Your First (loved) Multitool That Started Your .....-holism :D

[N_N_R]

I got it confiscated at school a year later, but I never forgot it. 

Oh, crap... I've carried knives at school, too, but no-one ever found out ... 

[Scalyman]

The Leatherman PST My father gave me many (late 80s) years ago. Still got it but it doesn't see any use these days. I carry a Skeletool for general edc or a Swisstool/Wave if I have a need for a little more functionality. 

[Hammer]

My very first Multitool was a SS Micra.  It was given to me by a fellow bass fisherman.  He noticed that I was using my teeth to cut my fishing line when I tied on tackle.  He had two Micras in his tackle box, and was kind enough to part with one of them. 
I kept my tackle box open while I fished (bad habit), and the Micra in the top shelf of the tackle box.  I soon started to lay the Micra on the boat after I was finished using it for a tie, and eventually put it on the side of the boat, and it fell into Lake Wateree in Lugoff, SC.
I replaced that one with one I purchased from Walmart, and I noticed there was a lanyard ring on the Micra.  I used some parachord to run through the lanyard ring, and I began wearing it around my neck when I fished.  This whole experience is what introduced me to the wonderful world of Leatherman and Multitools in general. 

[MultiMat]

My wife gave me a Leatherman Surge 4 years ago for my birthday, after I had admired a relative's Kick he received at Christmas. She rues that decision  , I have acquired 'a few' more in the subsequent 4 years   

[user24]

I got it confiscated at school a year later, but I never forgot it. 

Oh, crap... I've carried knives at school, too, but no-one ever found out ... 

I was dumb enough to bring it into my art class. We were doing lino cut prints and I thought I could use it. Teacher took it and told me to get it back at the end of the day, and I just never did.  lol

[Zed]

I got it confiscated at school a year later, but I never forgot it. 

Oh, crap... I've carried knives at school, too, but no-one ever found out ... 

I was dumb enough to bring it into my art class. We were doing lino cut prints and I thought I could use it. Teacher took it and told me to get it back at the end of the day, and I just never did.  lol

i went too a school in watford called francis combe (or fanny combe as we called it lol) this was back in the early 80's and i remember taking 2 butterfly knives to school on a regular basis and showing off with them  i also took a kukri in for repair in the schools metal dept    loved those free and easy days, now i live in fear of taking a knife out of my pocket for use 

[Grant Lamontagne]

I used to have a dummy hand grenade in my locker in high school. If I tried that these days I'd be in Guantanamo Bay.

Def

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[Syph007]

I used to have a dummy hand grenade in my locker in high school. If I tried that these days I'd be in Guantanamo Bay.

Def

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LOL we were from the same town werent we.  I had two, pineapple style, and smooth round ball style.  Bought them from joes surplus in the Sault.     I sitll have them, but Im too scared to put them on my desk at work. lol.

[jerseydevil]

The first decent tool, the one that set off this craziness, was the Vic Tinker.  I'm still a big fan of it, such a nice, useful, no-nonsense tool set.  I don't have that original Tinker, though I know where it is, gifted to a friend when his POS clone snapped trying to open a bottle.  Next time I'm over his place I might have to grab it and replace it with my current one.....

[nuphoria]

23 years ago I got a Swiss Champ for my birthday... love at first sight!

First LM was a Micra about 10 years ago, and my first full size tool was a BO SOG Paratool.

Still have all three of them and think they are great

[Grant Lamontagne]

I used to have a dummy hand grenade in my locker in high school. If I tried that these days I'd be in Guantanamo Bay.

Def

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LOL we were from the same town werent we.  I had two, pineapple style, and smooth round ball style.  Bought them from joes surplus in the Sault.     I sitll have them, but Im too scared to put them on my desk at work. lol.

I never actually spent any time there as a kid.  I was here in NS when I had the grenade in my locker.  I'm not sure I even remember where the heck it came from come to think of it.

Def

[MeadMaker]

My first knife was a Camillus Cub Scout knife that still brings back fond memories when I think of it.  The first tool that could be called an MT was a SOG Micro Toolclip.  My mother gave it to me for Christmas after I gave her a not-so-subtle hint.  That was 1991,  the year it was introduced.  It was in my pocket daily for 10 years until I lost it to TSA because of my own fault.  After searching around while I was away on that same trip I discovered the Juice S2. After returning home I bought one and I've been carrying a Juice ever since.

 The Micro Toolclip will always have a respected place in my memory in spite of its many short comings because it introduced me to MT's.  The Juice remains my favorite EDC, not because it it perfect, but because it it the most pocket friendly MT currently available.   

Its an interesting coincidence that I got both the Micro Toolclip and the S2 during the year that they were introduced. 

I hope that someday Leatherman, Vic or Wenger will introduce a new MT in the Juice class that will be an improvement on the Juice. 

[Mike 208]

My first "loved" multitool was an original LM Wave I bought in 1998-1999.  This was my second multitool (first one was a no-name cheapie I got at an auto parts store for the grand total of $7.00 US - I still have it somewhere in the house or garage).

[Sjoqvist]

My first was a Victorinox Huntsman, and my first plier based MT was an old style LM Wave

[Hypnos3510]

My parents got me a folding knife which had a folk spoon and a can opener when I was a boy scout.  I had a few cheap multi tools that I had saved my lunch money to buy, those got lost along the years. My first real good multi was about a year ago and it was leather surge.  Like many of us try I have the bug and I can't shake it ;D

Johnny

[stealth007s]

My first was an original Gerber Multi-Plier I got in 1990 when I was stationed at Ft Riley after Desert Storm. That tool was the worst, it fell apart in my hands in a week or two. I was ruined for multi-tools after that one until I bought my favorite, the Leatherman PST, in 92 at Ft Stewart along with the Swiss Champ. Since then I've owned numerous LM products but never another Gerber. I know they have improved their product but I'm sold on LM and SAK. I have never modded or have ever considered it until I bought the MUT (the saw on a gun tool???), which brought me to this forum (on a google search).

[rayraychil]

Well mine was the one and only original daddy of them all the LM PST still have the original tool and sheath which I will dog a pic out and post, got hold of a new original sheath for it a year ago so it does go in the EDC from time to time to !

[Medic82]

My first MT ever was a SOG Paratool that I got in 95 or 96 with money from my first real job and I feel in love with SOG and the Paratool the moment I unboxed it. My second MT that kicked it in to overdrive was a SOG Powerlock that I got back in 2008 to take over for the Paratool. Still got it and will never part with it.

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[Swiss Man]

Mr Pinchy for me until I busted the awl trying to remove a electrical staple.

For years carried nothing until Mrs. Got me a PST knocked the cutters on a dryer vent wire traded it in and got a Super Tool.

Carried that till my love for Vic convicted me and I got a Swiss Tool.

Now some 18+ years later I carry a LM KICK.   

[captain spaulding]

LM Wave for me.

[stealth007s]

So I sorta lied. We do have a Gerber BO Multi-Plier and I forgot about the Gerber outdoor (not sure what it's called) kit that has an axe, knife w/ a gut hook, a sharpening rod and case.

[Caress of Steel]

Though I had a few traditional slippies and Schrade LB7 as my first knives...I guess the first multi would have been a Boy Scout knife.  Have no idea what ever happened to it.  The next one would have been a Victorinox Spartan or Sportsman (I'd have to verify the exact config.) that was brought to me by an aunt in 1993 that she bought while in Switzerland.  The first real multi-tool style was one of the original Gerber's...can't say that I was too impressed...it seemed to pinch in all the wrong places at the worst times.  I now have several Leatherman's and have always been impressed with their quality (Rebar is next on the list).

That Vic that my aunt brought me as a souvenir really got me hooked on SAK's though...like most everybody else here, I have more than I really need.

John

[Fishnuts2]

A Leatherman Super Tool in 1996.

[JAfromMn]

I fell in love with my first real tool. A leatherman pst.  I wish I still had

[NeitherExtreme]

I'm pretty sure I told this story before, but got I my first MT when I was fairly young, around 12 or 13. It was a PST my sisters found in the snow while sledding down a country lane. I "earned" from them by agreeing to go ask about it a the nearest house. They didn't know anything about it, so I got to keep it.

[borgwarrior]

And here it is. I've found it after I thought it was lost for twelve years... This is a happy day for me.

[yabantas]

first tool was vic champ that i bought back in 1995. used the hell out of it. broke half of the tools but i still have it my first leatherman was the pst and thats my edc for years now.