The Leatherman Tread Link 9 is the best tool for when your more intricate household items need that extra touch of care. When used alongside other compatible Leatherman Tread Links, the Link 9 can help you fix any part of your home that uses compatible hex screws with the 5mm and 6mm hex drive bits. Even for the trickiest parts, the Link 9's 10mm box wrench helps you adjust your home appliances' smallest bolts. With Link 9, you don't need to search for three separate, overly specialized tools; you only need this one.

From our factory in Portland, Oregon, we're committed to bringing you the best multipurpose products to help you solve expected and unexpected problems in everyday life. Our journey started over 37 years ago with the world's first pliers-based multi-tool built by our founder, Tim Leatherman (yes, there really is a Mr. Leatherman!).

While on a budget trip to Europe in 1975, Tim Leatherman and his wife Chau constantly came across leaky hotel plumbing and roadside fixes for their cranky Fiat. Tim realized the need for a pliers-based multipurpose tool. "I was carrying a scout knife and used it for everything from slicing bread to fixing the car. But I kept wishing I had a pair of pliers!"

When Tim came back to the states, he took his "multi-tool" idea and some sketches he made on the trip and got to work.

When Tim started on the prototype for this new tool, he estimated it'd take him a month. Instead, it took the next three years to build the prototype he envisioned and filed for a patent. With the patent application and prototype in hand, he set off to sell his idea. Unfortunately, the companies he approached didn't bite. For another three and a half years, Tim faced one rejection letter after another. Until he partnered with his college friend, Steve Berliner. In the spring of 1983, they received their first order for 500 tools from Cabela's and launched the first Leatherman tool, the PST.

From Tim's first prototype to our latest multi-tool innovation, we've been building our tools in Portland, Oregon. And when it's time to put our tools through their paces, we test them in the great Pacific Northwest. From hiking in the rugged Cascade Mountains, fishing off of the beautiful Oregon coast, or exploring the high desert in the east, we ensure our tools are reliable for any adventure or task, big or small. We invite you to try our tools for yourself or read people's stories of saving the day with quick thinking, their own two hands, and a Leatherman.