It's hard to argue that a utility knife is one of the top tools. When I'm doing DIY and woodworking, the tools I'm most likely to have in my pocket with me are

It's hard to argue that a utility knife is one of the top tools. When I'm doing DIY and woodworking, the tools I'm most likely to have in my pocket with me are: - Tape measure. - Utility knife. - Mechanical pencil. - Distant 4th: Screwdriver. - Even more Distant 5th: Linesman's Pliers (but I'm doing a lot of electrical work right now) In particular, a few years ago I switched to the Milwaukee FASTBACK utility knife. They have a belt/pocket clip, storage for extra blades, and different models have additional features like: scoring, gut hook, wire stripper, bottle opener, and they have a new one with a bit driver built in, and they're cheapish at $10-$20. Early ones had a far-too-easy to press blade removal button, but more recent versions have added a metal tab to protect it. On the screwdriver front, I went on a bit of a deep dive when Linus Tech Tips released their own $70 driver, which does look awesome, but in the end I decided I'm just not that picky and the one I usually reach for is the cheap "Amazon Basics 12-in-1". Fairly affordable at $13, and works fairly well. I had started off the attempt to replace my ~20 year old multi-bit ratcheting driver (because the plastic was starting to break down) with a ChannelLock that Wirecutter fawned over, but I ended up hating that one, largely because it used ball bearings for retaining the bits and 80% of the time I don't get the bit fully seated and then the bit falls out. I also tried the Williams WRS-1 at the recommendation of Project Farm, and it indeed does have a much better ratcheting mechanism, more akin to the LTT, but in the end I decided things like a little bit of wobble and slop don't really matter to me when I'm using it. Having 4-6 Amazons that are just laying around, vs. 2 Williams or 1 LTT for the same price is probably more valuable to me.