Multitools are a no-brainer for hunters who need many of tools to handle everything from gear maintenance to meat processing in the field.
The Skeletool is one of the more streamlined, lightweight options on the market. It doesn’t weigh down your pack and it comes with a carabiner for easy attachment to any loop on your pack, vehicle or gear bag. I gutted a pike with my Skeletool last week. Come bowhunting season, I’ll clip it to my hunting pack and head out after antelope with my bow. It’s my do-it-all choice for a field tool.
Gear Maintenance and Repairs
How many times have you wished a pair of pliers were lying around while performing quick fixes in the field? Gripping, clipping, cutting, slicing, dicing, trimming, etc. All necessary tasks for field repairs on bows, firearms, tents, bags and other critical gear. Throw in a bit-driver for all the threaded screws and you can fix just about anything that doesn’t require a socket wrench.
Combine the Skeletool with a roll of duct tape and wire on your next hunting trip and you can fix leaking tents, busted poles, and loose accessories on a bow. Cut wire to make solid repairs on broken handles or to hang lanterns and improvise anything requiring a semi-rigid connection.
Field Dressing
Put your knife, pliers and wire cutters to use while field dressing. The knife blade has a sharp edge that will skin and gut with ease. I like to sharpen the blade before each hunt to make it really effective for skinning game. This blade seems to hold an edge longer and is more durable than most other knives. The blade length is ideal for shallow cuts and the grip provided by the wide multi-tool base makes it really easy to control and handle the blade angle and depth.
Combine the Skeletool Multitool with the Skeletool KBX knife and you can field dress and process a big game animal like an elk or deer.
When you hit hard tissue and don’t want to wear out the edge, use the serrated surface to drive through the hard stuff. The pliers and cutters are also useful for cutting tendons and gripping slick and difficult surfaces while working in conjunction with the KBX blade.
Camp Chores
Hunting trips come with plenty of camp chores. The Skeletool won’t split firewood but it will cut ropes and cords, slice up food, grip hot pots and pans and work as a dedicated camp assistant. The consolidating factor simplifies camp tasks.
I used to carry a toolset with pliers, wire cutters, and multiple screwdrivers. My camp kitchen had metal pot holders, knives and a pile of unnecessary kitchenware. Now, I clip a Skeletool on my belt loop and use it to flip meat on the grill, cut up and eat food and handle most camp chores that don’t require an axe.