Leatherman Awl

The Leatherman awl includes a sharp edge and a groove, which turns it into a reasonably efficient drill for working in leather, wood or sheet metal. This tool is sometimes called a reamer. This awl is found on the smaller Leatherman tools. Larger Leatherman tools contain a larger, 38mm awl of similar design.

To use the awl tool to drill a hole, follow these steps:

1. Poke a hole with the sharp point.
2. Rotate the awl and gradually enlarge the hole.

In leather or other soft materials, you can often push the awl directly through the material, and then rotate it to get a rounded hole.

The awl will stay sharp for a long time if you only use it on wood, leather, aluminum or copper (or other soft metals).

You can use it for emergency "drilling" in sheet iron, but that will rapidly dull the awl's sharp edge.

NOTE-- the Victorinox awl has a more gradual taper, but otherwise has a similar design. The Wenger awl does not have a groove.

This implement is found on the following multi-tools:

Leatherman Core

Leatherman Juice KF4

Leatherman Juice CS4

Leatherman Juice XE6

Leatherman PST

Leatherman Squirt P4

Leatherman Super Tool 200

Leatherman Surge

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