Ruike M41B 18-Function Black G10 Multitool Knife

The Ruike M41B is an 18-function folding multitool with a 12C27 plain edge main blade and black G10 handle scales.

Twelve C27 is a Sandvik stainless usually found on knives rather than multitools, and it takes a considerably better edge than the generic stainless most multitool blades use. On a tool where the main blade does most of the work, that steel choice is the difference between a knife and a knife-shaped implement.

G10 scales are fiberglass cured in resin, which holds shape through heat, cold and damp where the molded plastic on cheaper multitools distorts. Eighteen functions is a full set, and the folding knife pattern keeps them all on one frame that still fits a pocket. Explore more multitools.

• 12C27 Sandvik steel, a knife steel not a tool steel
• Takes a far better edge than generic multitool stainless
• G10 scales hold shape through heat, cold and damp
• 18 functions on a pocketable folding frame