Cutting up boxes?

Lenox makes bimetal box cutter blades that are coated with Titanium Nitride (HRC 72). Why monkey up your CPM S-125-V blade when a cheap disposable blade will suffice?
 
bflying said:
Sounds like you guys need a cardboard shredder. It sections and accordions the cardboard and turns it into packing material. That way you can save your knife edges, and ship your trash off to your customers. [emoji56]. Ok, I like to use my knives too....on just about anything I can. But with quality, sometimes there are better tools for the job.

http://www.abcoffice.com/hsm-profi425-cardboard-perforator-shredder.htm






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I own a knife shop. If you come in and find I have bought one of these you get a free kick or punch to anywhere on my body with no retaliation or repercussions what so ever:D
 
How else will you maintain an excellent record of outstanding customer service, without the benefit of taking out your frustrations on some cardboard deserving of edged violence. Especially after dealing with the guy who just walked in and demanded you justify to him why this Sebenza on display costs $450 while his Fury TacAssist has cut everything he's ever needed to cut.

We'd all be a little better behaved with ten minutes of cardboard destruction therapy, each day.


whitty said:
Love it!!! Come see us when your wallet is fat and deplete our inventory:D

E-Mail me before you come so I can make sure I am here to personally help you!

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HAHA definitely and I'll be sure to call ahead.
 
whitty said:
Why is it when people post about the uses for their knives, some people state "I only use my knives for cutting up boxes" ?

They state this like it is a shameful thing. Cardboard is brutal on a knife, I as well mostly use my knives for cutting up boxes, so I prefer a knife that will hold an edge the longest during this task. We do a lot of shipping and receiving and I spend most of my time at the shop. I think moving forward we need to state this as a badge of honor. It should be stated as "I cut up boxes like crazy all day and such and such knife does awesome! Stay proud my cardboard cutting friends!


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None of the knives below where dull after, all could have gone for much longer, all 3 would still slice phone book paper after testing.


Spyderco K2 CPM 10V - 5,500 FT of cardboard....

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Darrin Sanders Custom in CPM 10V - 5,400 FT of Cardboard....

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Phil Wilson Custom in S125V - 5,500 FT of cardboard...

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whitty said:
I own a knife shop. If you come in and find I have bought one of these you get a free kick or punch to anywhere on my body with no retaliation or repercussions what so ever:D
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Ha! As I figured. [emoji12] I work in a very small online retailer. And not only do I enjoy using my knives, as well as take out frustrations, but have also come to enjoy the task of sharpening. Trying out new geometry and finishes, and also attempt to make the bevels as perfectly even as possible. Yeah, I've got it pretty bad. But for some reason when someone asks me what I use all my knives for, I instinctively say....to open mail. I really need to come up with a better tag line. [emoji16]
 
I was trying to cut some cardboard yesterday with my "tactical" Emerson CQC-7. Ernie jammed up, and yes that knife was sharp. I finally used Victorinox Pioneer. :yawn:

Full flat grind >>>> everything else.
 
Frustrations..... I know about those. I often do demolition inside people's homes and that gets rid of a lot of the frustrations. I do cut card board boxes up, but it amounts to a few boxes a week overall and not a big deal.

That pile of card board cut with the same knife is amazing. Maybe toss in some batoning. :D
 
I get to open paper boxes for the copy room or bleak down boxes for the janitors on our hall.
I work at a High School and there always something to cut . If I have a ton of cardboard I grab a Kobalt locking razor blade knife to do the job.
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ourgon said:
I was trying to cut some cardboard yesterday with my "tactical" Emerson CQC-7. Ernie jammed up, and yes that knife was sharp. I finally used Victorinox Pioneer. :yawn:

Full flat grind >>>> everything else.
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When it comes to cardboard, the CQC stands for "Can't Quite Cut".

Cardboard was definitely not involved in the design criteria.
 
Back in the day, I used to run a climbing wall and a climbing/camping/kayaking/survival department. About 99% of my knife use was in either cutting rope/cordage or breaking down huge boxes from equipment and merchandise shipments. I spent hours every day cutting up boxes. And I learned quickly what worked well and what didn't. These days, I certainly don't go out of my way to cut up cardboard, but I do have to break down the occasional box for the recycling bin. Whatever I have in my pocket typically works just fine for a box or two here and there.
 
Last time I tried to dull a knife to the point it wouldn't slice paper by cutting cardboard, I got to 3000' and stopped. You can cut A LOT of cardboard with a simple knife if it is properly sharpened. That was done with a $7 knife in mystery stainless (420 or 3Cr13 most likely) sharpened on a Norton Economy stone fine side. The knife would still slice paper over the entire edge.
 
My family moved to a new house about 2 years ago and I had to do a lot of cardboard cutting. Between boxes that we unpacked and stuff my wife bought it seemed like every week my garage filled up with empty boxes. I was using my Manix 2 154CM version and it did fine but had to be sharpened a time or two.

After reading about all of the tests I decided to do my own and just happened to have some big double-thickness boxes in my garage. I had a Manix 2 M4 and had just gotten the S110V LW version so I tested them against each other. I didn't get to 5000 ft of cut but did cut quite a bit and it seemed that my sharpened M4 did better then the factory edge on the S110V
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I had a no-name custom knife that I bought years ago and wondering about its steel and heat treat I decided to do some cutting tests with it. Depending on how much it could cut I could determine if it was a reasonable steel with some heat treat. From the result of the test it did seem to be something like 440A or better with mediocre heat treat.
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My daughter and I were on a trip one time and she thought it funny when I saw this sight and had to stop to take a photo. All I could think about was Ankerson:
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bflying said:
Sounds like you guys need a cardboard shredder. It sections and accordions the cardboard and turns it into packing material. That way you can save your knife edges, and ship your trash off to your customers. [emoji56]. Ok, I like to use my knives too....on just about anything I can. But with quality, sometimes there are better tools for the job.

http://www.abcoffice.com/hsm-profi425-cardboard-perforator-shredder.htm





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Yeah, for only $6,000, what a steal!
 
deltaboy said:
I get to open paper boxes for the copy room or bleak down boxes for the janitors on our hall.
I work at a High School and there always something to cut . If I have a ton of cardboard I grab a Kobalt locking razor blade knife to do the job.
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Always super disappointing when you spy a pocket clip and inquire, and the owner pulls one of these out...
 
Jarrett Fleming sheepsfoot itty bitty in CPM D2 and boxelder burl is my dedicated box cutter. I have been super impressed with the CPM version of D2 so far.
 
I really don't get why so many people want to cut cardboard into such small pieces just to dispose of it. The only two places I ever worked that had to dispose of large amounts of cardboard had hydraulic bailers to compress the cardboard and wire it into forkliftable packages. Why the heck would you reduce it to such small sizes as to make it impossible to bail? And even if you're not using a hydraulic bailer, you'll get better packing density keeping it in 18" or so squares.
 
Yalius said:
I really don't get why so many people want to cut cardboard into such small pieces just to dispose of it. The only two places I ever worked that had to dispose of large amounts of cardboard had hydraulic bailers to compress the cardboard and wire it into forkliftable packages. Why the heck would you reduce it to such small sizes as to make it impossible to bail? And even if you're not using a hydraulic bailer, you'll get better packing density keeping it in 18" or so squares.
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I believe that was done as a test. But yeah, I agree. I cut up cardboard to a size that works for the disposal option I have. That is usually my home garbage bin that goes out to the street on garbage pickup day. In rolloffs, I just flatten them. Not real cutting other than they lay flat.
 
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