Knife

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.

​​Chinese gear-maker Nitecore has added to its lengthy line of small everyday carry offerings with a very compact titanium knife that weighs less than a credit card.

Offering a small blade with a friendly handle is a tricky task, and that's the one Horizon Knives has undertaken with Lyra. The morphing knife is small enough to be keychain compatible, but uses a nifty folding mechanism to give its users a good handle on the job.​

Whether you're preparing for zombiegeddon or just preparing your campsite, the Omniblade from the duo at Teryx is sure to come in handy – and make you look pretty badass in the process.

The small steel Prylobite blade weighs no more than a handful of coins and packs up neatly thanks to a friction folding design, which incorporates a couple of handy innovations to take this utensil into multi-tool territory. ​

The Lynx from Jho Knives is a titanium-coated implement shaped to slide in and out of a wallet for slicing and dicing when needed, with a stylish sheath to protect its surroundings from damage during transit. ​