Freestyle anyone?

tanker · **Reply #30 on:** January 16, 2009, 03:22:38 PM

I don´t like them...I´ll get only two of them

(I like more the "classic" CX though)

RaptorMan · **Reply #31 on:** January 16, 2009, 06:06:46 PM

I must have one (of each)

hawkchucker · **Reply #32 on:** January 16, 2009, 06:26:42 PM

Well I think I will pass on this one.

J-sews · **Reply #33 on:** January 16, 2009, 06:33:10 PM

Although most folks seem to like the Skeletools, there were a few who found the carabiner and the screwdrivers to be unnecessary. I think Leatherman has engineered the Freestyle for them.

Sean · **Reply #34 on:** January 16, 2009, 06:51:28 PM

http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2008/02/18/leatherman-freestyle.html

http://toolmonger.com/2008/02/18/preview-leatherman-freestyle/

I guess it must have been a proto-type huh?

I can just see it now there we are (a few friends) perhaps in the shop or rec-room as I hand over a couple of beer's to celebrate the new Leatherman Freestyle and then in embarrasment

"hang on guys just have to run upstairs for a bottle opener".

sean

Mr. Whippy · **Reply #35 on:** January 16, 2009, 07:00:34 PM

The prototype doesn't make sense to me. Just get a Skeletool. The stripped down, lightweight, and relatively small Freestyle is different enough that I could see owning one as well as my Skeletool.

Gareth · **Reply #36 on:** January 16, 2009, 07:54:55 PM

Quote from: Mr. Whippy on January 16, 2009, 07:00:34 PM

The prototype doesn't make sense to me. Just get a Skeletool. The stripped down, lightweight, and relatively small Freestyle is different enough that I could see owning one as well as my Skeletool.

I gotta agree with Mr Whippy. Why on Earth would I have bought the prototype when it was just so similar to the Skeletool? Unless it was going to be half the price I don't know why I would. I glad they went with something that is at least noticeably different.

NeitherExtreme · **Reply #37 on:** January 16, 2009, 10:26:12 PM

Had another thought... assuming that these are the same blade size as the skeletools, we now know that they're making 154cm plain blades and 420 serrated blades. It's only a matter of time till LM makes those blade options for the skeletools, right? Or at least a simple swap-blades mod would be doable.

prime77 · **Reply #38 on:** January 16, 2009, 10:30:21 PM

I think their kinda strange looking. They will be really small though.

BIG-TARGET · **Reply #39 on:** January 17, 2009, 01:41:21 AM

Having a Freestyle would be like making love to a beautiful woman with no legs

WAIT A MINUTE!!!!!!

No legs would make it easier!!!

Leatherman123 · **Reply #40 on:** January 17, 2009, 02:31:33 AM

Hmm, I like how they dropped the universal driver..I wish they still had the carabiner though.. I am sure I will buy a few different models though!

cliosguy · **Reply #41 on:** January 17, 2009, 02:31:54 AM

Quote from: BIG-TARGET on January 17, 2009, 01:41:21 AM

Having a Freestyle would be like making love to a beautiful woman with no legs

WAIT A MINUTE!!!!!!
No legs would make it easier!!!

LOL

jzmtl · **Reply #42 on:** January 17, 2009, 02:56:19 AM

Quote from: BIG-TARGET on January 17, 2009, 01:41:21 AM

Having a Freestyle would be like making love to a beautiful woman with no legs

WAIT A MINUTE!!!!!!
No legs would make it easier!!!

I duno about that, would be too creepy.

J-sews · **Reply #43 on:** January 17, 2009, 05:02:41 AM

Ugh, let's get this one back on topic in a hurry:

Quote from: Defender on January 16, 2009, 04:48:06 AM

(Image removed from quote.)
Note that the serrated and plain blades are reversed on the standard and CX versions of the Freestyles from the standard and CX versions of the Skeletools.

Def

So what did the Leatherman folks have to say about availability? May? June? 2011?

Grant Lamontagne · **Reply #44 on:** January 17, 2009, 05:03:51 AM

Quote from: Sean on January 16, 2009, 06:51:28 PM

http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2008/02/18/leatherman-freestyle.html

http://toolmonger.com/2008/02/18/preview-leatherman-freestyle/

I guess it must have been a proto-type huh?

I can just see it now there we are (a few friends) perhaps in the shop or rec-room as I hand over a couple of beer's to celebrate the new Leatherman Freestyle and then in embarrasment "hang on guys just have to run upstairs for a bottle opener".

sean

Those are old... the info we all had on the Freestyle until now was that it would include the carabiner and a fixed screwdriver, just as in the picture. In fact, if you look at our pictures from SHOT last year, you'll see that it's exactly the same configuration as the Skeletools, except the screwdriver.

The tools that you see above are still prototypes and there will be some aesthetic changes before they hit the market.

Also, one important thing to note is that the Skeletool and Freestyle models will not have date stamps on them as they have no place to put them. The rest of the models in the LM lineup will have date stamps.

The Freestyle has a nice spot for a date stamp, but they want to save it for engraving/etching which opens up a promo market for them that they didn't have with the Skeletools.

Def

665ae · **Reply #45 on:** January 17, 2009, 05:05:21 AM

Quote from: J-sews on January 17, 2009, 05:02:41 AM

Ugh, let's get this one back on topic in a hurry:

Quote from: Defender on January 16, 2009, 04:48:06 AM

(Image removed from quote.)
Note that the serrated and plain blades are reversed on the standard and CX versions of the Freestyles from the standard and CX versions of the Skeletools.

Def

So what did the Leatherman folks have to say about availability? May? June? 2011?

May... the answer is always May

jzmtl · **Reply #46 on:** January 17, 2009, 05:27:27 AM

Just thought of it, can you buy the freestyle cx and swap plain edge 154cm onto a skeletool?

Grant Lamontagne · **Reply #47 on:** January 17, 2009, 05:35:25 AM

I would imagine so- they are pretty well identical other than the carabiner and screwdriver.

Def

Poncho65 · **Reply #48 on:** January 17, 2009, 06:05:35 AM

Great

now I'll want the Freestyle CX just for the blade

Dunc · **Reply #49 on:** January 17, 2009, 01:10:06 PM

I think it was the sensible option to have the 154cm blade with a plain edge .
Think I may have to get one

Dunc

zepla · **Reply #50 on:** January 17, 2009, 01:23:31 PM

This thing looks kinda like my carabiner chopped of cx, but without the possibility of a screwdriver $:-\$ It doesn't make much sence to me...

hawkchucker · **Reply #51 on:** January 17, 2009, 01:29:58 PM

Well I still dont like it. However I can now see a littlle cleareer where they are going with it and I think it is alright. Tell them they have my permision to go ahead!

Grant Lamontagne · **Reply #52 on:** January 17, 2009, 03:02:28 PM

Quote from: zepla on January 17, 2009, 01:23:31 PM

This thing looks kinda like my carabiner chopped of cx, but without the possibility of a screwdriver $:-\$ It doesn't make much sence to me...

That's exactly what we told the folks at Leatherman... their "never before seen redesign" was done by one of our own members a month ago! I think their human resources department will be contacting you to offer you a job in the design department soon!

Def

Nikos · **Reply #53 on:** January 17, 2009, 03:09:32 PM

Is it just me or are these a great companion to a SAK? They're lean, slender, lightweight, and have just the bare minimum you'd love to see on your SAK but probably won't any-time-now: larger pliers and OH higher-grade-steel blade... Perhaps they should call it the "SAKbuddy"...

Grant Lamontagne · **Reply #54 on:** January 17, 2009, 03:37:03 PM

I doubt they'd have gotten away with that!

I have mixed feelings on the Freestyle. I liked the old Skeletool-like version because of the utility it offered. By cutting off just the clip you also lose the bottle opener and 4 screwdrivers (two double ended bits) and that seems like a pretty hefty loss. Although I will admit that they disappear in your pocket like nobody's business! In fact, they even fit in a watch pocket, as seen in yet another gratuitous, official, patented Multitool.org Crotch Shot:

Def

django.cj · **Reply #55 on:** January 17, 2009, 03:49:10 PM

I usually stuff my regular Skeletool into my watch pocket now; it kind of seems to be at the point of diminishing returns for simplification. The loss of drivers is a petty big detriment unless they make this REALLY cheap.

hawkchucker · **Reply #56 on:** January 17, 2009, 05:32:00 PM

Still dont have a skele yet so I cant compare, but I would still not get the freestyle reguardless. It just dont sing to me.

Leatherman123 · **Reply #57 on:** January 17, 2009, 05:36:29 PM

Def, do they have any plans on making a Skeletool CX with a straight edge knife? Thanks

Poncho65 · **Reply #58 on:** January 17, 2009, 09:07:41 PM

Why don't they start making all there MTs with better knife metal in the knife blades (probably same reason they don't put the diamond file on all there MTs

) for marketing and priceing

donvito · **Reply #59 on:** January 18, 2009, 12:16:37 AM

Quote from: noth on January 17, 2009, 03:09:32 PM

Is it just me or are these a great companion to a SAK? They're lean, slender, lightweight, and have just the bare minimum you'd love to see on your SAK but probably won't any-time-now: larger pliers and OH higher-grade-steel blade... Perhaps they should call it the "SAKbuddy"...

I supliment my SAKs with a skele, been good to me for a few months now.

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