The leatherman tools are a very cool gadget for using in the garden. Leatherman was a grduate of 1970 from the Oregan state university majoring mechanical engineering. Very much a perfectionist he had work to produce the first prototype over several years leading to the first patent in 1980.

The leatherman tools are of the highest quality and give a 25 year guarantee from the manufacturer.

For the budding gardener the leatherman hybrid is a great tool and has to be the most advanced pruner available. The leatherman hybrid has been tested and recommended by the national home gardening club. The tool is made from 100% stainless steel and can do many tasks such as remove weeds and prune plants/flowers.

Here are some further specs of the Leatherman hybrid:

• wire cutters
• bypass pruner
• weed remover
• screwdrivers (phillips and flat)
• sprinkler tool
• bottle opener
• non slip handles
• ruler
• nylon sheath

Leatherman also do loads of other tools such as the keychain tool the leatherman micra, a pocket multi tool called the leatherman juice Xe6, and the larger multi tools the leatherman wave and leatherman surge.

The primary difference between the Leatherman tools and a Swiss Army knifes is that a leatherman tool is a pair of pliers with other tools stored around its handles and the Swiss Army knifes are aknife with other tools stored in the handle.