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Skeletool®

FIVE OUNCES OF FURY

7Tools In One

2bit count

At a mere five ounces, the Leatherman Skeletool has a stainless steel combo blade, pliers, bit driver, removable pocket clip and carabiner/bottle opener. The Skeletool is just what you need in one good lookin' package.

  • Specs
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Specs

Tools:

  • 420HC Stainless Steel Clip Point Combo Straight/Serrated Knife
  • Needlenose Pliers
  • Regular Pliers
  • Wire Cutters
  • Hard-wire Cutters
  • Large Bit Driver
  • Bottle Opener
  • Carabiner Clip
  • INCLUDED BITS: Phillips #1 and #2 Bit, Screwdriver 3/16" and 1/4" Bit

Features:

  • Stainless Steel with 6061-T6 Aluminum Handle Insert
  • Stainless Steel body
  • Outside-accessible Blade for One-handed Opening
  • All Locking Blades and Tools
  • Removable Pocket Clip
  • Nylon Sheath Sold Separately
  • 25-year Warranty

Measurements:

  • 4 in | 10 cm (closed)
  • 5.0 oz | 142 g
  • 2.6 in | 6.60 cm (blade length)

In the Field

Never a Dull Moment

I have had a Leatherman for over five years. Right now I have a Skeletool and love it; I use it about ten time ...

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Helping the Military

Upon receiving the new Skeletool CX from my father as a Christmas gift, I decided to test it in my work environment ...

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Long Live Leatherman

As a father of two adventurous little boys, my tools were always missing. Apparently, a screwdriver makes a great shovel. ...

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Skeletool Saves the Day

I was driving past a restaurant with my windows down when I saw a woman, with about three little kids, drop her keys ...

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Skeletool Heroics on the Side of the Road

I was driving home from work and about halfway home I notice my drivers side rear back panel had detached from the ...

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I Never Leave Home Without It!!!

About 4 years ago I was given a Kick as a gift for being best man at my friend's wedding. Being that I am a tool guy ...

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Build a House with a Leatherman

I received a Wave as a gift about 6 years ago and thought it was cool enough. Little did I know how important it would ...

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Youth Ministers Absolute Tool

I want to thank you for many years of service. For 34 years I have served as a youth minister and now a middle school ...

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Bit Kit Paid for Itself

This happened roughly a year ago. My girlfriend gave me a Skeletool for Christmas and I bought myself a Bit Kit with ...

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Skeletools and Trees

I own a plethora of Leatherman multi-tools, ranging from the tiny Squirt thru the mammoth Wave. Right now however my ...

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UNBELIEVABLE WARRANTY SERVICE

There is no heroism involved here, just a great American company that makes a great American product giving warranty ...

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Bare Minimum Tool Made Right

I got my Skeletool over a year ago (chose the regular version over CX due to preference for the plain edge blade) and ...

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Pamlico Sound Duck Tale

During a particularly cold day in the middle of January a group of friends and I made our way to Pamlico Sound adjacent ...

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A Matter of Percentages

After working as a computer main frame engineer for over 20 years, I retired and began a second career as a technical ...

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Island Survival 101: Bring your Skeletool.

In January 2009 I was part of an archaeological expedition to Easter Island (you know, that place with the giant heads). ...

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Tool Check

Tool check, something said several times during the week at work. We build custom emergency vehicles at KME in Pennsylvania. ...

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Naked without it

As a wearer of many hats in a small office, my skeletool has become indispensible for those quick repairs. It is small enough ...

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Leatherman Aids Emergency Vehicle Teams

The KME/Kovatch Organization manufactures Fire apparatus from the ground up, sells and upfits the Ford Police vehicles, ...

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Making Waves

While I was working on a project for the Canadian Forces, the whole project team found itself installing all sorts of electronic ...

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Skeletool Convert

I wrote a couple tool tales last month for the Blast, and described how awesome it is, but I just got my Skeletool in the ...

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Second Leatherman

Well, it's been about 7 or 8 years ago since I bought my first real Leatherman. It was a SideClip and I bought it cheap ...

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Shocking Skeletool

My first purchase from the Leatherman product line was a Charge XTI, which shortly became an extension of my body. Each ...

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Skeletool Does It for Me (Part 2)

I wrote back in November of last year of how much I care about my Leatherman Skeletool (Nov 2008- "Skeletool does it for ...

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Leatherman Forever

Hi! I am from Greece and my work is elevator technician in Athens. I have the Skeletool, the Crunch (I am waiting to get ...

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Dog Meets Porcupine, Skeletool Saves the Day

On the hike out from a wilderness overnight, Dave, my 5 year old 65 lb Airedale, bounded into the brush. After a few whistles ...

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Spreading the Mission

I have always been a tool fanatic and collector and am skilled at a number of different trades. I purchased my first multi-tool ...

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Feel Safe with Leatherman

Well, I owned the Classic Wave since 2004 then it lost in 2007 after the security guy in the airport told me to put my bag ...

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I Have Tried Them All

I have just always been one of those people who have to fix things. I just can't let it go. If a handle on a pot is loose, ...

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The Skeletool is #1!!!

I bought a cheap imitation version of a Leatherman the other day and had to have the real thing. Once I saw the Skeletool ...

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Asking Around

I've only been a Leatherman owner for a few months, but for years before I got my first one (Skeletool) I was always interested.

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Skeletool Does it for Me

I bought my Skeletool after seeing it one of my outdoor magazines and on the cover of another for being the pick of the ...

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My Fight with the Snake

I was fighting with a snake. My friend’s mother came across a snake and started freaking out when she saw it. I grabbed ...

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I Fell Out of My Tree Stand and My Skeletool Saved Me from Hanging Around

This year opening rifle season for whitetail deer in New York State in the Adirondacks I received, before going out into ...

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A Dark Night in Haiti

Haiti is a country that tests everything to the limit, whether man, animal, or machine. Living in Haiti either makes or ...

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More Uses than One Could Imagine

Now I'm sure there are stories describing how many uses someone has managed to squeeze out of their Leatherman. My story ...

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Leatherman Round the World

I have a Charge which I am inseparable from. It was my present to myself after graduating as a qualified Marine Engineer. ...

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Saved in the Desert Plains

It was going to be a great day out in the desert, shooting targets with the guys when my uncle came down from Texas to visit ...

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Press

Quotes

From cutting salami to adjusting crampons to pulling on a piece of webbing that my cold-numbed fingers couldn't grasp, I used every implement and didn't find myself wanting more.

— Backpacker

This stunning 5-ounce multitool is a master class in less-is-more industrial design.

— Popular Mechanics

More than just an exercise in industrial design, this 5-ounce must-have positively radiates trail-cred.

— Wired

I use it more than any of my other multi-tool on my shelf.

— Billings Gazette

Worthy of the name Jack of all tools.

— Backcountry Magazine

Awards

Best American Design 2008

— Blade Magazine

Gear of the Year

— Men's Journal

Fish Alaska 2009 Field Favorite

— Fish Alaska

Editor's Choice 2010

— Backcountry Magazine

2009 Editor's Choice Award

— Backcounty Magazine

Recommended By:

Blade, Bowhunter, Camping Life, Climbing, Detroit News, Fish Alaska, Fishing and Hunting News, Hoops, Hunting the West, Knives Illustrated, Maxim, Maximum PC, Men's Health, Men's Journal, Outside, Petersen's Hunting, Playboy, Salt Lake Magazine, Salmon Trout Steelheader, Professional Tool and Equipment News, Wheelin' Sportsman

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OUTFIT YOUR Skeletool®

Bit Kit

Expand your bit driver's capabilities with 42 solid steel bits.

Bit Driver Extender

Extend the reach of your current bit driver.

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