{"id":2875,"date":"2008-06-13T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-06-13T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2016-10-27T15:57:54","modified_gmt":"2016-10-27T22:57:54","slug":"leatherman-skel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/leatherman-skel\/","title":{"rendered":"Leatherman Skeletool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Leatherman is one of those tools you will use if you have it with you; and with the thinner, lighter Skeletool, you will always have it with you. I carried the <a href=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/leatherman-wave\/\">Wave<\/a> for years. In fact, I&#8217;ve carried many of the Leatherman&#8217;s since the original.  Each new model was always bigger and heavier than the previous, especially my most recent, the Charge Ti. Since I wear business casual clothes most days, a belt-mounted case wasn&#8217;t an option. I always keep mine in my pocket. The Skeletool is small enough for your pocket, but retains the best features of the Wave and Charge Ti:  externally-accessible blade for one-handed operation, built-in interchangeable bit driver with spare bit holder, and of course, the pliers. But it&#8217;s lighter and slimmer. Its reduced size is the result of eliminating what many people find to be the marginally-useful tools (second blade, saw, file). It also has a convenient carabiner\/bottle opener! I now keep my Wave in my car, and my Charge Ti stays in my computer bag (just in case!). For the last six months, I&#8217;ve kept the Skeletool in my pocket for daily use: opening boxes\/envelopes\/packaging, removing splinters from kids fingers, cutting everything from rope to stray threads on my wife&#8217;s clothes. Having multiple screwdrivers comes in handy when opening the case on a computer &#8212; the pliers are great for reaching in a tight spot to grab something. They also sell a more expensive CX model of Skeletool. According to the specs, the CX adds carbon fiber, but the weight doesn&#8217;t change. Since it&#8217;s not lighter, I&#8217;m less inclined to try to justify the additional money.<\/p>\n<p>(also recommended by Cormac Eubanks)<\/p>\n<form class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"skeletool2-sm.jpg\" src=\"\/wp-content\/archiveimages\/skeletool2-sm.jpg\" width=\"357\" height=\"150\" class=\"mt-image-none\" \/><\/form>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lightweight, heavy-duty multi-tool<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[41],"tags":[1350,2328],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2875"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2875"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27633,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2875\/revisions\/27633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}