The great sage boxcuttithon

[Blastermaster]

My father recently moved back from Montana after finding a job closer to home and with that came moving packages. ALL the moving packages. I was prepared though, I spent the afternoon putting a wicked edge on my Spyderco Sage 1 (easier said then done on S30V) The moving guys could not help but gawk as I cut through box after box, sheared packing film, cut zipties, and even cut off a piece of discarded upholstery which had jammed the loading dock thing on the truck. The Sage 1 gets yet another seal of approval from me:thumbup:

 

[3rdGenRigger]

I love using my Spydies at work and watching random delivery men and other contractors gawk at how effortlessly they perform. We just had a new guy start at our company, and he needed to open a box so I handed him my backup Spydie, and a long time co-worker said to him "Careful with that...if Branden hands you one of his knives it's going to be the sharpest thing in the world", which isn't even remotely true given some of the hair whittling edges I've seen here (I can only push cut phone book and receipt paper), but it's much sharper than what the overwhelming majority of people ever see so it looks impressive to them.

 

[uofaengr]

I'm in the middle of a box cutting marathon myself doing a bunch of spring cleaning. Tool of choice this time is a S30V PM2 with a 15 dps, 0.5 micron polished edge. I still have an indention in my thumb from the jimping after all the cutting yesterday and still not close to being done. All I can say to this point is it is performing beautifully. To give myself a break, I switched over briefly to a large Sebenza 21 with a 1000 grit and lightly stropped 5 micron edge. Very aggressive cutter as well. This family of steels makes great workers.

 

[bdmicarta]

I keep my first 154 Manix 2 in my garage for box cutting. I did some cleaning and cut down a lot of boxes with it yesterday. Some of the boxes were thick cardboard with the internal fiber reinforcing and took a lot of effort to cut. I couldn't imagine doing that with a knife smaller than the Manix 2, at a few points I was wishing for a knife with a larger handle than the Manix 2. For all of those people that say the Ladybug or Delica is all the knife that they need, don't try cutting down a pile of tough boxes like I did.

 

[Brock O Lee]

I keep my first 154 Manix 2 in my garage for box cutting. I did some cleaning and cut down a lot of boxes with it yesterday. Some of the boxes were thick cardboard with the internal fiber reinforcing and took a lot of effort to cut. I couldn't imagine doing that with a knife smaller than the Manix 2, at a few points I was wishing for a knife with a larger handle than the Manix 2. For all of those people that say the Ladybug or Delica is all the knife that they need, don't try cutting down a pile of tough boxes like I did.

Agree... Situations like that is when the Military really shines.

 

[bdmicarta]

Agree... Situations like that is when the Military really shines.

I think the military would work well for that but mine is newer and I use it in my EDC rotation.

reasons why IMO the Military would work better than the Manix 2 for cutting boxes:
1. Its blade is longer so less chance of the blade coming out of the cardboard on long cuts
2. Its blade is thinner for part of its length
3. Its handle is long enough that anybody can get a good grip on it