- Three blades included
- Blade folds out for use and in for storage
- Bottle opener
- Pry bar
- Cross and flat driver
Product Description
GERBER Artifact, Minimalist design makes this lightweight pocket-size tool the perfect companion when you just want the basics. The Artifact features an exchangable / removable #11 hobby blade, cross driver, small and medium flat drivers, wire stripper, pry bar/paint can opener and lanyard/keychain attachment hole. Simplicity is timeless. Includes 3 replacement blades and blade holder. Includes: – Lanyard/keychain attachment hole – Three replacement blades and blade holder Specifications: – Overall Length: 4.8″ – Length Closed: 3.5″ – Components: EAB #11 hobby blade, cross driver, small flat driver, medium flat driver, bottle opener, wire stripper, pry bar, lanyard – Handle Material: Stainless steel – Handle Color: Titanium nitrade coating, Mfg No: 22-41770, Manufacturer: Gerber BladesAmazon.com Product Description
The Gerber 22-41770 Artifact Pocket Keychain Tool is a pocket-sized companion, offering plenty of functionality in a minimalist package. With a #11 hobby blade, flat and Phillips drivers, wire stripper, pry bar, and more, the Artifact Pocket Keychain Tool helps you be prepared for almost anything, everywhere you go.
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Small Device Holds Eight Tools
The most useful tool is the one you have when you need it–and with the Artifact, all you have to do is reach for your keychain to find what you need. At just 3.5 inches closed, the Artifact is barely larger than a cigarette lighter, but Gerber still managed to pack eight different functions into its compact, easily portable form.
The Artifact includes a Phillips screwdriver, two flat-head screwdrivers, a bottle opener, pry bar, wire stripper, a knife that uses standard #11 blades, and a lanyard.
Durable Construction
Although it features a small profile, the Artifact is built for durability. It features stainless steel construction and has a titanium nitride coating for long-lasting durability.
What’s in the Box
Gerber 22-41770 Artifact Pocket Keychain Tool
Gerber 22-41770 Artifact Pocket Keychain Tool
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SAVE THE THUMBS. I love my Gerber Artifact tool, but there’s one issue. The blade arm is difficult to swing out from its safety position for use. After weeks of daily use, I learned the hard way and sliced my thumb to the bone trying to open it. As I type this, my thumb is hovering unused and bandaged over the keyboard. Since then, I think I’ve figured out a safe way to open the blade arm and I wanted to share it to try to spare the thumbs of others — use a coin to pry the blade arm out from its safety position. A quarter fits perfectly in the slot near the key chain loop on the tool. Stay safe.
Rating: 5 / 5
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Imagine reaching into your pocket for your keys and feeling a sharp pain followed by the warmth of flowing blood. This was my experience with this pocket tool, a long deep gash down one of my fingers that refused to stop bleeding. As a working plumber I thought this would be a good pocket tool to carry in addition to my multi tool for when I have crawled into a tight spot. Until they come up with a more secure lock my artifact will be just that, a artifact in my tool box.
Rating: 2 / 5
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Awesome look and feel. Having a nail puller around all the time can be surprisingly useful not only for nails but for removing screws and bolts that are stuck or aren’t threading out, and for prying all kinds of things apart. This helps make this tool a very good complement to when you have you big tool with you also, where as most micro tools are pretty worthless when you also have your bigger/faster/nicer/more productive tool with you.
The big downside is the knife is way to hard to open and every copy of this took I have seen at least one of the screws on the inside of the knife are not in straight as if all of them were threaded badly. Also they use screws that have a crazy small what seems like a torx head so its not very easy to try and adjust anything (I have at least 50 torx bits and non are this small).
The drivers on this could also be better, I find that both the flat head and the philips head manage often to just barely not work well enough, maybe a micro socket driver would have been a better choice, but then you would have to worry about keeping track of bits.
I think exacto knifes are awesomely sharp and useful but tend to be a lot more expensive, not as common, and have a lesser variety then razor blades, but I have a ton of razor blades so the exacto part was probably what sold me on this item.
This tool also has some heft to it which can both be a postive since it has a solid feel at makes some tools like the nail puller more useful but not always something you want in your ultra portable tool.
If I was going to buy only one (and normally a person only carries one small tool) I would suggest getting Gerbers moneyclip/razor blade combo knife which is probably my favorite razorblade out their since it so light, nice looking, doesn’t scream tool/knife, and is dirt cheap to get great blades for like the Stanley HD and the Lenox/Irwin blades. That tool has no other extra tools on it though, hopefully Gerber will combine these two tools so I can have more micro tools from them
Rating: 3 / 5
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I thought this might be a good tool to carry in my photo camera bag. I am always looking for a coin or other item to tighten the tripod screw securely. This pocket tool looked ideal. BUT, I have not found a task that it performs adequately. The screwdriver blade(s) are too thick to utilize for any screw tightening or removal. As a prying tool, it is too short to afford much leverage. The knife, an X-Acto type blade, is flimsy and difficult to open (and doubly hard to close). So, I am left with a poorly designed and not very well made tool that I am actually scared to try to use, It is the proverbial POS.
Rating: 1 / 5
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The “Pros” are all in the obvious…it’s a mini pry-bar/cap-lifter.
The “Cons” are:
1. The knife needs a better way to lock closed. It’s too hard to open safely, and is prone to keys and coins getting jammed in it. Some kind of button lock would help, or even better a slide-out design like a common box cutter.
2. The knife at least needs a better appearance. The rotating piece looks like it was a spare part from some other tool. It doesn’t fit with the handle at all, and ruins the overall appearance.
3. The Phillips screwdriver is not a standard shape. It looks like a #2, but is too pointy. And the flattened wings are too thick for small screws, so you have something that kind of works for #1 screws, poorly. Given the combo of cap-lifter and pry bar, a proper #2 tip would make sense.
I removed the knife from mine, and filled the handle with “QuickSteel”. I usually have 1 or 2 knives with me anyway, and the Artifact looks much better (and feels safer to use without the junky knife mechanism).
I might get another one and try some more creative modifications.
Rating: 3 / 5
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