I have an appreciation for them as well.
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And a link to my latest utility knife thread...which dates back to 2017.
https://forum.multitool.org/index.php/topic,72562.0.html (https://forum.multitool.org/index.php/topic,72562.0.html)
I have an appreciation for them as well.
And a link to my latest utility knife thread...which dates back to 2017.
https://forum.multitool.org/index.php/topic,72562.0.html (https://forum.multitool.org/index.php/topic,72562.0.html)
Appreciation would be a wrong choice of word in this instance.. Obsession would be more fitting Chako. As with all the rest of your stuffs... But keep them coming! :cheers:
Here's a true box cutter (as opposed to the utility knives displayed here) that I used on a summer job 40 years ago in a super market.
Here's a true box cutter (as opposed to the utility knives displayed here) that I used on a summer job 40 years ago in a super market.
Nice one smiller :tu:
... doesn't look like it got much use though :pok: :D
Here is the EAB I have had for the last few years at work :cheers:Show content(https://i.imgur.com/Q9sqiPKh.jpg)
Is the EAB atleast tolerable when doing heavy cutting or just lots of it?
I might pick one up soon, just curios if the handle is sufficient :tu:
Here's a true box cutter (as opposed to the utility knives displayed here) that I used on a summer job 40 years ago in a super market.
:facepalm: Thats lame >:(
Good thing you got it changed
I also have the blue one on the bottom of the second pic. Mine is branded Sheffield :tu:
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As with most types of edged tools,the lowly box cutter has also come into my accumulation in many designs.Some are designed for multiple uses such as scraping. It wasn't until many years after I started using a standard box cutter did I realize that in most of them you can take out the blade and turn it 90 degrees to use as a scraper.
The only down side I see to replaceable blade utility knives is that most of them use blades that will only fit that particular knife.Many of the early ones used single edge razor blades of the standard type. There were also many types of single edge razor blades when safety razors started to replace straight razors but that is another story......
So without further ado I will post up a few of mine and try to give info about them.
#1 Armstrong Notched Blade Knife.Cast iron housing.Still looking for extra blades.
#2 Box cutter promotional item from Swift's Cleansers.Uses a single edge razor blade.
#3 Conrad box cutter uses a single edge razor blade.Has a ruler built in to the top edge.
#4 A modern Craftsman folding utility knife with wood handles and highly polished with removeable blade guard.
#3
Ray, I was a flooring installer for 33 years. The Armstrong knife you have has been replaced by a plastic angled model. At one time they made an angled straight blade for it that ship has sailed. If I remember right the notched blades for the new knife fit yours. When pattern cutting sheet vinyl flooring you cut halfway through the flooring and undercut the backing with a notched knife like yours. Mostly used with inlayed hard goods but can be used with any vinyl flooring. Most wholesale flooring supplys should stock Armstrong blades.Mike:Thanks for the info on the Armstrong. I'll have to check to see if I can find any locally.
I bought a Gerber folding utility knife from Amazon just got it today feels real good in my hand. Walmart sell them with orange handles for under eight dollars when you can find them in stock.
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AimlessWanderer
Can you compare the EAB and EAB lite in terms of ergos? I've seen tons of reviews. Now I know that I need one. But the thing is that I like the liiks of the plane jane EAB more. But at the same time EAB lite is an improved version and should be better. Just don't like that coffin shape :-\
Alex
I appreciate having a box cutter at hand, or any kind of cheap and easily replaceable blade on me, including utility knives and scalpels! :hatsoff: