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CARABINER CARRY |
Spyderco might well have invented the
carabiner knife genre with its Snap-It series
in 1993. The most recent update of the
Snap-It series is the Snap-It Salt.
The Lansky Roadie Multi-Tool worked
SPYDERCO SNAP-IT SALT well clipped to a keychain. The author
attached the Roadie to a key ring—
not the keys—to keep the keys from
BLADE LENGTH: 2.96” binding while in a pocket.
BLADE MATERIAL: H-1 nitrogen steel
BLADE PATTERN: Drop point
EDGE: Fully serrated base and has a wire spring gate. LANSKY ROADIE
A linerlock folder, the Reverb XL would
CARRY: Carabiner be right at home in an urban setting. Like MULTI-TOOL
HANDLE MATERIAL: Yellow FRN w/ the rest of the review knives, it can be
black Kraton inserts attached to a belt loop. However, Kershaw TOOL LENGTHS: .5”
LOCK: Front lock provides the option of a pocket clip, too. CARRY: Carabiner
WEIGHT: 2.5 ozs. The company also offers a scaled-down HANDLE MATERIAL: Black-coated
version of the knife.
CLOSED LENGTH: 5” I tested the sleek Reverb XL blade by stainless steel
MSRP: $140 performing meal prep on a fat leftover SPECIAL FEATURES: Carbide knife
COUNTRY OF MANUFACTURE: Japan chicken breast. The blade had a nice factory sharpener, flat head and Phillips
edge and worked well slicing the breast screwdrivers, variable hex wrench,
crosswise and then dicing back the other bottle opener, box cutter, pry tool, ruler
suited to its size, the HEAT Hiker is a little way. In no time I had the meat prepared. and line cutter
workhorse. The Reverb XL’s impressive good looks did OVERALL LENGTH: 3.4”
it all in style.
URBAN DRESS UTILITY MSRP: $7.99
The next entry makes no bones about its KEYCHAIN MULTI-TOOL COUNTRY OF MANUFACTURE: China
mission: It is a dress tactical. The Kershaw As its name implies, the Lansky Roadie
Reverb XL sports an upswept 3-inch blade Multi-Tool is designed for a multitude
of 8Cr13MoV stainless steel in a gray satin-/ of tasks. At 3.5 inches overall, it has a surface. The tail end of the multi-tool has
PVD finish. A slick opening groove follows carbide sharpener and incorporates a carabiner with a wire spring gate.
the lines of the blade in stylish fashion. The seven other tools: flathead and Phillips In researching the Roadie, I found it is
4.25-inch front slab is matte-blue-coated screwdrivers, a bottle opener, variable sometimes billed as a “keychain multi-tool.”
stainless steel with a carbon-fiber inlay. The hex wrench, pry tool, ruler and line As a result, my first thoughts were it would
back slab has the same gray PVD finish as cutter. The sharpener’s V-groove carbide tear up my pants and take out chunks of leg
the blade, along with a blade-tip-up pocket plates are approximately .25 inch deep meat if I carried it in a pocket. I was wrong.
clip. The carabiner is located on the rear and designed to be held upright on a flat Attaching it to a keychain that already held
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