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I got a Superknife for Christmas (it came free with the SMKW order) and a Gerber EAB just recently as a get-well gift. Now, I've never used the folding box cutter much, but I decided to use both of them in helping my little bro prepare his Greco-Roman day project, Thermopoly! (a Persian killing game by Parham Bros). Sliced up some posterboard and styrofoam.
Well, in terms of cutting, both performed equally, because, well, both have the same blade.
Now, in terms of aesthetics- the Superknife looks more like a traditional (read regular, like Kershaw, etc, not stockman) knife than the EAB, which looks like, well, kinda like a lighter.
For safety, both knives have liner locks. The Superknife's liner lock seems rather thin, and is very easily unlocked. The Gerber's liner lock, however, is fairly thick, and takes some effort to close. Normally, I would say that taking effort to close a knife is a bad thing, but not so with this- it makes you think about it and sometimes make you look when you are closing it. This is a good thing when dealing with a box cutter blade, IMO. Some of my worst cuts have come from regular box cutter.
The same goes for one-handed opening. The Superknife has thumb studs and is one of the easiest knives I own to flick open one-handed. Anyone who knows me would say, "Well gee, you love your knives for to have thumb studs so you can flick em open." Not so with a folding box cutter- again, I have taken nasty cuts off box cutters before!
Now, there might be a need for one-handed opening, and the EAB allows for it, using the screw as a thumb stud. You can still open it one handed, but try to flick it open, or use a wrist flick, and you will probably hust some one.
Ergos- The Superknife is very much like a tradtional pocket knife. It is a little short for my ogre hands, so I had a tendency to use the part of the "blade" that folded out as an extended grip. It is a fairly slick surface, and this probably isn't the safest thing in the world to do. The EAB's handle is shorter, and the false part of the "blade" is designed for your finger to go on, with a finger groove that would (somewhat) prevent slippage.
Where they are made is not stated on the knives, but I'm willing to be it is in the PRC for both.
All in all, I like the EAB a bit better. I think it is safer to use than the Superknife. However, the EAB is about $10, at Target, and the Superknife is about $5. I think they sell them at Lowes or Home Depot or Ace (or somewhere like that) and they are all over the Internet.
Well, in terms of cutting, both performed equally, because, well, both have the same blade.
Now, in terms of aesthetics- the Superknife looks more like a traditional (read regular, like Kershaw, etc, not stockman) knife than the EAB, which looks like, well, kinda like a lighter.
For safety, both knives have liner locks. The Superknife's liner lock seems rather thin, and is very easily unlocked. The Gerber's liner lock, however, is fairly thick, and takes some effort to close. Normally, I would say that taking effort to close a knife is a bad thing, but not so with this- it makes you think about it and sometimes make you look when you are closing it. This is a good thing when dealing with a box cutter blade, IMO. Some of my worst cuts have come from regular box cutter.
The same goes for one-handed opening. The Superknife has thumb studs and is one of the easiest knives I own to flick open one-handed. Anyone who knows me would say, "Well gee, you love your knives for to have thumb studs so you can flick em open." Not so with a folding box cutter- again, I have taken nasty cuts off box cutters before!
Now, there might be a need for one-handed opening, and the EAB allows for it, using the screw as a thumb stud. You can still open it one handed, but try to flick it open, or use a wrist flick, and you will probably hust some one.
Ergos- The Superknife is very much like a tradtional pocket knife. It is a little short for my ogre hands, so I had a tendency to use the part of the "blade" that folded out as an extended grip. It is a fairly slick surface, and this probably isn't the safest thing in the world to do. The EAB's handle is shorter, and the false part of the "blade" is designed for your finger to go on, with a finger groove that would (somewhat) prevent slippage.
Where they are made is not stated on the knives, but I'm willing to be it is in the PRC for both.
All in all, I like the EAB a bit better. I think it is safer to use than the Superknife. However, the EAB is about $10, at Target, and the Superknife is about $5. I think they sell them at Lowes or Home Depot or Ace (or somewhere like that) and they are all over the Internet.
