Atwood Ti G2 Keyton - First Impressions

**EmTea** · 02-03-2012, 08:20 PM

Not sure if any you guys are up on EDC gear, but I figured this would be useful. For those not in the know Peter Atwood makes these incredible key-chain tools, knives, and slides. Mostly they are sold on his website on a first come first serve basis, often in small batches. There's a whole community behind his handmade tools, but I won't go into any more detail, just check out his site and search "Atwood tools" and you'll see some of his past work.

Earlier this week I was able to score a little key-chain tool, dubbed the "Keyton", mine is a second generation made of solid titanium. This tool has a bottle opener, two scewdriver/prytips, and a 1/4" hex opening.

Overall impresisons are good, since it's titanium it's really light and the stonewashed finish on these looks great. I'll test out the bottle opener more in depth this weekend (

, but it looks pretty sturdy though it may require two lifts to open a bottle.

Front:

Back:

Size comparison with keys/Benchmade Mini-Grip:

One caveat, for what these tools are, they aren't cheap. This one cost $68 shipped, granted this one is special because it's titanium, but even the CPM S30v steel versions cost almost $50. Is it worth it? Eh, it's hard to say. If you're a big gear snob, like myself, you'll get why these tools are cool and want to buy them. In all honesty, a cheap, often free, key chain bottle opener and a mini-pry bar would serve you just as well and cost half the price.

I'll keep you guys updated how this little guy performs.

Here is Peter's website, where you can buy his products (when they are for sale).

Planet Pocket Tool

**Strycnine** · 02-03-2012, 08:34 PM

I've seen some of his stuff...........and it's nice.

**EmTea** · 02-03-2012, 08:43 PM

Yeah, his blades are out of control. I know I have the bug because after I got this tool he posted the same one with rainbow anodizing and vintage tool die marks and I got really upset that I didn't wait for those to go on sale.