Silver Blade EDC Tool vs Explorer
2 tools, measured the same way from the same sources. 4 of 23 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
95 g
101 g
Closed length
85 mm
91 mm
Width
51.7 mm
26 mm
Thickness
7 mm
22 mm
Tools & blade
Tool count
14
16
Blade steel
420J1
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Blade length
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Ownership
MSRP
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Cost per tool
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Manufacturer
NexTool
Victorinox
Availability
In production
In production
Tools
Knife
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✓
Plain-edge knife
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✓
Screwdriver
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✓
Phillips screwdriver
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✓
Flathead screwdriver
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✓
Bottle opener
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✓
Can opener
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✓
Corkscrew
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✓
Scissors
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✓
Awl
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✓
Tweezers
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✓
Toothpick
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✓
Buy if it saves 7 g over the other.
Buy if it carries 2 more tools than the other.
Verdicts are built from the measured fields only. They are conditional by design:
which tool wins depends on what you are carrying it for.