Multi Drive Black Steel

We started with a simple idea; we wanted to make a really great craft knife. Having used pretty much every kind of scalpel knife and weird ergo handle over the years, we knew we could bring some MetMo magic to a tool every maker needs in their arsenal. But this hunt for the perfect knife quickly made us realise something much more interesting. 

Multi Drive is in a class of its own, letting you carry a small tool set that can be used on nearly anything you want to turn your hand to. Designed to feel familiar like a pencil, working with it feels totally natural and enjoyable. 

Is that a workshop in your pocket or are you just happy to see me? Carry a small arsenal of capable tools in your pocket. The slimline and modular design of each part lets you carry the workshop classics wherever you go, so you can set up and start creating anywhere. 

Utilising a machine collet system pioneered 150 years ago and perfected by engineers in the 70’s for holding high speed machine tools perfectly centralised and stable, we've brought the past to the modern age. 

Originally they were developed by watch makers to be able to hold and machine the tiny precision mechanisms needed inside of watches! 

Similar mechanisms are used on other powered micro tools, but when you get down to it they're nothing like the quality and precision of the originals. We have miniaturised and modernised the materials, taking inspiration from the collets used in some of our marking out tools that are over 40 years old and still work flawlessly. 

"Why?" I hear you ask… Collets give an unbelievable level of precision grip in Multi Drive, which means that it holds graphite, drive bits, or anything totally rock solid, with no wobbling or play between the parts, connecting you with the business end of the tool like it was forged in one piece unlike any other multi tool.

We were tired of using tools that after 10 minutes of applying pressure leave you with knife handle imprints in your fingers. So we made everything round, smooth and comfortable to hold. Mankind did it for pens, so why can’t MetMo-kind do it for our tools?

A simple yet comfortable design gives the perfect control for any hand held crafting.

Modern tools are made to a price, and most use cheap plastics and components that are designed to break after a limited number of uses. We wanted to make something with a full metal construction to bring engineering grade quality production into the world of craft tools, to create something that would stand the test of time, putting fun and precision back into the task at hand.

Neatly sits in your pocket, ready for action as a pencil or driver, (though not advised with the knife unless you like holes in your pockets…). So, why not adorn your top pocket with some next level equipment and be ready for when a colleague asks “does anyone have a 0.8 Pentalobe?”  

Designed to be more than a screwdriver. We've removed the perfect amount of metal at both ends so it has the balance of a high-end executive pen, allowing you to simply enjoy the process of what you're working on. 

A fine, slimmed down tip allows for full visibility of what you are working on. Ideal for those tiny screws where you need to see what you are doing and allowing light to reach your work area, Multi Drive makes life that much easier. 

A uniquely engineered hexagon locking mechanism seamlessly turns the handle into a driver that won't slip or flex, letting you put as much force as you need into screws without damaging the driver.

Drill all the way down to 0.5mm with ultimate control, venturing where powered drills fear to tread. Micro drill bits (or pin drills as they're sometimes called) are perfect for clearing out holes on Airfix models or mounting your Black Templars sword to be painted. 

Works with all standardised stainless-steel scalpel blades, so you can use a wide variety of tried and tested blades that are easy to get hold of. Trusted by the professionals and ideal for fine work with paper and plastics or finishing 3D prints, these are versatile tools that get the job done. Watch the fingers though, these are purposely designed to cut you with little to no effort! (The best surgical blades in the world are made just 30 miles away from MetMo HQ!) 

Dating back to Mesopotamia and clay tablets, the humble scribe has stuck with us and is still one of the most precise ways to mark out metal and plastics. Our scribe has a hardened tip, designed to stay sharp and leave a permanent mark on any hard surface. Once loaded into Multi Drive it allows you to work like you would using a pencil, giving you more control in the high stakes world of metal marking or the even higher stakes game of hand-etching your name into your other tools!

The frustration of broken pencil leads will be a thing of the past. Housing the graphite rods in 1.5mm of metal protects it from impact, saving you time in sharpening pencil wood to find the ghost of a lead that was once living within. 

Load up Multi Drive with the specially designed tips that pack a punch. Built to perform, each one is tailored to the specific job, so there are no compromises like you get with a traditional multi tool. 

Like all of our drivers, we have put Multi Drive through torque testing. For the Micro Driver attachment we decided that it didn't need to withstand any extreme loads, since that would break, strip or deform any fragile micro screw. 

We still tested it well beyond what a micro screw would need, pushing it to 2.2Nm (a wood screw typically takes 1.5Nm of force to drive into wood!). We figured if what you're working on needs more than that, it's time to crack out Pocket Driver! 

We stopped at 2.2Nm mainly because it was impossible to apply more force at that point without injury, even with a modified lever attached to the handle.