Survival

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.

Built to travel with tinkerers and DIYers from garage to distant outdoor spaces, the new Caliber X takes a different tack on multitooling. The skeletal chassis disguises an 18-function build for everything from backyard BBQs to wilderness survival.

Canadian gearmaker VSSL has caught our eye of late with its sleek, flashlight-inspired tubes that pack impressive arrays of essential items inside, and now it’s back with its most compact version yet, the First Aid Mini.

The unique Kukrax is designed to combine the best bits of a modern-day tactical tomahawk with the curvy nature of a kukri machete, offering a unique and seemingly highly efficient way to cut through your timber.

In 2017, Tortoise Gear launched the Firefly, a fire steel fit to a Swiss Army toothpick slot. Now it's back to get some extra use out of the corkscrew. The FireAnt screws onto a Victorinox corkscrew to bring fire steel and tinder to your pocket.

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.

The newly launched Lifesaber is a modern and handy example of a hand-crank generator that can also produce clean drinking water and start fires at camp.

You don't really need a shovel until you REALLY need a shovel. DMOS presents a way of having that shovel without dedicating too much space to it. Its near-unbreakable Delta Shovel telescopes, folds and clasps to the vehicle, expanding into a full-size shovel when needed.

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 slow food movement is all about appreciating the process of cooking, so perhaps we can call this the slow stool movement? This enthusiastic soul yanked down some lumber and gnawed it into shape with his teeth to see if he could build himself a seat without any tools.

Last year, the Cauldryn Fyre made its way to campsites. Not only can this bottle-like camp cooker heat water, it can also boil and purify unclean water. Cauldryn takes another step forward with the Fyre V2, which packs accessories, including a blender, bug zapper and percolator.

The latest member of the oversized multi-tool market, the Combar from Aclim8 debuts as a hatchet-spade that also packs a hammer, folding wood saw and knife - no tiny, ineffectual mini-tools or extraneous bottle openers to see here.