The Leatherman Skeletool, tips, tricks, mods, add-ons, and pairings.

If there is something about the Leatherman Skeletool I missed, please let me know in the comments! This is great as an EDC substitute for a whole variety of tools.

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[thereddrob]

was going to buy that hammer but geez
40-70 bucks depending on the options
10 for shipping
plus they make you buy the install kit separately that's another 3
plus 13 bucks for shipping your screws

I could just buy another skeletool for that and use it as a hammer

[steelasura]

I work as maintenance for a country club, there have been many times just having this in my pocket saved me a walk to my gator to get tools. It's perfect for most of my needs

[liudas]

My only improvement request to Leatherman is to spring load the

[Deadtileyedie]

you have good taste! I rock a ad15 lite and a spydie chef on a regular basis. They are GREAT. I've been interested in a multi tool for a while now and the skeletool caught my eye especially the 154cm version but I found a basic version at Walmart for like 20$ so I jumped on it. So far I'm impressed especially after watching your videos. I also pair it with other big blades like the microtech Manuel socom, rex45 shaman, one of my 3 manixs(xl, lightweight maxamet, m390), wegnar(c48), sr1

[badger-]

A Skeletool CX along with a Victorinox (Compact or Classic SD) is my non-work carry these days, great combo. Sometimes throw my RAT I in there too when I need a knife-ier knife. Also considering picking up a big Cold Steel, maybe the SR1.

[timlangley]

i bought the CIVIVI Elemetum and just wanted to thank you for rechommending me And I added a attachable thumb stud to it, know it got an incredible fidget factor. I reaaaaly rechoommend this genius

[grocer]

You say it voids the warranty. It shouldn’t. I found a Wave on the ground with every tool snapped off of it, sent it in and they sent me a new one for free.

[clint]

I love the hammer upgrade, but it is ridiculously expensive, especially when you consider that you have to buy the hardware to attach it from a DIFFERENT COMPANY. I can't believe they don't even include it. Yes, it is only 2 bucks, but then 12 more to ship??? Basically, adding this mod will double the cost of your Skeletool.

[kingpin]

I think that Skeletool CX would make a good pair with Crunch. There would be practically no redundant tools. You would get Crunch vice grip pliers along with CX light duty needle nose one (which can be reduced to even a finer point as we have seen from your video). You would get Crunch full serated blade and CX 154cm plain edge blade. The Crunch offers a file and some real flat drivers that can work for some light duty prying as well (skeletool's bit exchanger can't really be used for prying). Since Crunch also has phillips driver you got your basic driving needs covered and you could put different bits to your skeletool's bit exchanger and bit storage. Maybe some small size torx and middle size allen bits would work nice. Plus you could use that saw and diamond file from surge even without modifing them since Crunch can lock them safely in it's vice grip.

[jayn]

I love the cx as a edc. But for work I do prefer something like the wave or surge. I do building maintenance and my boss is a cheap moron who doesn't keep anything we need in stock, and steals tools from bags and just treats the budget like it is his actual account. Like we didn't have and actual clear drywall anchors the other day and he just made us "find something that will work". And then he will also never put clear anchors on a the list of supplies to be restocked. And the thing we were hanging was even dumber. It was one of those clear plastic corner protectors you see in office buildings and schools. Well usually you just throw the old one away and get a new pair for like 10$. But we had to reuse the ones we had removed. And they were covered in dried paint and mud and wall texture and drywall paper, because whatever dumb dumb didn't let anything dry when installing them. So we spent 2 hrs trying various methods of removing the paint. From plastic scrappers to razor scrapers. Finally I just said screw it and dumped a bunch of acytle alcohol on it, let it soak and hit it with a greed scrubby pad. Got the paint of but it look like complete crap from all the scratching and scraping. Luckily once it was on the wall it only looked as bad as the others that had been replaced and we avoided a talking too. But seriously, he wasted paying us for 2-2.5 hrs to search for hardware and clean these stupid things when it should have been a 5 minute job. Just because he doesn't want to buy ANYTHING new. So having one of the fatty Leathermans on me all the time has saved my butt a time or two. Like when no hacksaw could be found so I used a t shank metal bit on my surge. But for normal life I love the skeletool. But it's just too dinky for much at an job site. I don't even mess with victornox.. I see them as more of knife you carry to an office job where you may need to open some mail or packages, or like you said, trim some finger nails. Much more than that and you're SOL. I also don't get it when people carry a skeletool and then some massive cold steel thing. I mean... I get carrying a dedicated knife but I have never been in a situation where I needed a multi tool along with a giant second blade. I usually carry like a rat folder or like an elementum on top of the tool. Because honestly, at work still I rarely need my pocket knife for anything but opening bags and packages anyways.

[AmzK]

Man, that hammer is so awesome, I'd love it on my TOPO - problem is, shipping to South Africa is bad...is there any way I can get my hands on the 3D print file? At least that works here 🙈 fingers crossed!

[paulx]

Nice! Thank you Sir! I instantly went to the link and ordered a hammer end. You have very good taste in gear 👍

[sh]

I purchased a Skeletool CX so I could have a lighter weight alternative to my Charge Tti, but the amount of tool flex when using the screwdriver on the CX vs Wave quickly had me abandon it (gifted to my pops)

[timlangley]

i have a skeletool and i ist, it is a fantastic edc tool. but I'm thinking of buying a knife to carry....I found some really cool Benchmade knifes but they were very you have a recommendation for a middle size pocket knife ? (under 200$)

[soulrion]

I have a smaller skeletool with just pliers and knife i have the warrenty but i snapped my blade twice how would i go about getting it fixed

[markfcoble]

Skeletool and Spyderco Police 4. Everyday carry here at high mountain desert plateau hideout NM. Thanks for hammer idea! That's needed....

[Sapphire]

Awesome video. Been thinking about getting a skeletool and you have definitively given me some ideas on mods I might do if I end up getting one. Also I don’t know if anyone has said this to you before, but you sound an awful lot like Ben shapiro lmao

[Maixo]

Some cool mods there, especially the adapting of the t shanks 👍

[Geared]

The Skeletool CX is great for my outside of work edc along with my Hinderer XM18. The 154Cm blade on the CX holds the edge really well. It has replaced my kitchen pairing knives and 420 freindly lol. Great review i subbed

[josephascroft]

If you’re really honest how many times do we need tin openers, cork screws, awls or saws, also a lot of the individual tools on other multi tools are different sizes of screwdrivers which this one includes in one, it’s a great tool