As of April 30, you may lastly get this helpful seven-tool multi, the Leatherman Skeletool, in colours apart from black. Don’t get me incorrect; a shiny black and silvery stainless-steel aesthetic has its place. But when the customized Gerbers and Leatherman minis of the blade world have taught us something, it’s that everybody appreciates a touch of distinctiveness, a pop of persona.
The Skeletool has been round since 2008. Apart from the Leatherman Micra that hit the market in 1996, it’s the second oldest Leatherman mannequin you should purchase right this moment. Sure, there are a whole lot of superb retired fashions in between. (Does anybody keep in mind the Juice or the Z-Rex?) However sadly, you may’t get these in colour, and even in authentic type anymore.
So, it’s solely becoming that this little multitool that’s lived on for many years will get decked out within the newest stylish colours, too. The Micra acquired its makeover. Now it’s the Skeletool’s flip.
The place the brand new colours for the Leatherman Micras coated the basic bases (grey, muted purple, or basic navy), the Skeletool colour choices are fairly totally different. They break free from Leatherman’s typical model.
The Skeletool CX ($90) will are available Onyx (a riff on black for anybody who nonetheless needs a impartial instrument), Nightshade, Verdant, and Paradise. All of those are within the blue/inexperienced/cyan household. There are not any magentas, neons, or blaze oranges. It’s an out-of-character selection for Leatherman and the primary time I’ve seen the model select stylish colours.
Apart from colour, the Skeletool CX stays the identical: It has a 154CM metal locking blade, a carabiner and bottle opener, two wire cutters, two pliers, a bit driver, and a pocket clip.
The Skeletool KB ($40) will are available simply Nightshade, Verdant, and Paradise. The Skeletool KB presents a slimmed-down model of the unique, with a barely upgraded 420HC blade metal and simply two instruments — the bottle opener and the knife. Like its CX mate, this one additionally has a replaceable pocket clip.
That’s it. For those who don’t have already got a Skeletool, you may get them now in varied shades of cyan. Relying on how nicely these do, perhaps we’ll see extra poppy Leatherman colour choices come to life down the road.
For those who’re interested by how the Leatherman colours are made, the model put collectively a fast video to quench your curiosity. It’s a behind-the-scenes have a look at all the pieces from carbon to Cerakote coatings. It exhibits how the colour is utilized to every blade in its customized coloring course of.
Now, if solely Leatherman’s black sheaths got here in additional colour choices too …
