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Fred Hansen · October 2, 2004, 10:51 AM

Fortunately I have never had any use for Leatherman tools. I wear my Gerber pliers every day; I can open/use them with one hand, and can put them away in the same fashion.

As far as the other companies go, some of them make good stuff, but it is mostly over-priced, and marketed/hyped to appeal to metrosexual weekend warriors. Metros make my skin crawl. Even casual association with them would make me puke.

Thanks anyway, but I'll stick with high-quality affordable gear.

Besides, did anyone ever not think that Kerry and Edwards are leathermen?

October 2, 2004, 10:51 AM	#3
Fred Hansen Senior Member Join Date: May 30, 2001 Location: The middle of WWIII Posts: 3,335	Fortunately I have never had any use for Leatherman tools. I wear my Gerber pliers every day; I can open/use them with one hand, and can put them away in the same fashion. As far as the other companies go, some of them make good stuff, but it is mostly over-priced, and marketed/hyped to appeal to metrosexual weekend warriors. Metros make my skin crawl. Even casual association with them would make me puke. Thanks anyway, but I'll stick with high-quality affordable gear. Besides, did anyone ever not think that Kerry and Edwards are leathermen? __________________ "This started out as a documentary on gun violence in America, but the largest mass murder in our history was just committed -- without the use of a single gun! Not a single bullet fired! No bomb was set off, no missile was fired, no weapon (i.e., a device that was solely and specifically manufactured to kill humans) was used. A boxcutter! -- I can't stop thinking about this. A thousand gun control laws would not have prevented this massacre. What am I doing?" Michael Moore