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Hello Everyone,
I thought it would be nice to display here the Leatherman PST, #001, from
the collection of Wolf Schulz-Tattenpach (Germany). It is part of his amazing
collection of prototypes as well as some of the first knives made by world
famous knifmakers.
Wolf's collection is on display with 20 other world-class custom knife collections
in my book "The Great Collections" that was introduced to the public during
the June 2007 BLADE Show in Atlanta.
This is how Wolf tells the story of this extraordinary piece:
"In 1983, at a custom knife show in Eugene (Oregon), a young
man by the name of Tim Leatherman, came to our table and asked Peter
(my partner) and me to visit his table, but come over one at a time. I went
first, and his table was cluttered with various pliers, blades, screwdrivers,
files and saws - about 30 different tools. Tim asked me for my idea of a
practical combination of these bits to fit into two handles. When Peter's
turn came, he chose the same pieces I did. Tim then asked us if we
thought that a multi-purpose tool like that would sell and we said yes. I
gave him my card and ordered one there and then. On May 7th, 1983 I
was holding the first Leatherman PST.
23 years later, Timothy and his wife stayed with us in Germany for a
day. During the years that passed since we first met, he had sold more
than 30 million Leatherman tools".
Size: 4"x1"x1/2" (112x27x12 mm).
All the best,
David Darom (ddd)
I thought it would be nice to display here the Leatherman PST, #001, from
the collection of Wolf Schulz-Tattenpach (Germany). It is part of his amazing
collection of prototypes as well as some of the first knives made by world
famous knifmakers.
Wolf's collection is on display with 20 other world-class custom knife collections
in my book "The Great Collections" that was introduced to the public during
the June 2007 BLADE Show in Atlanta.
This is how Wolf tells the story of this extraordinary piece:
"In 1983, at a custom knife show in Eugene (Oregon), a young
man by the name of Tim Leatherman, came to our table and asked Peter
(my partner) and me to visit his table, but come over one at a time. I went
first, and his table was cluttered with various pliers, blades, screwdrivers,
files and saws - about 30 different tools. Tim asked me for my idea of a
practical combination of these bits to fit into two handles. When Peter's
turn came, he chose the same pieces I did. Tim then asked us if we
thought that a multi-purpose tool like that would sell and we said yes. I
gave him my card and ordered one there and then. On May 7th, 1983 I
was holding the first Leatherman PST.
23 years later, Timothy and his wife stayed with us in Germany for a
day. During the years that passed since we first met, he had sold more
than 30 million Leatherman tools".
Size: 4"x1"x1/2" (112x27x12 mm).
All the best,
David Darom (ddd)
Thank you for posting it! 
