This Unique Multi-Tool Has a Function We’ve Never Seen Before

In addition to resembling alien weaponry, the Titanium Blade Shadow splits in half to deploy a steel wire saw.

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Spend a little time on Kickstarter, and it’s quite easy to send yourself spiraling down a deep and terrifying knife and EDC rabbit hole. There’s no shortage of half-baked ideas or, perhaps worse, items that look no different or better than what already exists.

Let’s be honest: At first glance, this thing does not resemble a game-changing multi-tool. We’d put it closer to something the Predator keeps on his wrist and uses to fire deadly projectiles — or maybe the deadly projectiles themselves.

But every once in a while, you’ll come across a promising project, one that makes you think: Ya know what? This thing’s got a shot. That’s the reaction we had upon encountering EDC-Angie’s rather ominously named Titanium Blade Shadow — and its steel wire saw, in particular.

Titanium Blade Shadow

Let’s be honest: At first glance, this thing does not resemble a game-changing multi-tool. We’d put it closer to something the Predator keeps on his wrist and uses to fire deadly projectiles — or maybe the deadly projectiles themselves.

But look a little deeper and you’ll see it delivers a number of cool functions. The headline, of course, is that it packs a length of steel wire that, when the unit is separated into two halves, becomes a pretty badass two-hand saw. The GIF below, showing it spring into action to cut through some fairly thick branches, kinda says it all.

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Attach the wire to the Blade Shadow’s two separate pieces and they become handles for a two-hand saw.
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From what we can tell, the Hong Kong-based EDC-Angie team put some real thought and care into the mechanics and construction here. As they point out on the Kickstarter page: “The Blade Shadow has a special loop-winding groove to allow for complete wrapping of the cord. Because the wire saw has tension and can’t be tightly wound together, we have cleverly added fixed posts on the side to effectively keep the wire saw under control, avoiding the risk of [it] coming loose on its own when carrying around.”

They also understand that this thing would hardly qualify as a multi-tool if sawing was all it could do. (Really, how often in everyday life are you actually going to need to saw through some hefty branches?)

It has a number of other capabilities on the flip side (the side you don’t wrap the wire around). Like the wire saw, these features can be accessed by pulling the two angular, asymmetrical parts — normally held together by magnets — apart.

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The two pieces, when not held together with magnets, each pack a few handy functions of their own.
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Some of the more notable functions include pry bar, nail puller, flathead screwdriver, bottle opener and window breaker. The two pieces also host five sizes of hexagonal holes — perfectly adapted to M2, M3, M3.5, M4 and M5 nuts and M3, M4 and M5 bolts.

Additionally, to put the included 1/6in and 1/4in Phillips head screwdriver bits to work, you can insert them into the ratcheting mechanism, as shown in the GIF below.

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The ratcheting mechanism looks pretty sturdy and reliable.
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As the name suggests, the Titanium Blade Shadow is CNC machined out of low-density Grade 5 Titanium. This material is used in a lot of multi-tools we’ve covered because it’s lightweight, durable and rust- and corrosion-resistant.

One other feature that’s a bit hard to quantify is how fun it looks to just play around with the Blade Shadow’s two magnetized pieces. It’s that factor that reminds us of the best-case scenario for this particular project and this product.

Because there’s another fidget-friendly multi-tool with a game-changing central function that relies upon separating into two distinct handle components: a little gadget called a Leatherman.

Availability and pricing

The Titanium Blade Shadow is currently raising funds on Kickstarter, with a starting “super early bird” pledge of $66 (35% off MSRP) for a single unit. Estimated delivery is December 2024.

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