Shard vs Classic SD
2 tools, measured the same way from the same sources. 3 of 19 rows read the same on all of them; the ones that differ are what follows. A rust value is the better one in that row, grey is the worse, and a dash means we have not verified the field rather than that the tool lacks it.
Size & weight
Weight
28 g
21 g
Closed length
88.9 mm
58 mm
Width
—
18 mm
Thickness
—
9 mm
Tools & blade
Tool count
7
7
Blade steel
stainless steel
Martensitic stainless steel
Blade length
—
—
Ownership
MSRP
$7.99
$24
Cost per tool
$1.14
$3.43
Manufacturer
Gerber
Victorinox
Availability
In production
In production
Tools
Knife
—
✓
Screwdriver
—
✓
Flathead screwdriver
—
✓
Bottle opener
✓
—
Scissors
—
✓
File
—
✓
Tweezers
—
✓
Toothpick
—
✓
Buy if it is the cheaper of the two at $7.99; it works out at $1.14 per tool.
Buy if it saves 7 g over the other; it works out at $3.43 per tool.
Verdicts are built from the measured fields only. They are conditional by design:
which tool wins depends on what you are carrying it for.