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I've been seeing these things for years and always assumed they were cheap, gimmicky junk... Have I been wrong all these years? Are any of them any good? Do they work for their intended purposes? What can you do with them? How thick are the swisscard types? How useful are the "one piece of steel" types? Do any of you carry one of these?

Which ones in particular should I look at?

Sam
 
I am making a CC Knife and I do not believe in gimmicky tools that will let you down. A long list of features may sell a tool but I am looking for repeat customers.

My tool does not have a ton of features but each one works very well.



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- Ergonomic and fully functional simple design
- Carbidized Edge - 72 Rockwell Tungsten Carbide stays sharp for a long time and is self sharpening on some materials such as cardboard
- it has a bottle opener that works very well
- Easy deployment from the wallet because of strategically placed grooves that feel great in the hand. Grab it quickly and easily.
- ultra light so it can be a true edc with no concern for the weight, it weighs 20 grams or just under 3/4 of an ounce!
- well placed lanyard holes, great for quick deployment
- Actually fits in a wallet and is shaped and sharpened to fit well, nothing to hang it up on
- self defense; it is in your wallet for unexpected use, the carbidized edge is exceptional for self defense
- thumb ramp for control and comfort
- comfortable choil for a great feel in the hand
- keep it with you all the time! The most useful tool is the one on you
- The carbidized edge is great for light sawing, use it to make a notch in wood for starting fires or other survival uses

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What are the two long slots for? I'm thinking that you could possibly take that space and modify to a "trapezoidal" or triangular shape so that you can use the slot to open/tighten small hex nuts. Also, perhaps remove the lanyard hole closest to the oval cutout and replace with an edge equivalent to a standard screwdriver.
 
I think Dan's CC knife might be the only one I would think about buying. Nice work Dan.
 
Arugess said:
What are the two long slots for? I'm thinking that you could possibly take that space and modify to a "trapezoidal" or triangular shape so that you can use the slot to open/tighten small hex nuts. Also, perhaps remove the lanyard hole closest to the oval cutout and replace with an edge equivalent to a standard screwdriver.
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The slots are to make it easier to pull out of a wallet, they also make it lighter.

To keep with my theme of no gimmicks I did not include a screwdriver or nut opener, I feel a thin Ti hex nut remover or screwdriver would not hold up to very much use or work very well with the CC shape/thickness. These are .095" thick so they are reasonably thick, just not thick enough for that sort of use. I do think they are great ideas, after a lot of thought I decided thy would not work well for this particular design.

I have a keychain tool in the works with a shackle/wingnut opener and screwdriver end in 1/8" D2 steel, I think it will be very tough. Ti would work too, it won't take as hard of use as a tool steel but I think they will be excellent for a lot of tasks.
 
I like the look of this, very different to the usual offerings, none of which I'd bother to put in my wallet.
 
Daniel Fairly Knives said:
- Ergonomic and fully functional simple design
- Carbidized Edge - 72 Rockwell Tungsten Carbide stays sharp for a long time and is self sharpening on some materials such as cardboard
- it has a bottle opener that works very well
- Easy deployment from the wallet because of strategically placed grooves that feel great in the hand. Grab it quickly and easily.
- ultra light so it can be a true edc with no concern for the weight, it weighs 20 grams or just under 3/4 of an ounce!
- well placed lanyard holes, great for quick deployment
- Actually fits in a wallet and is shaped and sharpened to fit well, nothing to hang it up on
- self defense; it is in your wallet for unexpected use, the carbidized edge is exceptional for self defense
- thumb ramp for control and comfort
- comfortable choil for a great feel in the hand
- keep it with you all the time! The most useful tool is the one on you
- The carbidized edge is great for light sawing, use it to make a notch in wood for starting fires or other survival uses
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Very clever design. Obviously this little guy has many uses. Correct me if I'm wrong, but that may be one of the only credit card size multitools that's robust enough to use as a glass breaker too. I have other objects in my glovebox for that purpose, but if you can't access your glovebox quickly, your tool would be slim enough to stash in other places within the vehicle.
 
US-STEEL said:
Very clever design. Obviously this little guy has many uses. Correct me if I'm wrong, but that may be one of the only credit card size multitools that's robust enough to use as a glass breaker too. I have other objects in my glovebox for that purpose, but if you can't access your glovebox quickly, your tool would be slim enough to stash in other places within the vehicle.
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I think it would serve well for that purpose, I'd like to try it on a junked car eventually. The carbide edge plows through seat belt material, good idea on stashing one in the car.
 
Daniel Fairly Knives said:
I think it would serve well for that purpose, I'd like to try it on a junked car eventually. The carbide edge plows through seat belt material, good idea on stashing one in the car.
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Please post a follow-up if you end up testing it out on auto glass. Either way, it could easily be velcro'd to the inside of a driver/passenger door map pocket, sun visors or the upper lid of a center console, heck, anywhere really. Wouldn't mind stashing one somewhere on my bike either. I always have a blade in my pocket, but your device would be great for those rural motorcycle rides where you might stop off, grab a bottle of pop, chuck it in the saddlebag for later, only to realize that you dont have a bottle opener.

I think it's a brilliant little tool and if it's robust enough to tout as a glass breaker too, then even more folks should find it appealing. Perhaps even try marketing it through some major auto parts store chains.
 
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