Have you ever looked at something and thought, “Now, why didn’t I think of that”? That is the way I felt when i first saw the Leatherman Multitool.

The Leatherman is basically a folding pair of pliers, with a knife, screwdriver, file and other nifty tools in the handles. The whole thing folds up and fits in a small pouch that you can carry on your belt.

A lot of people think of the Leatherman as a knock off of the Swiss Army Knife, but while the Swiss Army Knife is a knife with a bunch of other tools, a Leatherman is more like a pair of pliers with a bunch of other tools.

The thing I like most about the Leatherman is the very sleek, very function over form sort of look. I apologize in advance here, ladies, but it looks like the sort of knife a man would design. No plastic handles, no frilly lanyard; just brushed steel and a leather belt pouch.

The person I think that would get the most use from a Leatherman tool would be the person who needs access to it more often than occasionally. A Swiss Army Knife may be better if you just use it every once in a while. I wonder which one MacGyver would use if the show was on now?