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TOOLS ON
THE TELLY!
It's amazing
how many famous people carry a Leatherman. Here's a selection
of TV programme's and personalities who use Leatherman products....
THE KINGDOM - FBI Agent Janet Mayes uses a Leatherman to retrieve a shell casing from a rooftop. Brian Yim Lim.
SPOOKS - Adam Carter uses a Leatherman to open the casing of a car bomb and cut the main explosive cord. Brian Yim Lim.
Top Gear - Jeremy Clarkson uses a Leatherman as a pointer at the end of a car challenge. George Cotter.
CSI: Miami - Eric Delko uses a Leatherman undewater to retrieve a shell casing. Brian Yim Lim.
NEIGHBOURS - BBC1 - Dr. Karl Kennedy uses his Wave to pull part of a broken key from a lock. Marvin Fitchett.
SPRING WATCH - BBC2 - Simon King used a Wave to break up a cow pat! Mark Evans.
SURVIVORMAN - Les Stroud uses a Wave in most episodes. Anonymous.
AIRPORT - BBC1 - A Charge and Super Tool were used simultaneously by a Fire & Rescue Officer at Heathrow Airport to prise off Wayne Knowles (an Aircraft Engineer) wedding ring that was restricting the flow of blood to his severely injured finger. Brian Yim Lim. (Wayne called us today to tell us about the incident and it turned out that the Leatherman Charge used to get the ring off his finger was actually his own! Happily Wayne's finger is now healed although he has a scar to remind him of the incident).
C.S.I - Channel 5 - Fred Dacks uses a Leatherman tool to open up an altimeter and decalibrates it from 2030ft to 30ft. Colin Dalton.
C.S.I - Channel 5 - Gil Grissom requests his Leatherman tool when he needs a phillips head screwdriver to retrieve evidence from behind a plug hole cover. Brian Yim Lim.
WILD AT
HEART - ITV1 - Danny used a Leatherman to remove wire from
around an eliphants foot. David W Pacey.
MYTHBUSTERS - Discovery Channel - When busting the "explodng washine
machine" myth Jamie used a Leatherman Wave to modify the
washing machine. Neil Mauhub.
ANIMAL
HOSPITAL - BBC1 - The Wave was used to free a fox from a barbed
wire fence. Darryl Bansey and Stuart Gelder.
THUNDERBIRDS - The Juice KF4 was being used by Fermat (Brain's son). Duncan
Williams.
THE LADYKILLERS - The Wave was used to extricate a gas mask from a dog along with
the line "nothing a Leatherman can't handle"!
- Brian Yim Lim.
THE BUILDING
OF THE QUEEN MARY 2 - on Sky Discovery Channel - A Leatherman
Wave was used by the person responsible for painting the hull. Paul Sargeant.
SPEED on BBC1 - a Leatherman was spotted being used by Keanu Reeves
at the beginning of the film to open a lift door after an explision
in the lift shaft - he then wedges the door open with it. Darryl
Bamsey.
JUNGLE on BBC1 - a Leatherman Wave was spotted being used to build a
shelter. Steve Walde.
NO GOING
BACK on Channel 4 - A Leatherman Wave was given as a present
to the central character when he left the travel agency to start
a new life in Spain. Steve Walde.
THE X FILES
- The Goldberg Variation Episode - The tool is used extensively
by one of the central characters, and appears most prominently
when a bullet ricochets off it, saving the oweners life - Brian
Yim Lim.
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you see any tools on the telly, send us an email and we'll mention
you here
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