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Tim Leatherman in Sydney today

au Offline Huntsman

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Tim Leatherman in Sydney today
on: November 12, 2018, 10:32:16 PM
Tim arrived in Australia, following his trip to NZ, for the final leg of the 35 Anniversary tour a few days ago.
Yesterday he was in Melbourne
Today he’s at Martin Place in Sydney

I shall be meeting him in about 4 hrs :ahhh

What an honour.

Thanks for coming Tim  :tu:
« Last Edit: November 12, 2018, 11:11:47 PM by Huntsman »


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Re: Tim Leatherman in Sydney today
Reply #1 on: November 12, 2018, 10:49:00 PM
I hope you enjoy meeting him as much as I did, back in 2016  :tu:.

Meanwhile ...  :popcorn:


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Re: Tim Leatherman in Sydney today
Reply #2 on: November 13, 2018, 12:25:19 AM
Hope you have a blast and can't wait to hear about it :tu: :like:


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Re: Tim Leatherman in Sydney today
Reply #3 on: November 13, 2018, 06:21:24 AM
Here's a little taster   :D

They loved the T-shirt - Apparently pic copies are already heading back to Oregon !!
Carie the marketing lady took this one!

I was quite nervous and tongue tied being with one of my heroes !!

MTo T-shirt for tomorrow's event   :cheers:
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« Last Edit: November 13, 2018, 06:29:38 AM by Huntsman »


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Re: Tim Leatherman in Sydney today
Reply #4 on: November 13, 2018, 06:25:15 AM
Pretty awesome  :woohoo:
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Re: Tim Leatherman in Sydney today
Reply #5 on: November 13, 2018, 08:54:53 AM
Hope you have a blast

It doesn't look like a Blast in that picture ;)
You should seriously visit vicfan.com. All the hoopy froods are doing it.


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Re: Tim Leatherman in Sydney today
Reply #6 on: November 13, 2018, 12:17:25 PM
Hope you have a blast

It doesn't look like a Blast in that picture ;)

Hope you have a PST doesn't have quite as good a ring to it ::) :D

Looks like an awesome time already :like: :like:


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Re: Tim Leatherman in Sydney today
Reply #7 on: November 15, 2018, 01:12:54 AM
Hope you have a blast
It doesn't look like a Blast in that picture ;)

Strangely enough - I did have a Blast - It was my first ever Leatherman - But I gave it to my godson when I got my Wave
- So I don't have a Blast anymore !

However I did have a blast with Tim over the last few days ;)


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Re: Tim Leatherman in Sydney today
Reply #8 on: November 15, 2018, 01:16:19 AM
Hi Folks,

So there were two events for #Leatherman35 in Sydney
– A pop up for the general public in Martin Place, one of our central squares in Sydney.
– An invite only event at the Museum of Contemporary Art right on the harbour.

I attended both events and there is so much to tell y’all about what happened - A lot of which is fairly small relatively independent stories
– So I have decided rather than write one big long post that will take me ages to write and you ages to read I’ll be posting all the stories separately over the next few days!
However here is a taste of what is to come:

•   Format of the Martin Place event
•   Format of the MoCA event
•   Tim and MTo, and meeting a new MTo friend – I am not revealing who this is here – But I think he might be posting to this thread too! And to that person feel free to talk about any of these topics!
•   The T-shirts (and hats)
•   The LM documentary
•   Leatherman tools around the place
•   Tim and the Swiss Army Knife
•   Leatherman Superfans, Tool Tales, giveaways and freebies
•   My celebrity gaffs :(
•   A blast from the past (Note: Not a Blast from the past!)
•   A clue as to what is to come from Leatherman

And we’ll start with this one

Grants whisky was one of the sponsors of the MoCA event and there was this really cool sculpture on their stand - in fact so cool it was frozen!
They were actually pouring whisky through this thing to make cocktails  :o
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« Last Edit: November 15, 2018, 09:00:58 AM by Huntsman »


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Re: Tim Leatherman in Sydney today
Reply #9 on: November 15, 2018, 12:16:36 PM
Sounds like a great time and I can't wait to hear all what went on :popcorn:

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Re: Tim Leatherman in Sydney today
Reply #10 on: November 15, 2018, 02:07:55 PM
 :popcorn: :popcorn:


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Re: Tim Leatherman in Sydney today
Reply #11 on: November 16, 2018, 01:47:24 AM
Looking forward to the stories     :popcorn:


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Re: Tim Leatherman in Sydney today
Reply #12 on: November 16, 2018, 03:46:24 AM
Martin Place Event

So Martin Place is a public 'square' in the middle of Sydney
You may have heard of it, as in 2014 it was the location of the Lindt cafe hostage crisis  - Enough of that!

Volvo sponsored Tim's tour of Australia - So there was the big Volvo SUV there - And the Leatherman trailer which was a pop up store .
There was a lovely wooden bench in front of the pop up containing pretty much the whole LM range
This was great as I got to see a lot of tools I have never handled before - eg Signal, Mut, Raptor (so big!!)
All the tools were secured to the tables with wires - And all the tools blades and points has been blunted for obvious reasons - And even the removable wire cutters removed
Which apparently is to stop people cutting the wires with the wire cutters and taking the tools  :o   :twak: 

They were selling tools - But only had the popular models there (eg Wave, Micra, Wingman) - But if you wanted any others they were sending you to a Mitre 10 store 2 minutes away that had the full range and the same 20% discount 

Next to the pop up store was a small LM gazebo and table where Tim was doing the signings - The queue was not too deep when I was there - Only about half a dozen  people .

The public were very interested in the tool table and had lots of questions - Some of which I could not help but get involved in    :pok:   :D
Much to the delight of the LM staff there - 'You can come and join us" was one offer!! - Yay love to!!

Main question - Heard multiple times was - "What's the difference between a Swiss Army Knife and a Leatherman?"
Their answer was partially correct  errrm 'It's got pliers' But the other answers not quite eg Better quality, longer lasting and 25 year warranty .. Hmmm
I did not correct them on the Vic lifetime warranty  - or get into a discussion on this !!   8)  ;)
Some other questions were:
"Can I use this in a marine environment" - very relevant for Sydney - They said as long as you rinse it and oil it occasionally you'll be fine - I told her my Skeletool was my beach tool and the caribiner would be great when sailing - she was a sailor!
" I carried a pocket knife when I used to travel - But I don't travel anymore - Why would I need one of these " - I told him he needed one in his kitchen drawer for all those jobs around the house . ;)

There was an official photographer there - Who seemed to be capturing every signing !!

Picture borrowed from the LM Facebook page !! Tim is hiding the pop up
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« Last Edit: November 16, 2018, 03:59:03 AM by Huntsman »


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Re: Tim Leatherman in Sydney today
Reply #13 on: November 16, 2018, 12:42:41 PM
Sounds like a great day Huntsman :like: When I met him it wasn't a big event at all and not sponsered at all from what I can tell (well except for the place that was hosting him) Would be neat to have met other LM employees as well :tu: :like:


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Re: Tim Leatherman in Sydney today
Reply #14 on: November 17, 2018, 08:49:54 PM
:popcorn:


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Re: Tim Leatherman in Sydney today
Reply #16 on: November 18, 2018, 02:42:37 AM
Thanks Huntsman, that was very interesting read.  :like:


 

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