Skeletool Release Date?

[gadgetman7]

Has anyone heard the release date for the Skeletool? All the site says is November.

[Grant Lamontagne]

That's the best info we have as well so far.

Def

[cryptrick]

I wonder how many people will buy this tool. I will have to read Def's review when he gets one and decide, but I'm not going straight out to buy it. OK it looks very futuristic and quite nice, but a quick look at the main tools and all you see is pliers, a knife and a screwdriver. I haven't looked into it but will it be the Leatherman with the least amount of features ever??

[Grant Lamontagne]

Introducing the New, Not- So Multi Tool!

I don't know, I wasn't too thrilled with the idea of a minimalist tool initially, but I am curious.  Fortunately, thanks to this site, I have a built in excuse to get any tools I am even only slightly interested in!

Def

[gadgetman7]

I think the minimalist tool appeals to me because it's less bulky. In the environment I work in it would look out of place to carry a full size tool on my belt but I hope I can easily slide this one in a pocket. (Normally I wear dress clothes but I don't always have my coat on....oh yeah..there's also the fact that it looks kind of cool and I love new multitools.

[Anthony]

I'd like to handle one...but I don't think I'd carry a tool that sacrifices so much just to be labeled "minimalist".  I think the Juice is minimalist, but it has lots of tools.

[NeitherExtreme]

I'm looking forward to this tool. I might not buy it right away, but that's mostly cause I'd like to see a plain edge CX It really is pretty rare that I "need" anything more than pliars, knife, and screwdrivers so it should work well for me

[Grant Lamontagne]

That's an interesting point- is a tool "minimalist" because of it's tool complement, or is it minimalist because of it's size?

I like to think of minimalism as versatile, effective tools condensed into the smallest available package.  You could have a SAK like the XAVT with everything but the kitchen sink, but that's not minimalist.  The Lumberjack is because it has a huge number of functions, but condensed.

Def

[NeitherExtreme]

I've always thought of minimalist as meaning having only the functions that I want/need. I guess size also comes into it for me, but to me it's the idea of not carrying "extra" stuff that you don't want to. I think of it definetly as a different thing for each person depending on what they use often.
Example: Lets say I find that I never use a saw, file, corkscrew, can opener, bottle opener, awl, tweezers, scissors, or toothpick, then in my mind nothing that contains all these is "minimalist". If I would want to have all these things on me "just in case", then I wouldn't call that minimalist even if it was a rather small tool.

[I'm Still Bison]

One way to look at it,would be to think of it in terms the US military calls a "force multiplier". Many people carry a folder in addition to a multi-tool.This is one folder that gives you an extra set of pliers and drivers,and most of us here know how handy an extra pliers or driver can be.

[Benner]

I have to say that the Skeletool hasn't really interested me at all.  Maybe I will be after I have seen some more pics.

[NeitherExtreme]

So.......... November's amost here................................



Any news

[J-sews]

So.......... November's amost done................................



Any news

Uh, you mean November's almost here, right?

I haven't heard anything new yet. 

[NeitherExtreme]

Hehe, yes. That's what I meant. Maybe I'll go edit a post now

[Tom Munch]

Has anyone seen anywhere that you can preorder yet?