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Trending: Gerber Shard Keychain Multi-tool

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Mikey Bautista
Trending: Gerber Shard Keychain Multi-tool

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One of the most recommended and most carried pocket tools on our site is the Gerber Shard. Its small size and lack of blades makes it perfect for airline travel but gives you plenty of the functionality of a larger multi-tool. A wire stripper, flathead driver, and bottle opener are crammed into this small tool that can easily fit in your pocket. You can also wrap the handle in your favorite color paracord to add style and a little extra practicality. And with an easily accessible price point, it's an affordable and useful addition to any EDC.

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Mikey Bautista

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About the Author
Mikey Bautista is an everyday carry (EDC) expert who has been working with the EverydayCarry.com team for nearly a decade, starting with an interest in EDC as a hobby and ending up as a writer for the site in 2014. Through the years, he’s led the site in editorial content and writing about products across every category, from knives to bags to flashlights and everything in between, as well as discovering, bringing exposure, and building bridges with many brands in the industry. Today, he is the site's Director of Everyday Carry Operations, leading the editorial team and managing day-to-day operations.

He has lived through many personal and professional lives, spending nearly a decade in the workforce management industry, a minor career in gaming, and has lent a hand with entrepreneurial efforts back home in the Philippines. He has also been an active participant and helped build a number of significant social communities online, both for EDC and his other hobbies.

Mikey has been at the cusp of gaming, technology, and the internet since the ‘90s and continues to lend his experience, expertise, and authority to all his pursuits. When not online, in a game, or watching movies, you'll find him in the gym, speedrunning his next hobby, or talking at length about EDC with anyone willing to listen.

Discussion (1 total)

Dane Thomas ·
I have had the Shard on my keychain as a carry-on with no problem while passing through airports in Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, India, Ireland, Italy, Kuwait, Netherlands, Norway, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, and Zimbabwe. I have had other tools (with pliers and/or driver bits, but without knives) confiscated in China, South Africa, and Kuwait, but the Shard has been with me throughout and not been taken along with the others.