Got my (pre-order special offer) Metmo Edge:
My thanks for doing it in titanium! It makes it quite light in the pocket, and doesn’t show any scratching/wear yet.
And, my belated thanks for the wonderful present last year of the model and chocolate — need to find time and space to set up a model-making station and put my Multi Drive to work on it….
Hopefully better photos presently.
This is photography fit for the product page on the MetMo website itself 
We’ve found a lot of joy in being able to bring back a bit of Titanium to the MetMo repertoire, hopefully there’s more to come too 
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You’re very welcome! We’d love to see your setup once you’re all sorted!
Okay, tried it out for a few days — the great:
The one negative is that the blade length/shape isn’t sufficient for breaking down a cardboard box (which to be fair, it wasn’t designed to do).
My father carried a miniature Stanley utility knife, like to the Omega Pocket Knife made in Japan/Spain back in the 60s:
(for so long that the chrome plating on the button wore off revealing the brass)
and it is just about perfect for that, balancing blade length (just enough), tool length (fits in a pocket, but is long enough to have a secure grip).
Excel used to make a clone, but it seems to be discontinued and they only make the replacement blades:
(and now I’m worried those will be discontinued… are they available in the UK?)
Anyway, if you can source the blades reliably, then making a “Metmo Edge Exchange a Blade” which accepted such blades and was suited to pocket carry (physical detent to hold blade in closed position) would be something I’d be very interested in.
As it is, I ordered the example from the above photo and will either start carrying it, or make something like to it on my own.
Hey Will,
Thank you for the feedback on our new MetMo Edge! I’ve been using it to break down Amazon boxes quite regularly, when you say break down boxes are they standard cardboard or heavy duty stock?
I’ve not seen the blades with three holes in before, the most common ones here are the basic Stanley style with the hooks on the top edge. We’ve never done a bladed tool before, so it was great to see Edge being so popular and that means we should definitely take a look at some other options like the Omega you shared!
Cheers,
Sean
A lot of the boxes I break down are double-corrugated, because we tend to order heavy stuff — now that I say that and think on it, the lighter/thinner boxes cut well enough, so this is on me for not choosing the right tool for the job.
I’ve seen the blades w/ both one and three holes — I think three holes is a recent innovation, and I wonder if something interesting could be done with that. FWIW, I’ve spent way too much time on-line looking for a utility knife as described above and come up short — in particular, I find the more than half the blade presentation some recent designs have had downright scary and almost (not finding the right pejorative, unnecessarily?) weapon-like. Kind of kicking myself for not backing the recent “Maker Knife II”, but I’m going to wait for reviews.
I kind of wonder if a ceramic blade would be worth investigating — there was one I backed on Kickstarter a while back which didn’t work out — I’ll see if I can do a photo shoot of my gallery of bad decisions on Kickstarter…
That said, the Metmo Edge was the perfect tool for a task over the weekend — cleaning the corrosion off of a battery powered clock/thermometer and its sensor unit:
No picture, but it has earned its place on the carabiner which I use for my car or truck key (depending on which I’m driving) and if I’m not driving, it’s hanging by the door, so that it can be easily grabbed when needed.
Thanks again for a delightful (and light-weight!) tool which is a great adjunct to my (overstuffed) pockets.
