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Twenty-five years of helping active people be prepared. Of making American Made tools that can endure just about anything and come back to work tomorrow. Here's a look back at how Leatherman got where it is today and how, over the last 25 years we've helped people answer the question: Are you ready?

The year is 1975. Tim Leatherman and his wife travel Europe and the Middle East. Between a cranky Fiat and leaky hotel plumbing, Tim's boy-scout knife leaves him wanting more, like some pliers, and maybe a screwdriver or two. He dreams up a multi-tool

In 1976, Tim, a mechanical engineer, goes through several prototypes with cardboard and wood. His brother-in-law, a machinist, teaches him how to work metal and the first steel prototype takes form in Tim's basement the next year.

In 1980, Tim applies for and receives U.S. Patent 4,238,862 for his first multi-tool prototype, "Mr. Crunch." The New York Times covers the patent, and Tim waits patiently by the phone for the million-dollar call. It doesn't arrive. Tim's new business partner, Steve Berliner, convinces his father to lease them some space in his machine shop.

In 1983, the prototype is fine-tuned and the Pocket Survival Tool™ (PST®) is born. Knife companies say it's a tool. Tool companies say it's a gadget. And the gadget company can't even bother to spell Steve Berliner's name right, much less place an order. However, Cabela's and Early Winters have better foresight and place small orders for their holiday catalogs. Leatherman Tool Group incorporates in July.

The first week of 1984, right after the holiday catalog from Early Winters, the retailer doubles their order to 500 PSTs. A week later, they call back and order 750 more. Two weeks later, they order another 1,000. The goal for 1984 was 4,000 tools. We sold just shy of 30,000. This is known as "exponential growth," and it happened a lot around Leatherman that year.

1992-
Turns out, handy people really love Leatherman tools. With sales booming, we build a huge factory with enough capacity to last 5 years on enough land that we can expand over 10 years. After 2 years, we double the factory. And 3 years later, we'd triple it. And buy more land for employee parking. To call our projections merely "conservative" would be like calling our tools merely "useful."

2006
Leatherman rolls out even more tools and knives, this time built for a specific activity, but with the brand's trademark multi-functionality. Our hunting knives are a field-dressing kits in a sheath—cutting hooks, saws and blades—and the Vista® pruner speeds cleaning a line of shot, building a blind or constructing a tree stand. And our Hybrid® gardening pruners put you in control of your yard and yard equipment.
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Leatherman Skeletool CX, Black Carbon Fiber Scale, No Sheath
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