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Re: Leatherman (vagabond)

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Post by szszrk » Fri, Sep 19, 2025, 6:46 AM UTC

fhd2 wrote: post #10

triyambakam wrote: post #8

I thought this might be about a multi tool from the Leatherman brand

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 :)

Re: Leatherman (vagabond)

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Post by sparky_z » Fri, Sep 19, 2025, 6:51 AM UTC

fhd2 wrote: post #10

triyambakam wrote: post #8

I thought this might be about a multi tool from the Leatherman brand

Me too, got excited for nothing. But then I wondered - maybe that's where their name comes from?

Nope. It's named after its inventor, Tim Leatherman.

Re: Leatherman (vagabond)

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Post by sparky_z » Fri, Sep 19, 2025, 6:52 AM UTC

cryptos wrote: post #6

Was the tool company named after this man?

No, named after the founder, Tim Leatherman.

Re: Leatherman (vagabond)

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Post by MoSattler » Fri, Sep 19, 2025, 7:00 AM UTC

this kind of freedom, once possible, is now gone.

Re: Leatherman (vagabond)

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Post by reader9274 » Fri, Sep 19, 2025, 7:20 AM UTC

"The more I read about this character, the more I don't care for him" - Norm Macdonald

Re: Leatherman (vagabond)

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Post by foreigner » Fri, Sep 19, 2025, 7:29 AM UTC

protocolture wrote: post #3

Crazy to me that they exempted him from the vagrancy laws. Like "Oh we can have one mysterious and entertaining vagrant".

Similar to Leslie Cochran in Austin.

Re: Leatherman (vagabond)

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Post by afandian » Fri, Sep 19, 2025, 7:41 AM UTC

reader9274 wrote: post #15

"The more I read about this character, the more I don't care for him" - Norm Macdonald

That has to be the oddest Godwin’s Law ever.

Any why?

Re: Leatherman (vagabond)

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Post by Mistletoe » Fri, Sep 19, 2025, 8:05 AM UTC

Since that picture terrified me I searched for more images of him:

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/09/magazine/old-leatherman-w...

Re: Leatherman (vagabond)

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Post by fxtentacle » Fri, Sep 19, 2025, 8:06 AM UTC

ljf wrote: post #5

A very different man, but the book 'The Autobiography of a Super Tramp' is a fascinating read from the hayday of the tramp - about one manes tramping across the UK and USA https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Autobiography_of_a_Super...

Change one a to u and this might be about a president ^_^ I never noticed before how close those words were. And he'd probably like the prefix "Super".

Re: Leatherman (vagabond)

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Post by dominicq » Fri, Sep 19, 2025, 8:12 AM UTC

this guy was for sure a supernatural being