The SceptriX campaign ends today, and the numbers stopped being close a while ago. MeTool asked Kickstarter for $2,000 to put its titanium tactical pen into production, and backers have pledged more than $38,000 toward it, with the count past 220 backers as the final hours run down.
Five tools share the body: a five-mode flashlight, a replaceable blade, a glass breaker, three 4 mm bits, and a graphite tip. A spinner rides at the back.
MeTool SceptriX Titanium Tactical Pen
Grade 5 titanium body at 66 g and 164 mm long · Five-mode flashlight topping out at 200 lumens on a rechargeable 10180 cell · Graphite tip, No. 11 blade and three driver bits in the box · Ships February 2027, free delivery worldwide
Price: $115 $179 (save $64, 36% off)
Where to buy: Back it on Kickstarter
The pen threads apart into sections, so the tool in use is the section in hand. Run the driver with one hand and hold the light with the other, or clip the whole thing to a pocket and forget it’s there until a shipping box, a loose screw, or a dark stairwell says otherwise. The clip comes off for pouch carry, and the barrel’s grooves keep a grip planted when hands are wet or gloved.
Two hundred lumens at the tail end
A Luminus SST-20 LED in 6500K sits at the tail, behind a single button that walks through Low at 3 lumens, Medium at 10, High at 60, Turbo at 200, and Strobe. It’s a real flashlight ladder in a body that still writes, and the beam reaches 50 meters on Turbo.
Turbo runs an hour and a half, Low a full ten hours.
Power comes from a 10180 cell, rechargeable over the magnetic cable in the box and replaceable when it wears down. The battery chamber seals on its own, apart from the rest of the body, so dust and moisture at the seams don’t reach the cell. A spare 10180 is an off-the-shelf buy, and that keeps the light running years past the campaign.
The end that writes never runs dry
Under the front cap sits an eternal graphite tip. It writes on paper and cardboard, marks wood and tape, and keeps working in the rain. One tip is rated for 16 kilometers of writing before it wears down, and spares swap in when one finally gives up.
The blade hides in the same front section: a No. 11 hobby blade with a 25 mm edge, sized for packages, cord, and fabric. It swaps in seconds once it dulls, and a fresh spare brings the cutting edge back instead of ending it.
Three bits sleep in the core
The core stores three 4 mm bits in a lotus-shaped magnetic holder, so they ride quiet instead of rattling against the walls. Load the three your week actually uses and the driver end handles the small hardware that bags, bikes, and electronics keep presenting, from loose hinge screws to battery doors. A 20-piece set waits on the add-on list for the rest.
Magnets grip each bit by its shank, so tips stay seated nose-down in a pocket.
A breaker tip that marks trails too
The front tip is tungsten carbide, hard enough to punch through auto glass in an emergency and hard enough to scratch a mark into stone or bark that stays readable. MeTool’s demo runs it against slate, ice, and a car window, and the tip walks out of each test still shaped like a tip.
The faceted collar around the tip strikes a ferro rod for fire starting, and those facets give wet or gloved hands something to hold when the front section needs twisting off. Grip point and striker share one machined ring. In the maker’s demo the collar throws sparks off a ferro rod within the first strikes, no knife edge needed.
Machined, threaded, and sealed in layers
Every section is CNC-machined Grade 5 titanium, threaded to the next, with seals at the joints. The barrel grooves aren’t decoration: they keep the pen planted during a cut and give each twist section its purchase.
At the back, the spinner takes six tritium vials, sold separately, for anyone who wants the pen findable in a dark bag.
Finishes, bundles, and the February wait
Natural titanium is the standard finish. Stonewashed titanium and black sit on the upgrade list, laser engraving is there for backers who want a name or a mark on the barrel, and the three pens up top show the finishes side by side.
One pen runs $115 at the launch price. Two run $219 against $358 for the pair at retail, and each pledge ships loaded: three bits, one graphite tip, one No. 11 blade, a 10180 cell, and the magnetic charging cable. Back the pair and the second pen lands at $104, under every single-pen tier on the ladder. MeTool has run this route before, with earlier EDC tools launched and shipped through Kickstarter.
Add-ons cover a ferro rod pendant and spare graphite tips and blades. Shipping is free worldwide. Deliveries land in February 2027, and that wait is the real trade behind the discount: money down today, hardware next winter.
MeTool SceptriX Titanium Tactical Pen
Tungsten carbide breaker tip and ferro striker collar · Eternal graphite tip rated at 16 km per tip
Price: $115 $179 (save $64, 36% off)
Where to buy: Back it on Kickstarter
A plain titanium pen at this money is a style buy, and plenty of them sell on looks alone. This one covers the small jobs a pocket actually meets: light for the stairwell, a driver for the loose hinge, a blade for the box tape, a tip that writes the note on the door. Back it today and it’s $115. After the window closes, $179 is the number that stays.
