Wiha Tools USA has launched a new 51pc EDC knife maintenance tool kit in partnership with Knafs.
It’s only… $249.98, with the “Wiha Web Price” reflecting savings of $27.78 off the strike-through list price. (Why can’t they just say it’s $250?!)
The kit comes with a Knafs Lander 2 knife with Wiha branding and colorway, sharpening stone, prying tool, bit driver, 45x 4mm precision screwdriver bits, 2 screwdrivers in common Torx sizes, and a gasket-sealed foam-inlayed case to hold it all.
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The Knafs Lander 2 EDC folding knife is $130 at Amazon, although not with a Wiha color scheme. It’s described as having a “tinker friendly” design with swappable handle scales and a reversible pocket clip.
Personally, I don’t see $250 of value here, but that’s just me. Still, it looks like an interesting collaboration, and the value might be there for collectors.
Despite my feelings about Wiha dipping into FOMO product territory way too often these days, their precision/micro bits tend to be very good.
If you want the knife and the bit set, this could be a decent buy.
A lot of the components are available separately. The Knafs Torx bit driver, for example, can be purchased via Amazon and many knife dealers.
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fred
I think that I agree with “value for collectors” idea. The idea of an EDC knife packaged in a foam line case – seems more like it being for display rather than for everyday use. But I’m not a knife aficionado – so I’ll defer to the thoughts from others.
Jeff
Yeah I can see this selling well in the knife modifying world. It is pricey, but the Lander 2 is a $130 knife. You could probably buy it all individually for closer to 200, but the case is pretty cool if you plan to work out of it.
The real magic in that case is the Knafs bit driver. Feels great, holds three bits and is only $25 w/ 3 torx bits. Add $10 and get the 3D printed “launchpad” tool organizer. Holds a bunch of 4mm and 1/4″ bits and a few tools, with space for screws and stuff. Add whatever other bits you need, and that’s a really great knife tool setup for way cheaper.
RD
“It’s only… $249.98, with the “Wiha Web Price” reflecting savings of $27.78 off the strike-through list price. (Why can’t they just say it’s $250?!)”
Well, you want my two cents on that?
….:D
Peter
Haha!
Alexk
Never heard of Knafs before. I went to their site and really liked the way the owner talks about the company.
So much so, that I’d like to support it somehow. I will have to wrap my head around spending $130 for a knife not made in the USA. Oh, and also spending that much for a knife that will always stay at home, next to my Benchmade mini griptillian while I carry my red Milwaukee folder that just won’t get lost or break. Need/want a folder that I can open and close with one hand while working on a ladder and is “affordable”.
Greg
Alexk,
Ben and his wife Athena are top notch people. Have met them both in person at Blade Show in Atlanta. Most people in the knife community are pretty nice folks, but they just take it too another level. They care very much about their products, but more importantly perhaps, the building of relationships. Would highly encourage people to support the Knafs brand based on that alone.
Alexk
Thanks for the feedback
Albert D
The cjrb Pyrite (all of em aside from the full dress version) is a smoking deal and fits your criteria!
Edward Sichler
AlexK, take a look at the Kershaw Chive, an assistsed opener. the steel is ok and it opens pretty easy and is not too large nor too heavy. Cost is around $50 but you may be able to find it on sale for less.
Robert
“Why can’t they just say it’s $250?!”
The story I once read was in the 1800s, when a penny was a non-trivial amount of money, merchants dropped whole dollar pricing by a penny to catch buyers’ eyes.
Stuart
Well, yes.
But in this case it’s launching with “list price” and lower “Wiha web price.”
This is exclusive to Wiha’s website, so why not just have one single price and say “here’s the price.” The “save $28.78” price bugs me more than the .98 part.
I find pricing games to be very off-putting.
Brad
I agree, its quite off putting. I had a marketing teacher who used to do pricing for a large manufacturing company. She explained to me that the reason for products being released at a “sale price” is purely to grab customers who refuse to buy unless they feel they are “getting a deal”.
CMF
Yes, it is off-putting.
As well as websites that have regular price, with sale price right beside it, and it is always on sale all year long, never regular price???
It’s all marketing intended for the consumer, which marketing departments believe are easily fooled.
Mitherial
I am not the target audience for this setup (as I’d rather have a more comprehensive small-driver kit)–but even so, this setup would actuall make much more sense if it did *not* include storage for a single knife inside the box. If you are enough of a knife enthusiast to buy something like this, you would want one box for your “repair” kit and a *separate* box / case / whatever to store your knife collection in. The person who would want a “edc repair kit” and only owns one modifiable edc knife almost certainly does not exist.
Mike
The Landers trick is Knafs released the STL for the scales making them insanely customizable. Otherwise is an average knife for the price as a stand alone item.
J. Newell
I agree with Jeff that the Knaf’s 4mm driver is an exceptionally great driver. I bought one so I could evaluate the driver and quickly bought another. I removed the O-rings that are intended to reduce the risk of losing the three on-board driver bits because mine live in a tool kit that I assembled to deal with my knife maintenance and repair needs.
JR Ramos
The driver got my attention – never heard of Knaf before – but I don’t like the design enough to buy one. The o-rings seem clever but just…in the way. I’m sure for small knife screws it’s totally fine but to me it look like it missed the mark on where flats are and where spinning places are for where you want to apply torque or spin the shaft. Ball bearing cap is a 100% winner, though.
The iFixit metal drivers are fantastic but no bit storage (and a bit larger). An excellent sleeper favorite is the driver handle included in Tekton’s little “rescue” bit kit, which is sadly now discontinued but they have them in their outlet store for around $26. Aluminum handle, ball bearing cap that is silky smooth even under excessive pressure, and mag bit retention. The bits are actually very good quality too and they include some longer shank ones, plus some pry/tweezer extras. It’s a great kit if for nothing else than the driver handle. I wish someone would bring out a bearing cap handle that also had in-handle bit storage. The old Husky was great in every way but the lack of a bearing. I think it could be done.
Stephen C Williams
I bought the Makita oil drive impact quite a few years ago. I can’t remember. It was expensive but well worth it. You don’t give yourself a headache or everybody else around you. A headache. There’s more control with it as well. And, it’s made in Japan.
CMF
I am middle of the road when it comes to knife knowledge, and not familiar with this brand. Seems a bit expensive.