This Might Be the Tiniest, Mightiest EDC Knife Ever

The tinyBlade raises the question: How tiny is too tiny?

Published November 4, 2024

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As easy as it can be to get caught up in the beauty of a big blade, the benefits of tiny knives have been well documented on these pages.

The tinyBlade is in fact a multi-tool. On the bottom of the handle, you’ll find some fierce-looking teeth that serve as a nifty bottle opener. Meanwhile, the keychain hole doubles as a slotted hex driver for small screwdriver bits.

So many everyday tasks require very little in the way of an effective edge, giving a huge advantage to the blade that’s easy to stash. Because as former GP outdoorsman extraordinaire Tanner Bowden once eloquently put it: “The best knife is the one you have on you.”

Now a new knife is making waves on Kickstarter by pushing that thesis to its logical extreme. It’s called the tinyBlade, and boy is that moniker accurate.

tinyblade package tape slice — The tinyBlade in its happy place: slicing opening a taped cardboard box.

Knife to meet you

The tinyBlade has emerged from the mind of one Raja Ibrahim, a London-based entrepreneur operating under the shingle Man of Gear. It truly is a tiny knife, with a closed length of 1.57 inches and an open length of 2.2 inches.

The blade itself measures 1.06 inches, but it makes the most of its size with quality material: M390 steel, prized for its edge retention, corrosion resistance and toughness.

tinyblade blade — When you’re made of M390 steel, perhaps size is overrated.

Deployed via a firm pull of the teardrop cutout, the blade stays in place via a sturdy frame lock. There’s even a bit of jimping on the spine that extends to the back of the 3Cr13 stainless steel handle, improving your grip for detail work. (And with this knife, it’s almost all detail work.)

While we’ve been calling the tinyBlade a knife, it is in fact a multi-tool. On the bottom of the handle, you’ll find some fierce-looking teeth that serve as a nifty bottle opener. Meanwhile, the keychain hole doubles as a slotted hex driver for small screwdriver bits.

tinyblade bottle opener — Despite its diminutive stature, the knife boasts additional functions: hex driver and bottle opener!

While it is hard to say how well these functions actually work in practice, the promo video at least makes it appear that the cutting power is formidable and the bottle opening is smooth.

We would not exactly be pumped to step into the backcountry with this as our only knife — or even take it on a picnic, as a bigger-than-average apple might push its capability to the limit.

tinyblade keychain — If you had any questions about the tinyBlade’s relative size, this photo should answer them.

But hey, at the $30 pledge level for a single unit, we’d be fairly stoked to throw it on a keychain or in a wallet and and forget all about it till it’s time to cut open a box or pop a bottle.

Availability and pricing

The tinyBlade is currently funding on Kickstarter, having raised more than 22 times its modest funding goal with 17 days to go. You can get in on the ground floor for $30.