These multi-tools have been chosen from the leaders in their field. Leatherman Tools began the whole multi tool craze in the early 1980s and soon others saw the huge potential in these new hand tools that could be carried like knives but perform the function of a whole tool box. Gerber multi-tools soon also rose to prominence and then others as well. The field of the multi-tool has matured now and pretenders have arisen that would attempt to compete with the authentic multi-tool, yet do not possess the quality to do so. These pretenders have been screened out and our offering of multi-tools here reflects only the quality contenders that have proven themselves worthy.