Knife

Portland toolmaker The James Brand has a catalogue brimming with elegant knives and multitools, and the latest addition is a titanium folding knife that takes this degree of sophistication up a few notches, with a price tag to match.

Perhaps a sign of the times, Swiss Army knives have gone a little extreme in 2021. Victorinox's latest Swiss Army releases include one of the largest Swiss Army knives ever and a series of Mini Tools among the smallest to wear the cross.

Californian-based knife maker Terrain 365 has introduced a new implement for the everyday carry crowd with a very portable form factor, and around the same footprint as a set of US military-issue dog tags.

CRKT keeps its knives and tools fresh by working with designers and knife pros all over the US. Its latest multitool draws on the combat experience of a veteran Green Beret, packing tools into a slim folding knife easy to drop into a pocket.

With so many knives on the market these days it takes something a little out there to catch our eye, and the latest spear-point blade from Oregon-based gear-maker CRKT is one that certainly fits the bill.

Designed for safety and simplicity, the trusty utility blade is popular tool for anyone with regular cutting tasks, but the latest from Gerber Gear features a few extra tricks up its sleeve, with a total of eight tools onboard.

The brush-clearing power of a machete packed down into handheld flashlight size, the new Gerber Doubledown is a different style of folding knife. The butterfly-style tool works as a hatchet, machete or knife before folding down to half-size.

From the self-proclaimed "most advanced Cyber Product Startup in the world" comes a sci-fi-inspired pocket knife that invites backers to “be ahead of time.” It's a slick-looking implement, with a neat one-handed opening mechanism to match.

Colorado's Bone Daddy Blade WerX has come up with a pocket-sized multitool that can take on lightweight cutting tasks on its own, but can also be mounted to a handle to become heavy-hitting axe should the situation call for it.

Leatherman has today added to its Free family of free-swinging multitools with the K-Series of compact folding knives.

Canadian outfit Ronin Energetics has taken to Kickstarter with a rather handy looking flip-knife that can be easily kitted out with replacement blades.

Ever receive a package and have nothing sharper than the keys in your pocket with which to open it? The Microblade Pill ensures you never experience that again. A different style of EDC, this mini tool won't filet fish or cut branches, but it will slice through packing tape and halve actual pills.