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Grade A Skate Tools - The Top Shelf Skate Keys of All Time

By: NATE SHERWOOD

Posted: 12/13/08

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This is just a list of some of the most reliable and great skate tools that have ever been made. Not only quality but in price and as well durability. Again, this is just a rough list. There are many more on the market but these are the ones that have stood the test of time and are in every pro skaters toolbox. They’re the tools of the gods and the best stocking stuffers. 

1. The Elephant Wrench skate key with a bushing popper on it that, as seen in the film Gleaming the Cube, doubled as a car ignition picker. Sorry kids, it was a Hollywood myth, trust me I tried it tons of times on my pop’s Buick back in the day and it never worked.

2. Fix Stick. It was as raw as it got with a bearing remover and as well a long stick to get to the hardware. The bolt connect was so long you could use the shaft as a grip tape file as well.

3. Gullwing 6 pack. This was a huge advance in skate keys due to the fact it came with a Phillips screwdriver and a Allen wrench head bock with the other tools. It was so raw and it seemed to not strip out. The only problem was it was easy to loose the screwdriver. 

4. The Unit tool. Jason Maxwell told me that Syndrome has the patent on this tool and that is why it is the top seller. The metal is hard to strip and the wrench is held in a slit on the top of it so you do not lose it and it is ergonomic to use.

5. The Powell Skate One tool. This thing was and is the Swiss Army knife of skate tools. It had everything but a razor blade and a lube built into it. I love this tool it has a ratchet head on one side so that you can take bolts off at Indy car speeds and every other wrench head on it so you can take apart the Greyhound you are stuck on from Seattle to SF as it stops at every Wendy’s every 8 feet during your journey, but that is another story. My point is this tool is rad and I am bummed Rob Washburn stopped flowing me stuff after Willy Santos left, what is this guilt by assiskation? Hey buddy, here is the plug call me or I will tell everybody your address.

6. The Girl skate key. Sam Smyth just sent me 2 of these bad boys or should I say bad girls? And they looked wicked like a bottle of death metal and lava flying at an electric fence. Super good so far, they wrench hard, they are light and you can hang it from your key chain. What more do you need in a skate tool? Not to mention she has some sexy serrated edges on her legs for cutting grip and full filing any S&M fantasy.

7. The Reflex tool. Yes, she is big, she is orange, she can rethread your axle after you land primo 800 times and she never strips out. This is the Craftsmen of skate tools. Sure it is heavy but tools with good weight last longer and they double as a hammer if bolts are being lame. This is the Milwaukee drill of skate tools, built to last and will never leave you hanging. I have 2 of them in my trunk and they are down for the long haul. Truly the Cadillac of skate tools. Plus, it comes in bright orange so you will not lose it at a skate spot.

10. Destructo Field skateboard tool. This thing comes with a holder and it looks like a leather men knife and should be in some industrial design show. It looks rad and works well.