Nice. Maybe, for future work, you could add a sideways picture of the blade and some comparison pictures with another, well known, tool.
The pliers are the most disappointing and distressing part of this tool.
Nice review mate.
Nice one Higgins I think you've highlighted the failings of this tool quite well, and congratulations of finding a few plus points too I only have a Ltd Ed Crucial with corkscrew and bottle opener (instead of the strap cutter) which is a bit different, but it still suffers everything you mentioned with the unnecessary bulk and puny pliers. It's hard for this to fall into a mimimalist tool catergory when it's as bulky as other tools which carry more capability. Unlike you, I really don't like the ergonomics either, but then I tend to feel this way about everything that has assymetrical handles.
It's an okay tool with no market. Too big to be minimalist, too minimal to compete with full sized, too half-smurfed to really draw any attention. One that will likely just drift into the pages of MT history as some footnote somewhere
Quote from: Higgins617 on January 11, 2015, 09:37:07 PMIt's an okay tool with no market. Too big to be minimalist, too minimal to compete with full sized, too half-smurfed to really draw any attention. One that will likely just drift into the pages of MT history as some footnote somewhere That is a damn fine summary for the Crucial
Nice review of a tool that leaves you wanting for more, unfortunately.So it's really a $30 strap cutter, although a decent one? Keep it up, looking forward to more of your reviews