We’ve all heard the phrase “don’t reinvent the wheel,” along with its many forms. If something is already perfect, you should spend your time inventing something else. Come up with your own ideas, dude! Create something new!
But dismissing the reinvention of the wheel assumes that whatever “wheel” is being reinvented can’t actually be made better in the first place, which is asinine. So it could be said that you shouldn’t try to reinvent the Swiss Army knife. After all, it’s widely considered to be a perfect object. And yet, here Civiviis, clearly trying to reinvent the wheel with the Crit – a knife that’s retro and modern and patterned after a Swiss Army knife and totally different at the same time. It follows the same concept – packing multiple implements as well as a knife into a single shape – but the way it goes about it is wholly different. It’s one of the coolest and most innovative knives I’ve gotten my hands on recently.
The Crit is currently available in three versions – the green Micarta tested here, as well as natural Jade G10 and Black G10. They all retail for around $73 at time of writing.
Not sure I am convinced of the utility of the accessory arm. Otherwise it looks like an Elementum. I really like that green Micarta though.
Read the whole thing at KnifeInformer.com