Leatherman
Leatherman at Spoot: Spotted Early is a file of 4 stories. The newest of them: “Leatherman finally gave wine drinkers a corkscrew and called it a picnic”, “Leatherman's sharpest EDC tools quietly slashed to half off”, and “Gerber's dual-force pocket tool slashes 52% off and still bites hard”. Leatherman finally gave wine drinkers a corkscrew and called it a picnic. Leatherman just slashed prices on its sharpest EDC tools by up to 50 percent, and if you've been waiting for a reason to finally pocket one, this is it. Spoot: Spotted Early New things, caught while they're still new and a little weird. Spoot finds fresh gadgets, clever inventions, crowdfunding campaigns,… The list below is every Leatherman story on Spoot: Spotted Early, newest first.
Leatherman finally gave wine drinkers a corkscrew and called it a picnic
Leatherman finally gave wine drinkers a corkscrew and called it a picnic. We've had commenters wondering aloud why new multitools keep skipping that particular tool, and this one's for them. The latest Garage-developed limited edition packs a proper waiter-style leveraged corkscrew plus five other tools aimed at picnics, tailgates, and camp cookouts. It lives up to its name. The thing about Leatherman's Garage series is that it lets them get weird and specific, and a dedicated picnic multitool is exactly the kind of narrow, delightful obsession we love to see. It's a limited run, so if you want one, move fast.
Leatherman's sharpest EDC tools quietly slashed to half off
Leatherman just slashed prices on its sharpest EDC tools by up to 50 percent, and if you've been waiting for a reason to finally pocket one, this is it. Whether you're after a full-sized pocket powerhouse or a keychain addition that quietly does more than it should, the discounts are live and they're real. No fine-print gymnastics, no "up to" nonsense hiding the good stuff. The company's famously overbuilt pliers and blades are suddenly half off, which feels almost wrong, like finding a razor clam in a spec sheet nobody read. If you're already circling back on those Prime Day DeWalt deals we mentioned, this is the same energy but smaller, sharper, and ready to live in your pocket. Stay spooty.
Gerber's dual-force pocket tool slashes 52% off and still bites hard
Fifty-two percent off a Gerber that still carries high-torque pliers, a center-axis bit driver, and ten-plus other tools? That's not a discount, that's a dare. The dual-force pocket tool doesn't need to shout about its specs because the bite is already in the name. It's the kind of deal that makes you wonder why you ever paid full price for anything with a pivot joint. We're gently skeptical of anything that claims to be a pocket powerhouse, but this one has the torque to back it up. If you're circling back for more EDC bargains, our piece on the M6 Mac Mini's price tag pairs nicely with this kind of practical thinking. Stay spooty.
The Blackjaw is a multitool that skips the pliers and trusts its own kit
The Blackjaw skips the pliers. That's the first thing you notice, and honestly, it's the best thing about it. Tsuchioto Works has taken the classic Leatherman formula, peeled out the jaw, and trusted the rest of the kit to carry the load. It's a curated bundle of implements for daily life, DIY, and the outdoors, all packed into a tight body. We like the nerve of that. It's a gamble to drop the one tool everyone expects, but it feels like a dare worth taking. The spec sheet reads lean, and that's the point. It doesn't want to be a swiss army knife on stilts. It wants to be the thing you actually use. We're gently skeptical, sure, but we're also circling back for another look.