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Top multitools 20211/17/2024 ![]() ![]() True – there are a few rough edges and it lacks the finesse of the premium brands, but I feel that these can be overlooked at this price point. Thankfully my unprofessional preconceptions were proved unfounded, and this is actually a pretty decent multitool. ![]() The low RRP of the substantial Barrow didn’t fill me with confidence – I’ve seen many cheap and nasty tools over the years and I was expecting poor finishing and rounded, blunt blades. ![]() In this review I will be looking at a variety of devices that fall under the ‘multitool’ banner – from the traditional to the very modern. Bushcraft folk will obviously require something more substantial to facilitate batoning and feathering wood, butchering things and generally being manly. Regardless of the size and complexity of the multitool (has anyone ever used the parcel-carrying hook found on some Swiss Army knives?) in real-life most backpackers will carry a small blade, occasionally a #3 Pozidrive if skiing and I mostly just need some scissors for cutting the top down on my dehydrated meal pouch. Ignoring nostalgia the UK backpacker has little reason to carry some of the huge single-bladed implements available in certain outdoor shops, but the multitool certainly does have a place. With knives carrying a stigma in modern society there are only really a few good reasons for carrying a blade of any kind, and there must be very few backpackers that don’t carry something sharp in their rucksack. Inspired by the wholesome antics of such scallywags as the Famous Five, generations of children have badgered their parents for their very own pocketknife with which to whittle twigs and eat an apple really impressively. ![]()
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