The most popular One Hand Knife in the World

Thanks for the info guys, I've just realised I mis-read that post, I thought the device was a razor-blade sharpener rather than a razor-blade scraper. Sorry about that fellers. Senior moment! :o
 
Jack Black said:
Thanks for the info guys, I've just realised I mis-read that post, I thought the device was a razor-blade sharpener rather than a razor-blade scraper. Sorry about that fellers. Senior moment! :o
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I think you had read the post correctly Jack, he is using the scraper as a holder for the utility blades, to put them to a stone, like one would sharpen a chisel...an idea I'm going to give a go I might add.
 
Jack Black said:
Thanks for the info guys, I've just realised I mis-read that post, I thought the device was a razor-blade sharpener rather than a razor-blade scraper. Sorry about that fellers. Senior moment! :o
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Looks like im the one who had the senior moment didn't read the whole post and that is a great idea never thought of that one gonna have to give it a try.
 
Modoc ED said:
I have a couple/three of the ones described above and even have one of these new-fangled, one-hand, folding, utility knives.

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Went through about 15-20 of this type, not the craftsman, I would say all were Husky brand all fell apart, can't beat the simplicity of the original, but for me a Opinel # 9 cannot be beat working in tight quarters ( attics, crawl spaces) cutting R8 insulation for duct where you can't compress with with a 2x4 and want to make one clean pass, I found the small cutting edge of a utility knife to be limited in its usefulness especially when I'm fabricating and cutting 1.5" closed cell insulation.
Still keep a Stanley near by.
Pete
 
I just bought a new Stanley that isnt retractable. Its even made in the USA. I wanted one just for leather.
 
Jack Black said:
An old Sheffield pattern is a one-hand friction folder, it has a 'swing top', which is one of the names it's known by locally, the other being just a 'one-handed knife'. I'm hoping a few of you know what the heck I'm talking about! :D
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Is the swing-top anything like a svord peasant? (It has an extended tang kind of like a straight razor.)
 
scrteened porch said:
Is the swing-top anything like a svord peasant? (It has an extended tang kind of like a straight razor.)
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Like a Svord Peasant, but with a plain rounded end about half an inch long. They used to be popular with workmen in Sheffield, but I haven't seen one for years. The style was marketed by one particular company as something like The Original One-Handed Knife. Can't seem to find anything about them on the internet unfortunately.
 
Stich2442 said:
Went through about 15-20 of this type, not the craftsman, I would say all were Husky brand all fell apart, can't beat the simplicity of the original, but for me a Opinel # 9 cannot be beat working in tight quarters ( attics, crawl spaces) cutting R8 insulation for duct where you can't compress with with a 2x4 and want to make one clean pass, I found the small cutting edge of a utility knife to be limited in its usefulness especially when I'm fabricating and cutting 1.5" closed cell insulation.
Still keep a Stanley near by.
Pete
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When I was an apprentice I worked on a modular building. Bolting together prefab panels into walls and roof. There was a lot of foam insulation to cut. The old carpenter I worked with used a two blade folding hunter, five inches closed.

This is the guy who taught me to use paste floor wax on the table and fence-slide of the table saw. He liked watching the next carpenter to use the saw brace himself to muscle the fence in place, and nearly fall on his ass. That old journeyman enjoyed life’s simple pleasures.

I watched him use that hunter, and bought myself a knife just like it. Today I am older than that “old carpenter” was back then. I still have that folding hunter.
 
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