Quality is not what one expects from Beretta.
S&W knives are owned by Taylor Cutlery, which is a US Marketing agency that has killed several good old US names, including Schrade. Friends don;t let friends buy Smith & Wesson, but if you absolutely have to, stick with the fixed blades. Less parts for the 5 year olds assembling them to screw up.A former roommate of mine had to have the S&W SWAT knife (he thought SWAT teams were really cool and bought anything with SWAT on it) and the liner lock would actually move to the opposite side of the blade and get jammed between the tang and the liner. Typical of this brand- I have seen quite a few like that.Def
Not to go too far off topic and into a whole "I hate S&W" rant...
I don't know if this was already discussed, but I came across a shooters tool called the MK16 Combo Tool from www.cjweapons.comLooks decent, but geared towards rifles.
The design looks similar to the design of the Bear Jaws. The Phillips driver doesn't look right but it has an integrated bit adapter. Has anyone actually used this tool?
I've got a S&W Tool Chest II. It is made in China. Quality is so-so; not as bad as the really junky junk, but not nearly as good as anything made in North America or Europe. You are correct, the phillips screwdriver is almost unusably bad. I can't imagine someone preferring this tool over a SOG.
It's weird how the Amazon reviews for the S&W multi-tools (both the Tool Chest II and the 44 MAG tool) are overwhelmingly positive--maybe some of those reviews are written by the employees of Taylor Cutlery! Are any of the parts (i.e. bit driver, scissors) worthy of transplantation into a better tool?