"Hundreds Of Holes. Drilled Clean Through Solid Zirconium. You Can Hold It Up To The Light And See Straight Through The Other Side. It Takes Me More Than Twice As Long As Any Other Fidget Slider To Make — And Almost Nobody Else On Earth Will Even Attempt One."

Dear Fellow Fidget Addict,

I want to show you the hardest thing I make.

Not the most expensive material. Not the flashiest finish. The hardest. The one that, even after all these years and all these machines and all this experience, still makes me hold my breath every single time.

The Toad Skelly.

Hold one up to a window and you'll understand it instantly — because you'll be able to see straight through it. Hundreds of tiny holes, machined clean through solid zirconium, until what's left is less a slider and more a piece of three-dimensional lacework you can carry in your pocket.

It's the kind of thing that makes people who know machining go quiet for a second. And it's the kind of thing that makes people who don't simply go, "...how on earth is that even possible?"

Let me tell you.

What "Fully Skeletonised" Actually Means

You've probably seen "skeletonized" things before — a watch with a window cut into the dial, a knife handle with a couple of holes milled out to save weight.

This is not that.

The Toad Skelly is skeletonized to an extreme that borders on the absurd. I'm not removing a little material to lighten it. I'm removing as much material as the structure can possibly survive — hundreds of individual holes — and leaving behind only the bare, essential bones that hold the whole thing together.

Every one of those holes is a separate operation. Every one is a chance for something to go wrong. And the further I get into a piece — the more material I've already removed — the more fragile and unforgiving it becomes. The last holes are the most nerve-wracking, because by then there's almost nothing left to hold it steady, and a single mistake means hours of work goes straight in the bin.

There's no shortcut. There's no "mostly automated" version of this. It's slow, deliberate, white-knuckle work from start to finish.

Why Zirconium — And Only Zirconium

I'll be straight with you about the economics, because I think you deserve to understand exactly what you're paying for.

A typical slider of mine is already not a quick thing to make — I obsess over every one. But the Toad Skelly takes at least double the time of any other slider I produce. Often more.

All those holes. All those operations. All that careful, patient work where rushing even slightly turns a beautiful piece into scrap. And I'm doing it in zirconium — which, if you've never machined it, is a gorgeous but genuinely difficult material. It's grabby. It's unforgiving. It does not tolerate being hurried, and it punishes any setup that isn't perfect.

Put those two things together — extreme skeletonizing and zirconium — and you've got about the most demanding combination I make.

Which is exactly why you almost never see anything like this from anyone else. It's not that other makers can't think of it. It's that the time, the difficulty, and the failure rate make most people take one look and decide it simply isn't worth attempting.

I'm apparently not most people. (My About page explains a lot about why.)

Why Zirconium — And Only Zirconium

I make the Toad Skelly in zirconium only. No titanium version, no brass, nothing else. And that's a deliberate decision, not a limitation.

For a piece this open, this skeletal, this exposed — the material is everything. There's nowhere to hide. Every surface, every edge of every hole, is on full display.

Zirconium earns that exposure. It has a depth and a presence that titanium simply can't match — a richness to its colour and finish that makes the whole intricate structure feel less like a machined object and more like something grown. On a slider where you can see straight through the body, that quality isn't a nice-to-have. It's the entire point.

So I don't offer it any other way. This is the material it was meant to be made from, and I'm not going to dilute it.

Who This Is Really For

I'll be honest — the Toad Skelly isn't for everybody, and I don't want to pretend otherwise.

If you just want a solid, reliable daily-carry, I make plenty of those and I'd happily point you to one. The Toad Skelly is something more particular.

This is for the person who appreciates the making. Who looks at hundreds of perfectly-machined holes through solid zirconium and understands the obsession, patience, and sheer bloody-mindedness it took to get there. Who wants to own not just a great fidget — but a genuine demonstration of what's possible when someone refuses to take the easy route.

If that's you, you already felt it the moment you saw this thing. The rest of this page is just me confirming what your gut already knew.

My Promise

Every Toad Skelly is made entirely by me, here in New Zealand — slowly, carefully, and to impossibly high standards.

Given how involved this piece is, that promise matters even more than usual. If anything ever isn't right, you tell me and I make it right, immediately. Always have, always will. (One gentle note: a piece this skeletal is precise and not meant to be forced apart — treat it with the respect it deserves and it'll outlast us both.)

Shipped worldwide with 3–5 Day Express, like everything I make.

Why You Shouldn't Sit On This One

I make these slowly, and I make very few of them. That's not a marketing line — it's just the physical reality of a piece that takes more than double the time of anything else on my bench.

So when a Toad Skelly is in stock, it represents hours and hours of work that exists in exactly one place: that listing, right now. When it sells, it's genuinely gone, and the next one is however long it takes me to carefully machine another from scratch — between all the other work fighting for my time.

If the button below says "ORDER NOW," you've caught one of the rare moments one of these is actually available. I wouldn't wait and hope it's still there tomorrow.

To impossibly high standards,

Magnus

P.S. — Hold it up to the light. That's the moment that gets everybody. Hundreds of holes, clean through solid zirconium, and you can see right out the other side. There is nothing else in your pocket — and possibly nothing else in your life — quite like it. If one's in stock below, it won't be for long.
ZA-281-F : Skelly Toad "Fine"
ZA-281-F : Skelly Toad "Fine"
ZA-281-F : Skelly Toad "Fine"
ZA-281-F : Skelly Toad "Fine"
ZA-281-F : Skelly Toad "Fine"
ZA-281-F : Skelly Toad "Fine"
ZA-281-F : Skelly Toad "Fine"
ZA-281-F : Skelly Toad "Fine"
ZA-281-F : Skelly Toad "Fine"

ZA-281-F : Skelly Toad "Fine"

Weight: 49 grams
Thickness: 13 mm
Length: 48mm
Width: 30mm 

Model/Design: Skelly Toad "Fine" 
Material: Zirconium
Finish: Battleworn

Plates: Zirconium (E48 "Skelly Fine" Style)
Screws: Titanium (Dark Matter)

Magnet Layout: 2 x 4 (3-click)
Magnet Size and Strength: 6mm x 2mm (N42)
(Ships within 48 hours - unless it's the weekend)

A Gentle Reminder...
The threads on this particular fidget are
sensitive and can be stripped if over-tightened.
Disassembly is at your own risk.
$377.00
ZA-280-F : Skelly Toad "Fine"
ZA-280-F : Skelly Toad "Fine"
ZA-280-F : Skelly Toad "Fine"
ZA-280-F : Skelly Toad "Fine"
ZA-280-F : Skelly Toad "Fine"
ZA-280-F : Skelly Toad "Fine"
ZA-280-F : Skelly Toad "Fine"
ZA-280-F : Skelly Toad "Fine"
ZA-280-F : Skelly Toad "Fine"

ZA-280-F : Skelly Toad "Fine"

Weight: 49 grams
Thickness: 13 mm
Length: 48mm
Width: 30mm 

Model/Design: Skelly Toad "Fine" 
Material: Zirconium
Finish: Battleworn

Plates: Zirconium (E48 "Skelly Fine" Style)
Screws: Titanium (Dark Matter)

Magnet Layout: 2 x 4 (3-click)
Magnet Size and Strength: 6mm x 2mm (N42)
(Ships within 48 hours - unless it's the weekend)

A Gentle Reminder...
The threads on this particular fidget are
sensitive and can be stripped if overtightened.
Disassembly is at your own risk.
$347.00
ZA-279-F : Skelly Toad "Fine"
ZA-279-F : Skelly Toad "Fine"
ZA-279-F : Skelly Toad "Fine"
ZA-279-F : Skelly Toad "Fine"
ZA-279-F : Skelly Toad "Fine"
ZA-279-F : Skelly Toad "Fine"
ZA-279-F : Skelly Toad "Fine"
ZA-279-F : Skelly Toad "Fine"
ZA-279-F : Skelly Toad "Fine"

ZA-279-F : Skelly Toad "Fine"

Weight: 49 grams
Thickness: 13 mm
Length: 48mm
Width: 30mm 

Model/Design: Skelly Toad "Fine" 
Material: Zirconium
Finish: Battleworn

Plates: Zirconium (E48 "Skelly Fine" Style)
Screws: Titanium (Dark Matter)

Magnet Layout: 2 x 4 (3-click)
Magnet Size and Strength: 6mm x 2mm (N42)
(Ships within 48 hours - unless it's the weekend)

A Gentle Reminder...
The threads on this particular fidget are
sensitive and can be stripped if overtightened.
Disassembly is at your own risk.
$377.00
ZA-252-F : Skelly Toad "Fine"
ZA-252-F : Skelly Toad "Fine"
ZA-252-F : Skelly Toad "Fine"
ZA-252-F : Skelly Toad "Fine"
ZA-252-F : Skelly Toad "Fine"
ZA-252-F : Skelly Toad "Fine"
ZA-252-F : Skelly Toad "Fine"
ZA-252-F : Skelly Toad "Fine"
ZA-252-F : Skelly Toad "Fine"

ZA-252-F : Skelly Toad "Fine"

Weight: 49 grams
Thickness: 13 mm
Length: 48mm
Width: 30mm 

Model/Design: Skelly Toad "Fine" 
Material: Zirconium
Finish: Machined (Blackout)

Plates: Zirconium (E48 "Skelly Fine" Style)
Screws: Titanium (Dark Matter)

Magnet Layout: 2 x 4 (3-click)
Magnet Size and Strength: 6mm x 2mm (N42)
(Ships within 48 hours - unless it's the weekend)

A Gentle Reminder...
The threads on this particular fidget are
sensitive and can be stripped if overtightened.
Disassembly is at your own risk.
$377.00

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