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The First Leatherman
« on: June 20, 2012, 09:55:26 AM »
This is kinda cool. I'm always impressed with what our ancestors came up with well before we had the technology to make it easy.



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Re: The First Leatherman
« Reply #1 on: June 20, 2012, 11:36:27 AM »
No can opener ...  ???


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Re: The First Leatherman
« Reply #2 on: June 20, 2012, 12:00:13 PM »
No cans....


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Re: The First Leatherman
« Reply #3 on: June 20, 2012, 01:07:10 PM »
likely the little flame shaped appendage is what was needed to open the keg-o-mead!
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Re: The First Leatherman
« Reply #4 on: June 20, 2012, 01:36:29 PM »
Very cool! Interesting site, too.
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Re: The First Leatherman
« Reply #5 on: June 20, 2012, 03:09:57 PM »
cool.  a punch, an awl, a blade, a spoon and a bugger-picker.
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Re: The First Leatherman
« Reply #6 on: June 20, 2012, 03:55:27 PM »
Quote from: lee n. field on June 20, 2012, 03:09:57 PM
cool.  a punch, an awl, a blade, a spoon and a bugger-picker.

And what looks like a fork that can flip out to replace the spoon.
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Re: The First Leatherman
« Reply #7 on: June 20, 2012, 08:48:53 PM »
Quote from: freakazoid on June 20, 2012, 03:55:27 PM
And what looks like a fork that can flip out to replace the spoon.

i missed that.
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Re: The First Leatherman
« Reply #8 on: June 20, 2012, 09:46:16 PM »
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Re: The First Leatherman
« Reply #9 on: June 20, 2012, 10:14:27 PM »
When I was in Germany they took us on a staff ride of the Roman Limes including one that had been "recreated".  The neat part was the collection of what they had pulled from garbage pits, the bottom of wells and "other places" (I presume the latrines.) 

You can tell quite a bit about a society by what they throw away.


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Re: The First Leatherman
« Reply #10 on: June 20, 2012, 10:19:13 PM »
The booger-picker was supposedly for getting garum out of the Roman equivalent of ketchup bottles.

I'll let y'all know how it works, getting ready to make a "fresh" batch in this summer's heat.   =D
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Re: The First Leatherman
« Reply #11 on: June 21, 2012, 08:51:42 AM »

Very nifty. I'd buy one to keep in my pack.
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Re: The First Leatherman
« Reply #12 on: June 21, 2012, 03:08:48 PM »
Quote from: RevDisk on June 21, 2012, 08:51:42 AM
Very nifty. I'd buy one to keep in my pack.
I kinda want one too. I wonder if these would sell if one decided to make copies of them?
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