utility knives

[knzn]

I just realized something today.
I am a carpenter, and in my tool bag, I carry a utility knife. You know---the kind that has a big handle, and a button you slide forward to expose about one inch of disposable blade.

It is kind of amazing how useful a one inch blade is. It gets used for jobs I would never use my other knifes for. If it breaks, or gets too dull, you just open it up, using a 16 penny nail for a screw driver and either turn the reversable blade around, or put in a new one that was stored and waiting for you in the hollow handle.

I know they are not cool looking, and never used in the same sentence as the word "tactical" or "custom,"----so what am I getting at?

Nothing really. But their large handle makes them very practical, and the short blade is more useful than one may imagine.

No, I am not thinking about, or suggesting we all trade in our one handed wonders, in exchange for a "stanley utility/box" knife, but I haven't posted anything in quite a while now, and since it's so hot out I came home a little early today to set in front of the airconditioner and computer, and , well , -----
lets hear it for utility knives!

 

[Loki]

Take a look at Chai Cutlery or Ragweed Forge for scandinavian knives. These have got to be the best all time "utility" knives.

 

[allenC]

I agree, utility knives are handy too.
I seem to collect all kinds of cutting instruments: SAKs, a switch-blade, butterfly-knives, lockback folders, liner-lock folders, trappers, stockman, barlow, hawkbill, box-cutter, utility knife, fillet knives, Old Hickory knives, knife-rings, leatherman tool, folding saw, shuriken...
the list goes on and on and continues to grow (I just bought a Camillus/Soque Lev-R-Lok which I think is cool).
Maybe one day I'll get tired of collecting knives and sell the whole lot of them, but right now I think they're all great and useful.

[This message has been edited by allenC (edited 07-14-2000).]

 

[Roger Blake]

I do a lot of renovating and carpentry stuff too. I agree about the Stanley and use them for jobs that I would not do with my folders. They are great for marking hinges.

All that said. Try a Spyderco Navigator. Very small blade. The small handle yields great leverage. I keep it on my key ring when doing renovations. Quite useful as a utility knife.

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Roger Blake

 

[2thehilt]

Husky tools has a really cool utility knife. It has a round cartrige that fits into the back that has aroud twenty blades that are two sided so you have 40 replacable blades.To change the blade you slide it back into the handle and turn the end of the knife one click to the right. Very easy and practical. It has a great feel to it as well. They carry them at Home Depot.

Phil

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[Frank]

I keep one of those slide out utility knives that have the break away blade in my pencil cup on my desk. It's better for cutting packing tape than a regular pocket knife and a replacement knife is only about $2.

Frank