Forget everything you know about mini cutting tools – those are the words the folks behind CUTTIX lead with. To be frank, when I saw the CUTTIX for the first time, it hit me in waves. The compact knife is about the size of half your thumb, machined from titanium, comes with a retractable knife-steel blade, and what I can only describe as two-factor deployment. It looks nothing like the folding knives I’ve spoken about all these years, but performs just as effectively… and it’s tiny enough to fit around your keychain, occupying less space than most keys.
The folding knife format is yesterday’s news, if you ask me. It’s a little too done and dusted at this point, which is why the CUTTIX grabbed my eye the moment I saw it. You don’t deploy the CUTTIX the way you would a regular folding knife. You deploy it sort of like a switchblade, but a whole lot tinier. A slider lets you eject the CUTTIX’s scalpel-shaped blade, which can cut through everything, from paper to paracord. I’d recommend just owning one, stringing it on your keychain, and forgetting about it – because that’s really where the CUTTIX shines – in being on you at all times and coming handy exactly when you wished you really had a knife within reach.
Designer: Apekss
$69 (15% off). Hurry, only a few left!
Housed within a cylindrical body, almost like a metallic miniature lip-gloss, is the CUTTIX blade. The outer body, including the slider knob, is entirely machined from titanium, making it practically indestructible, waterproof, and corrosion-resistant. The shape is fairly satisfying, and treads the line between compactness and ergonomics. You can grip the entire knife squarely between your thumb and index finger, using it to cut through everything from Amazon boxes to even potentially a seatbelt in an emergency. Grooves machined onto the sides enhance your grip, giving you the dexterity you’d require with a knife that measures only 45mm (1.77″) long when closed!
The way the CUTTIX is deployed is fairly remarkable. It has a dual-stage or ‘two-factor’ system to prevent it from accidentally getting deployed when in your pocket or when not in use. On the end of the CUTTIX’s body is a rotating dial that locks or unlocks the sliding knob. Click the dial into the ‘open’ position, and the push the knob on the CUTTIX’s body downwards before sliding it forward to reveal the tiny yet powerful 20mm (0.7″) blade.
The blade, fashioned from durable cobalt-enriched N690 steel, handles everything from culinary to craft, and from hobbyist to tactical outdoor use. The scalpel profile makes it perfect for piercing, slashing, scoring, whittling, slicing, the works. The blade isn’t replaceable, the way most scalpel blades are, but the durable steel construction is designed to hold its edge well, even against hard materials like wood.
All this sits in a form factor tinier than your pinky finger and weighing a paltry 16 grams or 0.5 ounces (around 3 nickel coins, if you’re really counting). A hole on the back of the CUTTIX lets you string a keyring or paracord through it, making it perfect for EDC you can carry with you everywhere. The idea is to forget it’s even on you, except when you absolutely need it – that’s when the CUTTIX makes its mark… literally.
$69 (15% off). Hurry, only a few left!
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