Me too. And then wondered what kind of tool we would add to a Leatherman labelled The Vagabond.
A swivel knife for tooling leather. The saddle doubles as a bottle opener.
As I would associate Vagabond primarily with the samurai manga, I would expect a full katana blade.
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For a sec I thought the same thing. Anyway, "Leatherman" is a totally great brand name. So good, I wish I'd thought of it first.
Me too, got excited for nothing. But then I wondered - maybe that's where their name comes from?
The brand's name came simply from Tim Leatherman, their founder. I don't know what is the real origin of his family name, though :)
One would assume it's an occupational surname like Tanner.
I have to admit, when I discovered this I was a bit disappointed. For a long time I thought it was just a great brand name somebody came up with instead of the founder's last name.
A good last name is the best kind of brand name though?
It’s 100% commitment.
Yes, Li-ion batteries would have been so much better had they been called "Goodenough batteries".
And we already have Galvanic cells and Voltaic piles, so it wouldn't have been the first battery named after its creator.
Tim is still kicking and doing promo events. I ran into him under a tent selling tools in downtown Melbourne!
Nope. It's named after its inventor, Tim Leatherman.