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Title: Any mt manufacturers as members?
Post by: KBM3 on February 27, 2019, 02:12:50 AM

I have a quick question, and I apologize if this has been discussed. Are there now, or have there been any members here that were employees of any of the main mt companies? I was just curious, it seems that if I was a representative of mt company X and I wanted to gauge the public's perception on my products, this site would be a great way to see what works and what does not.

Ken

Title: Re: Any mt manufacturers as members?
Post by: SteveC on February 27, 2019, 02:21:51 AM

There was a Leatherman employee here at one time but I don't think he is active anymore.

Title: Re: Any mt manufacturers as members?
Post by: zoidberg on February 27, 2019, 02:57:47 AM

There are a few around, Klecker, Kirk etc etc.   :tu:   And maybe a few other secret squirrels.   ;)

Title: Re: Any mt manufacturers as members?
Post by: KBM3 on February 27, 2019, 04:14:28 AM

Thanks.

Title: Re: Any mt manufacturers as members?
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on February 27, 2019, 12:36:13 PM

There have been a number of manufacturer reps and designers here over the years.  For the most part they like to surf the forum in secret as they don't like to affect the honest feedback they get here.  It's kind of funny actually- the marketers tend to prefer their Facebook pages for what they think is "honest" feedback from suckups and fanboys, while the designers prefer to visit here to learn what people actually want, and what they think about things they already have.

Gerber is an excellent example- because of feedback on this forum they have dropped the 2D phillips across most of the line, and that comes directly from one of their designers.

SOG has had a rep here openly since the very beginning, which is why the SOG forum is at the top of the manufacturer's list.   :tu:

Def

Title: Re: Any mt manufacturers as members?
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on February 27, 2019, 12:38:59 PM

Forgot to add- why wouldn't manufacturers have people here?

If you ran a company and there was a resource like this for whatever product you had, and your design and marketing people weren't making use of it, wouldn't you wonder what the heck you were paying them for?   :think:

Def

Title: Re: Any mt manufacturers as members?
Post by: Mechanickal on February 27, 2019, 01:25:11 PM

I know Victorinox lurks around these parts of the web...

Title: Re: Any mt manufacturers as members?
Post by: SirVicaLot on February 27, 2019, 08:38:39 PM

Quote from: Mechanickal on February 27, 2019, 01:25:11 PM

I know Victorinox lurks around these parts of the web...

They get some nice ideas here, but don‘t seem to do much with it though  :pok:

Title: Re: Any mt manufacturers as members?
Post by: Mechanickal on February 27, 2019, 08:39:27 PM

True...

Still fun to know they care though.

Title: Re: Any mt manufacturers as members?
Post by: SirVicaLot on February 28, 2019, 05:14:44 AM

Quote from: Mechanickal on February 27, 2019, 08:39:27 PM

True...

Still fun to know they care though.

 :iagree: :tu:

Title: Re: Any mt manufacturers as members?
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on March 07, 2019, 01:14:25 PM

The best possible answer to this question:

https://forum.multitool.org/index.php/topic,80632.50.html

:D

Def

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