Leatherman production timeline.

[Benner]

I had written this chart up in another thread, but here it is stickyfied so it is a little easier to find for those who are interested.

Below is a chart showing when each of Leathermans tools were first released and when they were discontinued.  I have not included any special runs such as anniversary releases.

PST - 1983-2004
MiniTool - 1986-2004
Original Supertool - 1994-2001
PST II - 1996-2004
Micra - 1996-Present
Original Wave - 1998-2004
Sideclip - 1998-2004
Flair - 1999-2004
Crunch - 1999-Present
Pulse - 2000-2004
Supertool 200 - 2001-2005
Juice Kf4 - 2001-2005
Juice C2 - 2001-Present
Juice S2 - 2001-Present
Juice Cs4 - 2001-Present
Juice Xe6 - 2001-Present
Juice Pro - 2002-2003
Squirt P4 - 2002-2010
Squirt S4 - 2002-2010
Juice SC2 - 2003-2005
Squirt E4 - 2003-2010
New Wave - 2004-Present
Charge Ti & Xti - 2004-2007
Kick - 2004-2011
Fuse(knife) - 2004-2011
Blast - 2004-Present
Core - 2005-2009
Surge - 2005-Present
Fuse(knifeless) - 2006-2011
Hybrid - 2006-2010
Vista - 2006-2010
Charge AL, ALX & TTi - 2007-Present
Skeletool - 2007-Present
Skeletool CX - 2007-Present
Genus - 2007-2010
Freestyle - 2009-Present
Freestyle CX - 2009-2011
Super Tool 300 - 2009-Present
Super Tool 300 EOD - 2010-Present
MUT - 2010-Present
Style - 2010-Present
Style CS - 2010-Present
Squirt ES4 - 2010-Present
Squirt PS4 - 2010-Present
Sidekick - 2011-Present
Wingman - 2011-Present
Style PS - 2011-Present


I have sourced this info from both the forum and the Multitool Wiki.  If anyone feels any of it is not correct, please let me know and I will make any necessary corrections.

Benner

EDIT:  Roadie has made a brilliant timeline from this data, which can be found on the multitool.org Wiki here; http://multitool.sosakonline.com/wiki/tiki-index.php?page=Leatherman+Timeline

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Good one mate

[J-sews]

Yes, very helpful!


Hmmmm.....incredible that the original PST was in production for 21 years eh?

[Benner]

Yes, very helpful!


Hmmmm.....incredible that the original PST was in production for 21 years eh?

That's what I thought.  Especially when you see how many other tools were released during that time.

[Poncho65]

Alright you updated the list cool thanks man

[Poncho65]

Hard to believe that for 1st 11 years that they only had PST then Mini Tool.  Ppl wouldn't know what to do if they didn't have to pick from fifty different models
 

[Pacu]

Now....can you do Gerber, Vic, SOG......yada yada yada

Just Kidding!

Thanks alot for this.

[prime77]

Good job Benner. Helpful little sticky.

[Benner]

Now....can you do Gerber, Vic, SOG......yada yada yada

Just Kidding!

Thanks alot for this.

   I don't see why one couldn't be done.  Bob might be the man for the job though.    We'll have to give him a  .

[Benner]

Following a couple of tips, I have made a couple of ammendments. 

Cheers for the heads up guys.

[J-sews]

Good work Benner!

Its tough putting together an accurate timeline like this. Introduction dates can usually be found, but discontinued dates are a real bugger. Oftentimes a manufacturer will do a big production run on a certain model, then continue to sell that model for a couple of years until their inventory is gone.

They don't announce the discontinuation usually, that model simply doesn't appear in the next year's catalog.


(take the Gerber Resolve for instance. It was introduced with much fanfare at the 2007 Shot Show, but it took the sharp eye of another member to notice that it wasn't listed in the 2008 Gerber catalog)

[scrappy]

what is a juice sc2? thanks for the info.

[Benner]

what is a juice sc2? thanks for the info.

I believe it is the same as an S2 but with an additional corkscrew.

[J-sews]

what is a juice sc2? thanks for the info.

I believe it is the same as an S2 but with an additional corkscrew.

Odd how the SC2 was the only Juice to have the "long blades" fold from the end opposite the plier.

[scrappy]

thank you