The Leatherman Skeletool, tips, tricks, mods, add-ons, and pairings.
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- 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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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
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
Nice! Thank you Sir! I instantly went to the link and ordered a hammer end. You have very good taste in gear 👍
expensive taste lol
I love your channel so much. Greatest multitool channel out there!
Ty!
Fun to see the Voyager making a cameo here. I am EDCing it right now and really like it.
i bought the CIVIVI Elemetum and just wanted to thank you for rechommending me CIVIVI!!!!!!!!! And I added a attachable thumb stud to it, know it got an incredible fidget factor. I reaaaaly rechoommend this genius knife!!!!!
The brand has some of the best value for the money
In this day and age, with Google literally at your fingertips to look up any word. Also autocorrect.... Why?
Can’t go wrong with the we knives elementum though, the black titanium frame lock with Damascus, surely better than any civivi lol, it was $540 and tbh civivi has a cool natty g10 tanto s35vn blade, but I can’t justify it being a liner lock
Awesome tips! Thank you!
Some cool mods there, especially the adapting of the t shanks 👍
Just picked myself up the Hammer, very cool, great video cheers.
What hammer insert do yall recommend or use?
you have good taste! I rock a ad15 lite and a spydie chef on a regular basis. They are GREAT. I've been interested in a multi tool for a while now and the skeletool caught my eye especially the 154cm version but I found a basic version at Walmart for like 20$ 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
A multitool longer than one and a half meters? How big are your pockets?
You got it for 20? I paid 75 bucks for it : )
Thanks for the awesome video!
Great tips!
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.
Try the ad10
@@maxlvledc hmm looks similar to the SR1. Any particular reason you'd prefer one over the other?
Same combo for me too 👍🏼
Skeletool and Spyderco Police 4. Everyday carry here at high mountain desert plateau hideout NM. Thanks for hammer idea! That's needed....
I wear the same set. Policy with seritor 😊
Anyone who has not worn a skeleton does not understand how such a toy can help.
Я не очень в английском
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
Excellent video, so many great tips.
Good ideas 👍.
Man, that hammer is so awesome, I'd love it on my TOPO - problem is, shipping to South Africa is notoooooriously bad...is there any way I can get my hands on the 3D print file? At least that works here 🙈 fingers crossed!
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
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)
Great tip about the saws, bro. I've been vacillating over a CX (they're $200 on sale, here in NZ). Your video has convinced me. I thank you. My wallet doesn't. Kia kaha and arohanui from NZ.
Cheers!
Sorry for my ignorance, but where is NZ (New Zealand?) and I hope $200 is less there than it is in America.
@@BassMaster.454 Yep, New Zealand. We get burned for knives, here. A Benchmade 940 costs about $500, here. Even a Bugout costs over $300. Damn exchange rate and the tyranny of distance. If I ever get to the US...
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.
And come to think of it, I would add a victorinox Compact. By this, you would get scissors, corkscrew, can opener, tweezers, toothpick, pen, hook and pin. Almost no tools would be redundant to your Crunch and CX duo. The only redundant tool would be the Compact's small knife, since you already have your nice CX 154cm blade. But even then, you may find use of the small Compact blade in times when you don't want to scare people with bigger knife like in the office or similar place. This Crunch/CX/Compact trio might have the best overall ratio of ability vs weight. The only thing that is really missing from this trio is an awl/reamer, but I rarely find use fot that tool anyway.
@@kingpin11111 the victorinox small knife is very thin and because of that has different cutting geometry, so it actually isn't redundant at all imo. The victorinox larger knife may be redundant since you have the skeletool cx but the skeletool is thicker than the vic as well, and you can have one good knife and one beater knife
@@kingpin11111 awesome comment tho brotha
My only improvement request to Leatherman is to spring load the pliers.....
Best urban EDC!
CX with swiss 58mm on my key chain hands down.
Thanks for the combo suggestion!
Totally agree the main reason I have the small victorinox and the surge scissors is primarily for mustache/beard trimming while out/about👊
Pretty fast growing facial hair then?
Can you use the holes as a pseudo wire stripper? I'm in IT and need to strip network cable sheath
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.
Is there any way to store the saw and file attachments when not installed?
Do you know if the surge head with a carbide cutter head will fit skeletool ?
Its strange that you say the flat bit holder has spring retention, mine does not and It actually does a fairly poor job of holding the bit in place. I dropped it on the floor once and the bit went flying across the floor into a crack and was irretrievable. when I picked the tool up the holder was still closed it just popped right out. I do definitely want to dry a diamond file in it regardless.
Where do you get the thinner plier head ? Looked on the shapeways website but didnt see it . Thanks
Leatherman KF4, baby😉🤙
Have you considered trying to add some kind of scissors to the Skeletool? Maybe some smaller VIC ones?
Yes, I carry a vic 58mm along classic separately. If we are being honest with our selves...this is the best solution.
Love this hammer option! Do you think the signal hammer would be removable? & would it fit onto the skeletool cx or rx?? (I can get a broken signal real cheap! ) thanks a ton!! Awesome vids! "Unique" is me!! lol
no, but you can buy a hammer attachment for the Skeletool on shapeways.
@@maxlvledc yeah, im in Australia, so was looking for the "economic" -est way! Lol. Funny thing, eBay is full of signals being broken down and sold as parts units! Hmmm
Checking that site is awesome find!! If it isn't the best, I don't want it. Definitely be picking up 1 or 3! of the tips, the Gerber style prybar is genius 👌 👏 thanks again mate!! 😎 One love.
Skeletool! Lol
doas the saw thing work on the signal as well?
I've been trying to figure out if there's a way to tuck an extra bit somewhere. Has anyone found a good way to do that?
Have you seen or done a mod using the long MUT torx bit shaped to an awl and fit in an enlarged bit holder in handle? For me a sharp awl is the one thing missing permanently on the Skeletool (splinters, drilling primarily)
If I make the mode to the frame like that, it voids warranty. And that's one of the tools that still has it intact
I would love to take my Skeletool when traveling but because of the knife it wouldn't get through TSA obviously. Does anybody have any modifications to get it through TSA? I suppose I could just remove the blade altogether but a scissors or something else in its place would be great. Let me know what you all think. TY
I probably end up pairing up the skeletool with my deluxe tinker. 2 pliers better than 1 lol
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.
Basically, this is kind of why I edc a signal most of the time
@@maxlvledc I'm looking at Hammer Mod site now and that was one of my questions: Do you have to buy the attachment software seperately?
@@Castleknight if you contact Eric he will send some too you.
Same. That mod is outta my price range. But amazing and I would order 3 of them in a heartbeat if it was priced better. Plus watching his videos, they aren’t a perfected fit yet. And no hardware for that price? Hard pass.
Etsy has some for 15$ can’t beat that
Do you have a link to that bit driver?
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
If I’m going to have an awl, I’d rather have a separate one.
What is the carry case shown around 3:05
Wenger fine serrated scissor were the best.
I KNOW RIGHT! you can still get them in their evo line and in the 65mm variants as well. Love the serrated scissors.
What color did you pick for the hammer attachment? Its very difficult to grasp what the colors actually look like on the Shapeways site.
Appreciate the like but what color did you pick?? lol
I need a glass breaker attachment
Master of hacks! 😁 I really like the skeletool. With plane blade. And have to really hold myself back, to not get one! But it's hard. So hard! 😁
Just buy a 2nd hand one !
what he said lol
You don't find these secondhand in the Netherlands
@@2371Anita I'm in Australia, it's the same story here, there's ONE for sale ! lol
Anywhere outside the US, they're hellishly expensive new.
I can only wish you good luck !
i have a skeletool and i looooooooooooovvvvvvvvvvveeeeeeee 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 expensive.......do you have a recommendation for a middle size pocket knife ? (under 200$)
Depending on style you looking for Walmart has a Spyderco Resistance (For about 40) Cold Steel Ranch Boss II (40) Bucks 110 (15-30 @ Walmart) what style are you looking to get?
Look at civivi
@@maxlvledc thanks
thanks
Do you have a link to where we can buy that hammer attachment?
Just added it to description
Lethamin Skeletal!
Can you tell me where to find the 'hammer' attachment you have at 4:45 which will hold other bits? Thanks
its from shapeways, linked in description.
I love that you brought up the Juice as an example for the needlenose plier mod. I still keep my old blue Juice CS4 in one of my cars and it has come in handy.
Do you have a video that shows you changing the pliers to needle nose
no, just ground nice and slow on the Ken Onion blade grinder.
How to get rid of gritty feel when opening up to pliers? Also got the cx yesterday and it does not have the carbon, is mine old or new version?
New version. I saw the original cx in a store and trying it out the blade and pliers opened nice and smooth but the sore was pretty overpriced so I decided to get the standard one else ware but was disappointed how rough it was opening the knifes and pliers compared to the new carbon cx in the store. It has broken in over the years but still disappoints me.
so whats your critique on the skeletool?
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 noooooo, 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.
Wow, that story made me shake my head..but also put a smile on my face...the #1 reason to carry a multitool : make money by saving time.
How do you get the hammer bit with the hex slot?
I linked it in description.
Or you can take a Tshank blade modify it, and then to make up for the thinnest of the hacksaw blade after you modify it put a coat of epoxy to make up the thickness.
yep 100%
What is warranty?
Where can I find the hammer attachement?
Shapeways.
Leatherman skeletool and micra for me. The micra is my weed tool haha easier to clean than a sak
Wish I could like the micra..the scissors are not great imo.
@@maxlvledc mine work really well not compared to victorinox but no scissors ive ever owned do and some people dont know how to sharpen the Micra; again never have needed to sharpen my sak so touchè. The built in tweezers is what does it for me. Used it to hold a joint once as a joke and it worked so well haha.
I don't mean to be too critical but can you tell me what on earth you do an a daily basis where you need to carry that AD15 as an EDC? I just don't get the infatuation with having such a large knife other than if on felt they wanted it for self defense, in which case there would be better suited knives.
Again I don't mena to be critical. I do appreciate the over all focus of the video.
no your fine! I just don't always see all the comments lol. The reason I carry something as big as the AD-15 is in part because I hate carrying tools in my EDC that are repetitive. The best compliment to a multitool with a one handled blade is a Large folder (slicy) or a fixed blade. The reason I carry so much is not because I am afraid of the world, its because I have found having tools on hand has been crucial in being able to help others. And I spend a lot of time modifying things. Therefore, pry tools, and even dedicated tools really come in handy.
@@maxlvledc I appreciate the reply. Again I wasn't trying to be critical. I also carry a knife and agree a dedicated folder is nice to have along side a multi tool. I do the same. I just don't have one that is that big as it seems unnecessary for day to day tasks, unless of course it is industry specific. For example if your day to day job was bushcrafting then I would say absolutely, even carry a larger fixed blade but majority of day to day tasks can be handled just as readily with a much smaller blade that is less intimidating to others.
To be clear it doesn't offend me. I'm not being a "Karen" lol. I just tend towards efficiency and doing the most with the least needed to get the job done.
At any rate it's your edc so at the end of the day it's not my preference that matters. That ks again for the reply.
@@aubreygmcghee Completely get it. for me if I go any smaller on the blade than 3.3" I think I may as well skip a folder entirely. I can always justify a fixed blade..but not for a small folder if I am already carrying something like a Signal or Skeletool.
I think a worthwhile modification would be taking the blade off an original skeletool and replacing it with the scissors from the surge and creating the Skeletool PS!
hmm, I like where your head is at...but why not just mod a victorinox scissor in there?
@@maxlvledc there would be less need for grafting in another brands scissors by just using the same brand. I tried asking leatherman if it was even possible and they said they dont give out that kind of information due to possibly voiding the warranty. Idk if i can get my hands on a surge scissors and the torx security driveri would need to take the blade off then i could give it a try but for now i aint got nothing.
@@MokuNui808 but most of the Leatherman scissors are much worse...and the surge scissors can't do precision tip tasks
@@maxlvledc yes its true that the victorinox scissors are far more superior in that regard but i have not personally had an issue with the scissors on my wave+ then again i know others have so maybe i just got lucky idk. But in comparison would it be possible to transpose victorinox scissors onto a skeletool?
@@MokuNui808 definitely
25% off at home Depot right now. $48.71
What is???
I actually prefer the scissors in the Leatherman Wave+ over the scissors from Victorinox. Most of why I don't prefer the Swiss Army scissors is the spring... it bends and breaks far too easily, and then the scissors become just a small knife with extra garbage in the way.
I've never heard this. Very interesting
Sponsored by Leatherman comment? Never heard of anyone preferring any leatherman scissors over victorinox. You can find several tests of the two and victorinox wins in every type of cut, even against the surge. Leatherman scissors are SO BAD, I usually prefer to mod removing them and put the swisscard victorinox scissors on one of the big 4. Way better cut capability, hands down.
Leatherman wave scissors are not better than vics.
I have multiple over the years and still have them wave+ scissors after awhile barely cut paracord.
Vics scissors cut damn near anything and cuts it so cleanly. Even thick plastics straps we use in our big warehouse at work.
40 bucks for the hammer??????
ya know those add on bits you can buy are super cool but shapeways is completely out of touch with shipping costs. the piece would weigh like an ounce and fit into the smallest envelope imaginable and they want to charge 16 dollars shipping? get bent
Who uses scissors?
I use a 58mm scissor vic, always for hygene, cutting threads, that sort of thing.
Dude didn’t even explain how to mod the plier head 🤦🏻♂️
The three things you mention about the advantages of scissors on the SAK are the most feminine things you could list for a man to need...thread trimming....fabric cutting....and hygiene. Short pants are for kids btw.
Lol, insecure much? I should mention most of the tradesmen I know carry a tool like this for exactly those reasons. And repairing gear...last time I checked had no sex attached to it. You are slower and make less money if your nails split and start bleeding. Try calling them girls lol
@@maxlvledc okay, they’re girls👍😁
I really like Skeletool, and cary it with Squirt ps4 or litle Victorinox. Cos in EU Leatherman is crazy expensive. Squirt 55€, Skeletool 160€ it's not cheep but players if Victorinox had been inowatiw to inwent players in Victorinox whic are litle not like tenk I will bot them . But Leatherman is much more corosiw then Victorinox I really must pay attention that I loob Leatherman cos rast is creating ewry we're