Daiso Ceramic Fruit Knife - Cheap and Sharp, A Review

I found a small ceramic knife from Daiso Japan costing only RM5.90. Comes in a variety of colors. I took the blue as it looks the nicest of the bunch. Really sharp but brittle.



This knife is approximately 17 cm long with a blade of 8 cm. The handle is hard plastic and it comes with a plastic sheath that fits the blade snugly. There are cut-outs on the sheath that spells out "ERAMIC" (I believe you supposed to read it with the missing "C" made out of the curve at the end of the sheath).

I will use this knife as a letter opener. Hopefully the sharpness will stay on longer than a typical box cutter blade.

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Leatherman Super Tool 300 - A proper tool for the DIYer

The Leatherman Super Tool 300 is an 18 function toolkit which is more tool-like in construction. It is 5 inches in length when folded and is made out of both 420HC and 154CM stainless steel compounds. The manufacturer provides a 25 years guarantee.

The packaging is a simple cardboard box with the brand and logo printed on it. The box has sides painted either in yellow or black which I assumed must be the corporate colours.

The pocket knife/tool set comes with a nice canvas pouch that can be hung from the belt.

The tool looks very mechanical and steam-punk like.

There is also a folding manual that highlights the tools available. A number of models are also presented in the manual.

Just focus on the section on the model in question and it will tell you what types of tools available and their usage.

From a folding-knife perspective, on full extension it goes out to approximately 3.5 inches. Very sharp. For safety, there are locking lugs provided for both sides of the handle.

Here you can see the locking latch on one side of the handle.

The pliers in full extension.

Got this watch in Tokyo, Japan in 2013.