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  • noun A member of a homosexual male subculture that grew out of male-only motorcycle clubs formed by homosexual veterans returning from World War II, stressing masculinity in contradiction to androgynous and effeminate gay stereotypes, characterized by a fetish for leather gear and wear, a sense of hierarchy, and a fraternal, militaristic code of protocol and behavior, often involving BDSM practices.
  • noun A tool, similar to a pair of pliers, but with an array of built-in extra features such as knives, screwdrivers, etc.

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  • A leatherman is the most important tool it has several things in one a knife a saw a screwdriver and more!!!

    what is the most importaint surviva; tool? 2009

  • Either way, you will likely want a good multi-tool (leatherman is the best affordable brand), a fixed blade knife with about a 3-4 blade for big game (Buck and Case are both good choices), and a folding pocket knife with a couple different blades for small game (Buck and Case again).

    cheap reliable knifes 2009

  • Either way, you will likely want a good multi-tool (leatherman is the best affordable brand), a fixed blade knife with about a 3-4 blade for big game (Buck and Case are both good choices), and a folding pocket knife with a couple different blades for small game (Buck and Case again).

    cheap reliable knifes 2009

  • A leatherman is the most important tool it has several things in one a knife a saw a screwdriver and more!!!

    what is the most importaint surviva; tool? 2009

  • So the 9/11 commission speculated they don't have all of the evidence or didn't right at that point, that these hijackers may have had pocketknives or the so-called leatherman knife, it's a four-inch blade, a locked blade that was used later to take over the plane.

    CNN Transcript Jul 21, 2004 2004

  • I never, and I mean never, go into the woods without the following: my old brass waterproof match container, vaseline saturated strips of cloth, my leatherman tool and a folded space blanket.

    Start a Survival Fire With a Bullet 2009

  • I never, and I mean never, go into the woods without the following: my old brass waterproof match container, vaseline saturated strips of cloth, my leatherman tool and a folded space blanket.

    Start a Survival Fire With a Bullet 2009

  • Yes | No | Report from genoisno1 wrote 26 weeks 5 days ago barkin spider i would love to see you pull out a 22 load with your hands and the only way to pull it out with a leatherman would be if u had the case secured in some way because it would twist in your hand before the lead would twist out of the brass

    Start a Survival Fire With a Bullet 2009

  • Yes | No | Report from genoisno1 wrote 26 weeks 5 days ago barkin spider i would love to see you pull out a 22 load with your hands and the only way to pull it out with a leatherman would be if u had the case secured in some way because it would twist in your hand before the lead would twist out of the brass

    Start a Survival Fire With a Bullet 2009

  • It's easy enough to pull the lead out with a leatherman.

    Start a Survival Fire With a Bullet 2009

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