If you drive for a living or consider yourself a responsible motorist, you should have a strap cutter within arm's reach at all times. You will avoid harm's way, of course, but people who spend a lot of time on the road are likely to be first responders when others are in trouble.

Note the price - new ones cost easily twice as much!

Pro Tip: Warehouse workers find this a handy and safe tool for cutting straps off cargo pallets and wholesale boxes. Also recommended to kite surfers.

The Gerber Strap Cutter is made from a single piece of 3 mm steel with a rubber-coated handle. It's fairly light and tiny, and a large cut-out serves as a finger-hole to keep the tool in control even with gloves on. The pommel has a lanyard hole and a glass breaker tip - which is often necessary in the same situations where you'd cut a seatbelt.

The sheath usually has a MALICE clip for attaching to MOLLE/PALS webbing or just a belt (up to 50 mm / 2" wide). In the latest batch, about 5 % of the cutters didn't have the clip, but PALS-compatible folks should have spares in their loot box. In the modern world of micro-aggressions, it's nice to notice that it's symmetrical to serve southpaws as well.

Overall length: 103 mm (4")

US military surplus

These were carried, but not necessarily used. The condition of the tool itself is especially good, but the pouches are perfectly valid also, just not factory new.