In Praise of the Leatherman
About two years ago, I stood up in a wedding for a friend and received as a groomsman’s gift a Leatherman Surge. Not being familiar with Leatherman at the time, I threw it in a drawer where it sat for at least six months, gathering dust.
An error. I have found the Surge to be a marvelously handy multipurpose knife that I use almost every day. Despite that, the blade is still razor sharp and the Surge performs as well as it did the first time I used it. If I travel, the Leatherman travels with me. In an era where we are accustomed to buying high priced junk with a definite shelf life, it’s a pleasure to have something ruggedly made to last. I recommend it highly to anyone but for the Gents, a Leatherman is a must-have for your dude arsenal.
A useful tool ( much like Zenpundit himself).
July 25th, 2008 at 1:48 pm
Eh – don’t carry it on your person or in your carryon baggage if you’re flying!
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I lost a much-loved Swiss Army knife that way.
July 26th, 2008 at 3:18 am
Hi Cheryl,
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Very true. Shortly after 9/11 I was flying to DC out of O’Hare and the security woman triumphantly confiscated a nail clipper from me, much to the disdain of the two M-16 toting National Guardsmen she had summoned to be on alert as she rummaged through my bag.
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Have to wonder what profile I was fitting at the time to merit the pre-emptive armed response.
July 26th, 2008 at 10:26 pm
I cannot say I fly with my Leatherman (thievery among TSA agents being the primary reason). However, I never deploy in support of my military duties without my Leatherman tool.
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It’s a great piece of gear.
July 30th, 2008 at 9:31 pm
Personally, I prefer the Gerber — though it looks like Leatherman has corrected their initial design error, where the edges of the metal handle wear positioned outward (i.e., gripping the pliers = narrow metal edges into your palm).