Frag Out! Magazine
Issue link: https://fragout.uberflip.com/i/693549
In order not to get lost in all of this, each link has a number on the bottom and each of the tools is properly marked (also on the bottom part). What is interesting – the numbering of links is within the range of 1-12 but excluding 3, 5, and 11 (by the way, the numbering on manufacturer's website is incorrect – link 12 is marked as 11, while the clasp is marked as 12, although it is just called a clasp; the printed instruction in the box has the correct numbering). I wonder why. The link number 4, which is not another „screw and wrench- like link", we will find a glass breaker, a tiny cutting tool with a secure edge that can be used for opening letters and parcels, and a special pick for opening the SIM card slot in e.g. an iPhone. Yup, that's not a joke. What is interesting – both tools were originally separate tools placed on different links. Now they are connected as one, maybe that is the reason for lack of consistency in the numbering? Chain number 8 has also a ring spanner, but in this case it is a square oxygen tank wrench. Such a tool is very often included in products by Leatherman – it is available in several versions (OHT, Raptor, or Z-Rex) and it is cleverly arranged in each of those versions. Moreover, links number 4, 7, 10, and 12 have through hollows along their full width – they serve as 1/4 hex drives that are included in some tools by Leatherman (Charge, MUT, etc.) or to an extended hex socket. The clasp itself is not only an element that binds the whole bracelet – there is no room for such waste. That is why it serves three additional functions – it contains a square drive #2, a bottle opener (and that's a must have!), and a socket adapter (like in the set of ratchet ring wrenches). When you get all of this together, it appears that Tread has 29 tools. Links are connected with firm, steel connectors fitted with screws. Screws have been designed in such a way, that TOOLS