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Pocket knives are nothing new. Switch is something else entirely. Billed as the "ultimate modular utility device" it features 18 different attachments, the arrangement of which can be customised to suit your personal preferences.

Mix and match the tools you use most frequently, group them into different "themes" (such as outdoors, office, home), and customise Switch's width by swapping out the inner axles.

The Switch set includes:

• Two exterior body covers, for encasing the tool attachments.

• Two slotted caps to hold the tool together, which can be removed with the twist of a coin to disassemble the unit.

• Three interior axle assemblies - small (two to six tools), medium (four to 10 tools), and large (seven to 13 tools) - which can be swapped in and out depending on your desired tool width.

• 18 tool attachments: standard knife, pliers, scissors, nail file, tweezers, thin flathead screwdriver, phillips-head screwdriver, eyeglass phillips-head screwdriver, eyeglass flathead screwdriver, wood saw, serrated blade, corkscrew, combination bottle opener/flathead screwdriver, combination can opener/wire stripper, pen, magnifying glass, led flashlight, 1 GB memory stick.