Leatherman Multi-Tools
If the Swiss Army Knife is a "centenarian", the American Leatherman Army Knife is a young man in his "cardamom years". But when it comes to combo tools, Letterman can be said to be the originator of combo tools. In 1975, Tim Leatherman was driving around Europe. At that time, he was short of money, his car was breaking down frequently, and the only folding knife he had was of no use at all. Tim wishes he had a small, portable combo tool with regular-sized pliers and a host of other useful tools. After returning home, he used his mechanical design skills to design and create. After 7 years of hard work and hundreds of tests, the first perfect Leatherman-PST portable survival tool was born. This is a combo tool that has a knife, various screwdrivers, an awl, a scale, and standard needle-nose pliers.
When the initial prototype was completed, Tim only wanted to sell the creative patent to a knife factory and had no intention of investing in production himself. When these knives were placed in front of manufacturers, they sarcastically said: "These are tools, not knives." Just when he was running into obstacles, Tim thought of Phil Knight, the president of the world-famous sports shoe Nike (NIKE) Group, who lived in the same small American city as Portland. At that time, NIKE was already a well-known brand, and Feier encouraged Tim to "do it yourself!" and wished him success. With the help of family and friends, Tim began his American entrepreneurial myth. In 1983, Tim founded the Leatherman Tool Group.Inc named after him, and its first product was the well-known PST. In the year when the factory was founded, Tim only sold 200 tools, each of which was made by himself. However, by 2002, Letterman combination tools had been sold to more than 100 countries around the world, with annual sales almost as much as those of Swiss Army knives. Although the Letterman Combination Tool has such a large production volume, its production process is not sloppy at all: each tool requires 300 steps to complete. Today, the Letterman Combination Tool has become a portable tool trusted by millions of people. It broke the impractical limitations of traditional pocket folding knives in one fell swoop, pioneered the modern high-tech multi-purpose combination tool, and became a truly strong, sharp, strong, durable and long-lasting American military knife.
Letterman combination tools do not have a long historical tradition like the Swiss Army Knife. If you want to occupy a place in the military knife market, the only thing you can do is to continue to innovate, constantly surpass, and achieve perfection.