Environmental Friendly and Cheap Materials

My goal for today is to determine what materials I should use, these materials must be cheap and environmentally friendly.

For the frame of the tool I have three options: a hardened stainless steel with a black teflon coating, a vanadium steel, also with a black teflon coating and finally a hardened tungsten steel.

-Hardened Stainless Steel
The advantages are of course the general price of stainless steel, being a cheap material to manufacture it would be a viable option. It is also environmentally friendly to manufacture, since the steel only needs to be  treated.
-Vanadium Steel
The advantages that Vanadium Steel has over the stainless steel and the tungsten is that is harder and also that it is also not as porous. The disadvantage are that is more expensive than the other two medals and that is it. It is not a viable option.
-Tungsten Steel
The only advantage that Tungsten has over the other two metals is that it can resist heat much better than the other two metals and that it is cheaper then the Vanadium. It is not a viable option.

Overall I will you use the hardened stainless steel because firstly it is cheaper than the other two options because the only process is treating the steel. Another advantage is that it is environmentally friendly to manufacture and that it is easy to manufacture. Stainless steel itself is quite resilient to many elements such as rust and dents from everyday use, and with a black teflon coating, not only will it give it a appealing look but protect even more. Even though I have not talked about the material for a handle, I've determined that I will use a red translucent plastic, just like swiss army.

Three Utility Tools on the Market

My goals for today are to examine three utility tools that are already on the market. I will examine the tools and make up of the tool.

The Leatherman tool is a multi-purpose utility tool, not a knife. It fulfils the role of a worksite tool, more than a Swiss Army or Victorinox would, those knives are more suited for camping or scouts etc. Heavy duty it features a hardened, surgical-grade stainless steel body and handles, this reduces the risk of the tool rusting. The tool itself features 18 attachments, such as scissors, wire cutters and various screwdrivers.

Leatherman Blast

The Victorinox Traveller Lite is more suited for camping or scouts, not as heavy duty as the Leatherman, it is made of a lightweight polycarbonate and a hardened stainless steel body and attachments. This is more of a pocket knife than a utility tool. A small, lightweight tool, it can be taken on trips to other places as a handy essential featuring tweezers, digital clock, LED light and other handy attachments. Being small and lightweight it makes it much more easier to carry around than a clunky Leatherman which would have to be stored in a belt pouch.

Victorinox Traveller Lite

The Swiss Army Flash LED 64 GB is not a conventional pocket knife used for the outdoors, but for indoors work with the inclusion of a USB flash drive. Made of a light polycarbonate, its small size allows ease of use and carrying around, it can be stored in pocket of blazer.Also made of a hardened stainless steel it makes it a reliable tool when needed. Such situations for this would be in a presentation using the USB, or using the screwdriver to tighten a lose screw on a chair or table etc. The inclusion of a pen makes this pocket knife practical for a student, that is of course without the knife.

Swiss Army Flash 64 GB