I’m predisposed to love the CardSharp, just because of its name. I’m no big stickler for the use of “correct” English, but when the meanings of words drift we often lose very useful expressions. “Infer” is often used to mean “imply”, for example, and “random” is currently mangled to mean “unexpected”. And “card shark” is, of course, an ignorant deviation from “card sharp”.
The CardSharp is a knife that is created by unfolding a credit card-sized kit. The blade flips out, and the rest of the card folds over to make the handle. Here it is in action:
Neat, huh? And scarily easy to carry. The whole package is just 2mm thick, weighs only 13-grams, and the 65mm blade is made from stainless steel. I have no idea what it will look like on a baggage Xray screen, but my suspicion is that it will look a lot like the Swiss Army Card I have successfully (and usually unknowingly) taken onto most flights I have made over the last nine years.
Want one? The CardSharp will be on sale in January, for a very reasonable £15 ($23).
