Wingman vs Black Knight
2 tools, measured the same way from the same sources. 12 of 27 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
198 g
203 g
Closed length
96.5 mm
106 mm
Width
32.3 mm
36 mm
Thickness
14.2 mm
21 mm
Tools & blade
Tool count
14
11
Blade steel
420HC stainless steel
5Cr15MoV
Blade length
66 mm
77 mm
Ownership
MSRP
$49.95
$39.99
Cost per tool
$3.57
$3.64
Manufacturer
Leatherman
NexTool
Availability
In production
In production
Tools
Pliers
✓
✓
Needlenose pliers
✓
✓
Regular pliers
✓
✓
Wire cutters
✓
✓
Knife
✓
✓
Plain-edge knife
—
✓
Screwdriver
✓
✓
Phillips screwdriver
✓
✓
Flathead screwdriver
✓
✓
Bit driver
—
✓
Bottle opener
✓
✓
Can opener
✓
—
Scissors
✓
✓
Saw
—
✓
File
✓
✓
Ruler
✓
—
Buy if it saves 5 g over the other; it carries 3 more tools than the other, and it works out at $3.57 per tool.
Buy if it is the cheaper of the two at $39.99; it works out at $3.64 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.