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[douglas repetto]

I had jury duty in NYC a couple years ago, and I was pulled aside after 
putting my bag through the metal detector. A very tough looking police 
woman said "show me your leather, man." I just looked at her blankly. 
She said it again: "show me your leather, man." Whaaaaa? I had no idea 
what she was talking about. Did someone put a gag fetish item in my bag 
or something? Was I wearing something embarrassing under my clothes that 
I had somehow forgotten about? I told her I wasn't sure what she meant. 
She said, "your Leatherman, your multi-tool." Up until then I had never 
heard the brand name. Boy was I relieved!

But then I forgot to remove it from my carryon bag before a flight and 
it was confiscated. Ack.


douglas



David Brunton wrote:
> I have had a Leatherman multitool in my pocket since I was about 
> fifteen.  Leatherman is headquartered near where I grew up, so I had one 
> early in the evolution, back when most the poor guys around me just had 
> pocket knives.  I love their stuff, and I hate being without mine.
> 
> That being said, when I started working for the government about a year 
> back, they wouldn't let me bring in my Leatherman (I now carry their new 
> Skeletool, which I love, except that the bits are too easy to lose).  My 
> solution to this ended up being a Swiss Tech Utili-Key.
> 
> Basically, it's a pocket knife that parades as a key.  But in this town 
> with all its metal detectors, and for anyone who flies, and can't be 
> without a toolkit, it's the way to go.  It doesn't set off most metal 
> detectors, but even to the extent that it does, it just looks like 
> another key.  I have no idea whether it's officially sanctioned or not, 
> but it has now become my single most indispensable tool, for the mere 
> fact that I can always carry it.
> 
> -db.
> 


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