I confess: the Leatherman is used on the mountain anyway mostly only to cut bread, cheese and sausage…
Unfortunately there is no corkscrew on it… but maybe that’s better too … who knows what I would send in cw otherwise… 
73 Armin
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Perhaps I need one of these:
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…and how do you know if your mast is vertical without a spirit level?.. and again you don’t have a soldering iron… - That’s not going to work…
73 Armin
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Hi all,
let me show a similar tools always in my pack 
but you can see there are a bit heavy 
73, Éric
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Hi Armin,
Instead of the Leatherman you can use this French Army knife for your feasts 
I’ve a Spanish model but I can’t find him, maybe next time.
73, Éric
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That made me smile as it’s something mainland Europeans do. People in the UK would have cut the sausage and bread before going out.
Back in 2018, when international travel was normal, I was staying with my sister down near Nimes. On one day I was playing SOTA and my first summit was F/CR-059 Sommet du Col Pointu. A little light SOTAing in France My brother-in-law had asked me to call at a specific Boulangerie on the way as it was renowned for its products. I used my best schoolboy French to buy the bread etc. and after that the exceptionally pretty lady in the shop congratulated me on being English but speaking French, she did say my accent needed work 
We cheated and had that conversation in English or I’d still be there trying to figure out what she was saying! My brother-in-law had provided me with some of his home made sausage and some cheese and a knife sharp enough to skin a crocodile! I’d parked up at col de l’Homme Mort and climbed up to the AZ, activated and descended back to the car. I sat in the shade cutting bread, cheese and sausage in the 28C heat (September) and thinking about the 8C temps back in Scotland. I felt quite smug and properly European. Well not quite, I didn’t have any wine. Driving back to front cars is easy enough as long as you don’t push the situation by drinking or driving in the rush hour around cities like Nimes or Avignon or driving in fog. 
I’ve used knife and scissors on the Swiss Army knife plenty of times. The pliers on the Leatherman have been use for tightening up connectors that stretched and become loose. But I have never used them on food that I can recall.
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If I have tool, I use it. No matter how expensive is. If I dont use it, it is even more expensive. I waste my money.
I also use Swiss army knife on the chain with my keys, they call it Tourist. It is very useful and, today, in these terorist days people are not scared if they see knife. Red color and white cross are very well recognized
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Yes, you can take a soldering iron. I’ve found this battery-powered one really useful. I don’t take it hiking, though.
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I love the Bosun’s whistle (or pipe) Guru! I can still remember some of the calls… Ahh nostalgia!
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3 breakages so far:
antenna wire - fixed with Leatherman
Power supply - couldn’t be fixed on summit, so reverted to separate VHF H/H
Fishing pole - reaching end of life, requires electrical tape “temporary” fix every activation.
I carry Leatherman and electrical tape.
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I carry a Swiss army knife, two long cable ties, four small ones, a couple of 20cm lengths of yellow guy rope, 50cm of lightweight antenna wire, two lengths of velcro roll and a pencil sharpener.
I also have a couple of metres of silver duck tape wrapped neatly around my ancient sigg water bottle.
I leave my heavy Gerber multitool in the Land Rover.
Cheers, Fraser
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A Swiss Army knife and a very tiny roll of electrical tape. I have actually used these for a very simple repair of my doublet’s centre insulator.
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Re the Bosun’s Call./ Me too. Like you I can remember all the pipes that were regularly used in Her Majesty’s Naval Establishments!!
David
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Were those Bosun’s Call/pipe used in the Spanish Navy as well as ours??
David
Swiss Army Penknife and a roll of PVC tape here - There’s not a lot that can’t be fixed with that - mind you, I always have a second antenna along with me for “testing” which serves as a backup as well!
73 Ed.
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Always useful if you need to tie up someone’s wrists and ankles. Can be used to silence them as well.
Just saying.
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I can’t say. The one I showed in that picture and lives in my rucksack now as a safety measure, belonged to my ex-wife’s father who was an official in the Spanish Navy. But I don’t know if he had it as a gift or a souvenir or it was used in the daily life on board. He passed away in 1999 so I can’t ask him.
But his son may know and I may ask him. He is my ex-wife’s step-brother and he also spent his whole life at the sea onboard as cargo ships captain, as well as chief pilot later at Ferrol’s harbor.
I’ll let you know if I finally find that out.
73,
Guru
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Thanks Guru. You’re a gentlemen!
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Probably too much…
Leatherman Skeletool plus set if screwdriver bits. Short length of wire, Cableties, Water filter and Bag (just in my standby bag) , Phone Charger and leads for lightning and USB. I have had to use the skeletool and cable tie to repair a broken antenna on more than one occasion! Distressingly I have never needed the bottle opener attachment - that might have to wait until I have completed the NP region! 73 Paul
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