Baton Rouge, LA just before a thunderstorm. I stopped and bought a rain tarp and rope to keep my load dry. ... Read the Rest of This Story »

A family friend told us we could have their old play house, complete with slide, for our two year old son Ethan. I loaded the trailer and tools, but realized I did not have the ... Read the Rest of This Story »

Well, it's been about 7 or 8 years ago since I bought my first real Leatherman. It was a SideClip and I bought it cheap for the shop was retiring. It served me well ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I have been collecting Leatherman tools for over 12 years. I'm the proud owner of a Wave that I just bought recently and I use it everyday and my line of work it comes in ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I ride the Centennial range of the Beaver Head Mountains in Idaho spraying weeds. I ride a horse and drag along a pack horse that carries approximately 200 pounds of tanks, pack and chemical.
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My first purchase from the Leatherman product line was a Charge XTI, which shortly became an extension of my body. Each morning would consist of a rundown of my daily necessities: wallet, cell phone, keys ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I have had my Leatherman for about 8 years. My future son-in-law bought it for me before he married my daughter. I was 58 years old and had a multi-tool pliers already and wasn't ready ... Read the Rest of This Story »

We were vacationing in a forest resort, and while walking down the pathway an overgrown twig hit my two and half year old daughter's right eye. Though she was fine, I was wondering if something ... Read the Rest of This Story »

9/05/09 I parked my truck at the end of the mainline. I headed west of my truck into the woods for a look about and ended up being lost for 4days/3nights close to White Pass, ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I have already written two of these because I thought the first one didn't get posted, but I just had to reiterate how addicted I am.

I first received a PST about 14 ... Read the Rest of This Story »

Hi folks,

Yesterday, the 14th of Sept 2009, brought with it a real surprise.

A friend and I were out fishing at this lovely spot. We had gotten there on my bike, a ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I had a problem loosening the water cap on my girlfriend's car. I just couldn’t find enough grip with my hands to get it open, almost like it was vacuum sucked close. Then my Leatherman ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I am a member of an 8-student rocketry team at my high school, and together we are participating in NASA's SLI Research program, in which we design and build our own 15 ft rockets and ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I have a PST that was given to me as a business appreciation gift by a vendor sometime in the 1980's. At that time I was working in the oil fields of Kansas and now ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I am a manager at a Tire Shop in northern California and received the Leatherman Blast as a gift for Christmas from my fiancé. I can’t begin to tell you how useful this tool has ... Read the Rest of This Story »

My name is Kiahna W. and my dad's name is Jim. I am 14 years old and I am a proud owner of the Leatherman Super Tool. When I was about 6 months old I ... Read the Rest of This Story »

Me and my wife were taking a nice little ride one afternoon on my vacation. At 55 mph, a deer decided to commit suicide. We hit the deer, flew off and skidded down the ... Read the Rest of This Story »

One day I was visiting with some friends when they brought my attention to an old chair that they where trying to get rid of in one of the back bedrooms. Now this chair was ... Read the Rest of This Story »

1987- driving back from Los Angeles, bringing a load going to Seattle, WA. I was climbing the mountain and noticed the tarp on the trailer was waving in the wind. I got to the summit ... Read the Rest of This Story »

Comfortable camping in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area of northern Minnesota requires some foraging for fire wood and eventually splitting it. Our regular splitting tool is a nice 10 inch hickory handled axe. One day ... Read the Rest of This Story »

All my life I always wanted a multi-tool, but I had a knife in its place. I finally got one a few weeks ago just in time for a Bike trip that I planed with ... Read the Rest of This Story »

First of all, this is ridiculous that I'm writing a blog-style entry about a product. I've never done this before, nor do I ever intend to do anything like this again. Then again, the rest ... Read the Rest of This Story »

My Leatherman Core has been with me through 4 deployments to Iraq and has never let me down when it is needed, but this last deployment it just started feeling the wear and tear of ... Read the Rest of This Story »

I am a career Marine and have made a point to never deploy without a Leatherman. I have used mine in combat and on five continents. Still my biggest Leatherman moment happened in my home ... Read the Rest of This Story »