Pockets keep an honest tally of how much clutter daily life demands. A blade for random tasks, a bottle opener, a strap cutter kept in the glovebox, and folded cash wedged behind a phone case. Harnds looked at that pile and designed the Sidekick, a folding knife barely bigger than your palm that combines a blade, opener, rope cutter, window breaker, and cash clip into one body.
As EDC enthusiasts, the team behind Harnds grew tired of the usual compromise. Most pocket knives fall into two camps: sharp but single-purpose, or loaded with gadgets yet bulky and cheaply built. Plenty of multi-tools sacrifice blade quality to cram in extra features, leaving you stuck between something sharp and something useful. The Sidekick tries to close that gap instead of picking a side.
Designer: Harnds
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That balance starts with the blade. The steel holds an edge through small daily tasks: slicing open a delivery box, trimming loose thread, peeling fruit on a hike, prepping food at a campsite. A satin finish keeps the surface smooth and easy to wipe clean. Nothing about it feels tacked on; it reads like a proper knife that happens to do more.
Tucked into the body is a hidden hook built for cutting paracord, seatbelts, and rope, providing safe and precise escape during emergencies. The enclosed design keeps the cutting edge away from skin and gear, avoiding accidental scratching. It’s the sort of detail you forget exists until a stuck buckle or tangled line reminds you why it matters.
At one end sits a hardened tip designed to break a car window in an emergency, a feature most people hope to never use but are glad to have. It gives drivers and hikers a small, reliable backup when seconds matter and options run out. Paired with the rope cutter, it turns the Sidekick into something closer to a compact emergency kit than a simple pocket knife.
The mood shifts with the next two features. A bottle opener built into the handle makes the knife a natural fit for camping trips or any gathering where someone forgot to pack one. Nearby, a built-in card and cash clip frees up space in a wallet, holding a few bills flat against the body. Together, they nudge the Sidekick into daily rotation.
Deploying all of this comes down to a button lock riding on smooth bearings, letting the blade snap open or closed with one hand. That matters more than it sounds: reaching for a knife while holding a grocery bag or a coffee cup is common, and fumbling with a stiff mechanism defeats the purpose of carrying something compact. The lock keeps things quick without feeling loose.
The entire premise goes out the window if the knife itself were bulky. The Sidekick measures 4.53 inches overall, with a 1.65-inch edge, and weighs just 2.39 ounces, light enough to disappear in a front pocket or the corner of a bag. That kind of restraint takes real engineering, since packing five functions into a small shell usually means sacrificing size, weight, or both.
Harnds offers the Sidekick in two builds. The everyday version pairs 9Cr18MoV steel with a textured G10 handle, built for commuters and first-time EDC carriers who want durability without a steep price. The special edition steps up to M390 steel, prized for edge retention and corrosion resistance, wrapped in a carbon fiber handle, for collectors chasing sharper performance.
That carbon fiber handle carries its own quirk worth mentioning. Each one is infused with random streaks of red, yellow, blue, or green against a black base, so no two knives look quite alike. It’s a small touch, but it turns a tool into something more personal to carry. Fitting a blade, opener, cutter, breaker, and clip into one small shape without feeling crowded is a difficult trick.
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