Among those are multiple pliers (needlenose and regular), wire cutters and strippers, knives (420HC regular and serrated ...

No. Whereas Leatherman calls its wood and ... Here’s what I can say: I have spent years putting dozens of Leatherman knives and multi-tools through their paces and never once has a tool snapped ...

DURING A NO-FRILLS trip through Europe in the mid-’70s, Tim Leatherman’s crummy Fiat broke down. He had a pocket knife, but what he needed was a pair of pliers. Once home, he combined the two ...

considering it a tool rather than a knife. Yet toolmakers thought it was a gadget "and gadgets don't sell". In fact, no one wanted it. By 1983, Leatherman was close to giving up until an old ...