404142Hand
Tools
- BEST SOCKET SET
Craftsman
CMMT99206 $99
Craftsman made its name
with products like this
mechanics’ tool set. Each
of the 216 pieces—1⁄4-,
3⁄8-, and 1⁄2-inch drives
(both standard and deep),
extensions, combina-
tion box-end wrenches, a
screwdriver and bit set,
and Allen wrenches—
is covered with a smooth
and lustrous chrome plat-
ing over chrome vanadium
steel to defend against cor-
rosion and fracture.
41. BEST MULTITOOL
Leatherman
Free K4 $90
The Free K4 is an out-
standing example of a
tool that combines the
features of a standard fold-
ing pocketknife with the
more useful ones of a mul-
titool. You can easily open
its main 3-inch blade with
one thumb, and out of its
back fold all manner of
other good things: scissors,
an awl/punch, a straight
screwdriver bit, and a Phil-
lips screwdriver–bottle
opener combo tool.
42. BEST POCKETKNIFE
Kershaw Skyline $45
The U.S.-made Kershaw
Skyline is a slim, attrac-
tive everyday carry.
And its blade is made
from 14C28N, a stain-
less-steel alloy with loads
of uniformly distributed
carbides—super-hard par-
ticles locked in the steel’s
microstructure. These help
it resist wear, corrosion,
and a dulling phenome-
non called rolling, where
the edge or even the knife
point bends back like the
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