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The Picatinny Tool - Crimson Trace multitool has a sturdy feel and practical makeup.
We got our hands on a picatinny tool (AKA 1913 rail named for its origins at the Picatinny Arsenal in New Jersey back in the day) from CRKT (Columbia River Knife & Tool) to do a gun gear review on and figured it was worthy of a video review and not just a write up. Here’s the best part…
WE’RE GIVING THIS PICATINNY TOOL AWAY!!! All YOU have to do is leave a comment on this post telling us how you’d use it. Be creative, be honest, it MIGHT just play into the final drawing! The giveaway starts immediately with this post going live and will close at 12:00pm/NOON on Monday November 7.
Like all blades from CRKT, this one comes razor sharp, so watch yourself!
The picatinny tool is straight forward enough in design. First look at it and you get the impression that this is the swiss army knife of the shooting world. The belly of it opens up with a serrated edge just the right size to have as a utility blade for the range. On one side “CRKT” is stamped with “picatinny tool” emblazoned on the other side. Other tools opening up from the inside include a bladed scraper with an 8mm hex wrench built in, and an rounded edge ejector pin used for clearing failures to feed and removing slide release pins. The front grip panel has two allen wrenches molded directly in and made to adjust and disassemble Crimson Trace lasers/lasergrips. The reverse grip panel and back side contain a hex driver with four different heads: a straight blade, phillips head, T20 torx head, and 3/32 Hex head.
All of the above include some of the most commonly needed tools for the range, peripheral maintenance and is rounded off with a sturdy belt/pocket clip to help your picatinny tool stay put on your person, your range bag or your go back or tactical vest. The applications really are endless. Remember too, this item is as new in box unused and unabused. I’ve shared the details about applications and construction without adding any distress or wear and tear to the product, so we’re not giving away sloppy seconds, this sucker is NEW!
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30 Responses to CRKT/CTC Picatinny Multi Tool Review
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You want honesty?
Here goes:
I have ZERO weapons with a picatinny rail, but that’s not to say I won’t EVER have any. This tool, should I win, will go directly into my range/field bag and will no-doubt make me look WAY cooler than I really am should anyone notice me using it to clean out the dirt from under my fingernails and/or use on one of my non-picatinny-rail-having guns.
NICE! I like the “cleaning out the dirt from under your fingernails” idea. Would be perfect for that. And honestly I think it could more fairly be called the “picatinny tool” if it actually mounted to a pic rail. Know what I mean?
I really like the little tool.. I would put it in my hunting pack , you can never have to many tools at your disposal!!!
This will be a space saver! I’m fascinated with knives anyway and always looking for a better muti-tool. I can save a bit of space in my bug out bag as well! Nice review of an potentially awesome tool. If won, I would give a review.
I would duct tape a real Crimson Trace laser to it (to match the branding, of course). That way I could tactically work on my AR with pin-point accuracy and at reflexive-fire speeds. Also good for sighting in when knife fighting zombies.
Love it, Jason! Thanks for the comment!
Wow!!! This is perfect for the firearms that I have. Both my Saiga and AR have rails and unfortunately I only have one MAGPUL AFG2 so this tool would allow me to effortlessly swap the AFG between the two. Awesome concept. Plus the knife part would come in handy when playing around in the swamp to scrape the blood-sucking leeches off my skin, like in Rambo you know. Just kidding there aren’t any swamps in Colorado.
Great practical use idea, Dale!
Thanks.
I am an RSO at our local Gun Club the Picatinny Multi Tool would come in handy helping shooters clear Jams and remedy problems with their firearms.
The unselfish one! Thanks for weighing in, Richard!
I’d use this tool to help push outbthe pin on my LCP. Of course that’s overkill for this beauty but at least the other folks at thevrange would think I had a black rifle orvtwo back home!
I’m a medically retired U.S. Army Infantryman with an AR 15 obsession. I was looking for reviews to decide whether or not to buy this and came across your site. Nice review, you sold me. I spend most of my time building and shooting AR’s so this would be perfect to have on my work bench and in my range bag to save some space. Thanks for the review!
Honored to have you comment on our post, AND that our review was that convincing. I’m sure the folks at CRKT will be happy to hear about your decision. Thank you for your service to our country!
Me? I would use it to open boxes.
Oh, and maybe tinker around with all the rails that seemed to have ended up attached to almost every firearm I own…
I could really use this multitool!! I would use the scraper to finally get the chewing gum out of the tread of my Chuck Taylor All-Star high tops… it’s been in there for years. I could also, inconspicuously, carry a blade to protect myself from the gang bangers that hang out and rob people around my college campus. A gun would be better, but not allowed.. and I am pretty decent with a knife so it would work. Lastly, I do own a shotgun, a carbine, and a few handguns and all of them have picatinny rails installed. I am sure the rangemasters at my local ranges would appreciate it if I quit asking them to borrow tools.
Thanks… hope I win!!!!
wow awesome knife tool! i would use this as a my range/ bug out bag knife! also as an emergency repair tool for my AR-15 or as a take down tool for removing my CTC laser sight from my Glock 27. this thing truly is a shooters knife
I would be honored to have and use this wonderful tool. I would keep it with me on a daily basis and use it to help keep my AR and all my attachments on my AR running smooth. I am sure I would find many other uses for the CRKT/CTC Picatinny Multi Tool in my daily life. Not to mention I would enjoy showing it off to all my friends at work.
I don’t personally don’t own an AR, it’s in the works but still trying to get my wife on board with getting another gun. But as an 11b I would use the hell out of it with my M4A1. We are constantly out in the field and it never hurts to have a quality field tool. What I like about this certain tool is that they built everything around the knife instead of the other way around.this obviously has a lot of versatility but I also see it as a decent tool to use to clean an AR platform with all of its unique tools.
I bought my wife a p3AT with CTC, but for myself I’ll be getting a PF9 with the rail on the bottom of the barrel. I would hot-swap the tool with a rail laser like slapping on a bayonet, so when they rush my blind and I’m outta rounds I can jump out and yell CHARGE!!!
(ok, just a little dramatic)
Ha! Well thought out, Ted. I can tell you’ve had dreams about the scenario!
If I had one of these tools it would live with my main AR: http://www.eyesneverclosed.com/2011/01/18/ebr/
There is always room for another knife, and the added tools will aid in break down, cleaning the carbon off my bolt, etc. Plus the thing is just cool.
Maybe it wont live with my AR. Maybe I’d turn it into my EDC. I have a Kershaw RAM that I carry every day, and not that there is anything wrong with it (great knife!) – I just want something different.
Maybe I’ll need to win this one, and buy a second so one can be in my pocket and one in my rifle bag.
Kudos for throwing in the comment on the Kershaw RAM. The most underrated knife inthe last 5 years.
Holy cow, what would I not do with this? I see one of these in my range bag and one in my pocket.
For that matter, they look like they would fit well in Christmas stockings. I hope my son doesn’t read this.
I would use this CRKT tool for everything I use my other CRKT knives for. As a knife they are great tools but as a company, there couldn’t be any more helpfull and kind. Win or lose inwill be getting one of these for sure.
Hey Rick,
Thanks for the comment, sir. Unfortunately our drawing was this past Monday. Stay tuned for more giveaways in the near future!
I’d use it all the time out here in Bagram, Afghanistan. I’d use it when I’m eating instead of the flimsy plastic knives we get at the chow hall. You can’t cut this dried chicken without some actual steel. And I’d def use it on the job doing Comm cable installations and maintenance. It carries actual useful tools that i dont carry with me, ever! Scraper replaces my razor blade i never carry, and i dont even have a hex or square bit. No one else in the AOR has it, I must!
Awesome!! I am so excited that I won the contest! I can’t wait to receive the CRKT/CTC multitool and start putting it to good use. I will be sure to post my own mini-review and some photos/video of it in action once I get it.
Thanks Ebbs and Haus of Guns!!!
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Cool tool, really would make a nice addition to my S&W AR-15 as a go-tool for the range, and other activities.