Is this where Leatherman got their idea?
Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2026 6:35 pm
For the Leatherman multi-tool? What do you think. It seems like no new idea is really a new idea.
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Is this where Leatherman got their idea?
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Re: Is this where Leatherman got their idea?
Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2026 7:41 pm
every idea was new, once.
Re: Is this where Leatherman got their idea?
Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2026 9:50 pm
The story goes that the inventor, whose last name was Leatherman, was stranded by a broke-down
vehicle, and could not fix it with the Swiss Army Knife he had at the time.
vehicle, and could not fix it with the Swiss Army Knife he had at the time.
Re: Is this where Leatherman got their idea?
Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2026 1:06 am
I've seen German fishing knives that folded up just like a Leatherman (complete with pliers in the same place)--way back in the '50s.
Re: Is this where Leatherman got their idea?
Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2026 2:14 am
Plier knives go back to at least the early 1900's. In addition to the one pictured, there is also the PLI-R-NIF from around 1900.
These date to the late 1940s early 1950s. The 2 smaller ones are German and the larger French.
These date to the late 1940s early 1950s. The 2 smaller ones are German and the larger French.
Re: Is this where Leatherman got their idea?
Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2026 12:21 am
Those are neat KnifeKnut!!knife7knut wrote: ↑Sat Mar 14, 2026 2:14 am Plier knives go back to at least the early 1900's. In addition to the one pictured, there is also the PLI-R-NIF from around 1900.
These date to the late 1940s early 1950s. The 2 smaller ones are German and the larger French.
Re: Is this where Leatherman got their idea?
Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2026 1:27 pm
These are way coolknife7knut wrote: ↑Sat Mar 14, 2026 2:14 am Plier knives go back to at least the early 1900's. In addition to the one pictured, there is also the PLI-R-NIF from around 1900.
These date to the late 1940s early 1950s. The 2 smaller ones are German and the larger French.
