I've been really enjoying my Leatherman Skeletool. Blade is sufficient for most tasks, pliers and screwdriver get used plenty and the bottle opener carabiner clip served two purposes for me: opening bottles, and as a place to clip my motorcycle keys when not in the ignition. Yay, skeletool.
Up until I go to Tucson Beer Festival.
$50 for early admission ticket so I can get in an hour before the teeming unwashed masses. I stay at a hotel down there that offers a shuttle service to the event. I obviously realize pistols are a no-no at the event and leave my pistol at the hotel. I am encumbered with a flashlight, my motorcycle keys, and my skeletool.
Security flips out at the effing skeletool.
Srsly. How many bars check people for a gorram pocket knife? There's no fine print for the event saying pocket knives are a no-no, I just show up and all of a sudden I'm not allowed in.
Returning to the hotel room means I have to wait 15 minutes for the bus to return, then ride the bus back to the hotel (5 minutes maybe), run up to my room and drop off the knife, go back down to the lobby and probably wait another 15 minutes for the next bus and hope it isn't full with regular admission folks who are also staying at the hotel.
So, I take a risk and decide to stash the knife out in the parking lot of the venue, clipping it high in the branches of a palo verde tree out of sight.
5 hours later, I come back out to the same tree and the knife is gone. I got 3 good years of service out of it, but I'm miffed.
Anyways, is there anything out there better than the skeletool? I'm looking for EDC multitool, something that doesn't take up ginormous pocket space. I really liked the quick access carabiner clip on it for my keys. That was sweet.
