"mg" wrote in message

i have been a victum of some of stanelys crap knives, they have good
ones and they have complete junk models.

Haven't see it mentioned, but I have a full sized utility knife that uses
snap off blades like the smaller Olfa knife. I don't always use it whenever
a knife is needed, but when I'm doing a lot of cutting like slicing up
leather, it's handy to be able to snap off 1/2" of blade and have a new edge
for immediate use. Works out a quite a bit faster and cheaper than replacing
a number of regular utility blades.

JerryD(upstateNY) wrote:
Home Depot has a nice knife.
It's like a lock back jacknife but with a replaceable blade.
The blades are regular utility blades.
This knife on ebay isn't exactly like the one I have but it will give you an
idea of what it looks like.
Because it folds up, I carry it in my pocket all the time.

http://cgi.ebay.com/UTILITY-KNIFE-PO... cmdZViewItem



http://tinyurl.com/r8poc

--
Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY

"Mike O." wrote in message
...

I've tried about all of them too and always went back to the generic
Stanley knife. A year ago last Christmas I was given one of the
Sheffield (made in China) folding utility knives and I think it's
great. I folds like a lock back pocket knife so you have to open it
like that too. I took me a while to get used to that.
It holds 5 blades in the handle and you can change them without any
tools. I've seen it branded by several of the generic tool brands
too.


http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?actio...57-16878-12119

I carry it in my tool belt and it gets used daily. I wondered if it
would hold up to everyday use for a year but it's made longer than
that.


Now that's the first utility knife I've seen yet that could possibly
convince me to move away from my trusty Stanley knives. I've tried
different retractable and always went back to my basic Stanley. I liked the
feel in my hand and I didn't have to worry about the blade sliding back in
during use, or the mechanism gumming up and working hard.

--

-Mike-

On Sat, 25 Feb 2006 17:33:02 -0500, "Mike Marlow"
wrote:

Now that's the first utility knife I've seen yet that could possibly
convince me to move away from my trusty Stanley knives. I've tried
different retractable and always went back to my basic Stanley. I liked the
feel in my hand and I didn't have to worry about the blade sliding back in
during use, or the mechanism gumming up and working hard.

They make a single blade version too (that's a little cheaper) but I
like being able to change blades on the run.

Mike O.

In article ,
Al Bundy wrote:

Oren wrote in news:0aurv1966mbpneegugheekkkekopu68q5g@
4ax.com:

On Thu, 23 Feb 2006 12:27:43 -0500, Robatoy
wrote:

In article .com,
"RicodJour" wrote:

Then you pick up a nice tool with some
heft to it, and it just feels better in the hand.

I feel that way every time I take a whiz.

And then you woke up.

Oren
"My doctor says I have a malformed public-duty gland
and a natural deficiency in moral fiber, and that I am therefore
excused from saving Universes."


Woke up at deli from a daydream holding knockwurst...

LMAO

Thanks for the tip, I just went to ebay and bought 2...


--
Zak/USMC/F 2-11/Viet Nam/'68-'69
"Dennis" wrote in message
news:QrFNf.39690$pE4.10311@trnddc04...
After reading your original message I went to EBay and looked over this
vendors products. Bought the Lawson knife with side-loading blades and
just got it a few minutes ago. It's everything he advertised and more.
It's already become my favorite instrument for maiming and hacking up
myself. Can't wait to see how much blood I will lose.

Seems to be heavier built than a Stanley Knife, has some rubber coating
for grip, little door pops open on the side to side-load a pack of blades
(comes with 6, 1 in the carrier and 5 in the storage drawer.) Wording on
storage door indicates 5 blades in storage is max.

Removing a dull blade is easy, just press a button in the front and the
old blade pulls right out. Slide the blade carrier back and fwd again and
it loads a new fresh blade (total time to load a new blade is 3-5 seconds,
including removing the old one). Can turn the old blade front-to-back and
pop it back in to use the sharp end.

Also bought a box of 10 packs of 3-blade (30 total) off same seller as
knife (Cripe Distributing). Has Lenox edge, shatter-resistant, bi-metal,
suppose to last 3x longer, for $7. Haven't used them yet, but they look
like excellent quality.

All-in-all very well satisfied with utility knife and very highly
recommend it. Always hated having to use a screwdriver to open the Stanley
Knife and put new blades in.
Here's the vendor's EBay store, seems to carry all kinds of utility
knives and other tools:
http://stores.ebay.com/Cripe-Distributing

Thanks for sharing your find.
Dennis


"RicodJour" wrote in message
oups.com...
Okay, a utility knife isn't the sexiest tool in the toolbox, but it's
damn...errr....utile! I must have gone through 30 of the suckers over
the years. Almost all of them were Stanley, some better than others.
Most knives hold five extra blades and there are several ways to change
blades. Some knives have to be opened with a screwdriver to change the
blade. Others have a button you push to release the blade and a
swingout holder for the spare blades, and the new blade is inserted in
the front of the knife. Stanley must have had ten different versions
of utility knives in all.

I had one I liked and it went walkabout, so I was using my
less-than-favorite backup while I looked for a replacement. Then I ran
across this Lawson autoloading knife on eBay
http://tinyurl.com/mlcoh

What a great knife! The blade is removed by depressing a button on the
front of the knife in the usual way when it is in the fully extended
position. Then you pull back the blade retract button and a new blade
is automatically loaded and ready to go. It takes less than two
seconds to change a blade. I must have changed _thousands_ of blades
over the years and wish I'd found this years ago.

It's a little larger and heavier than most utility knives, which is
fine with me as it fits the hand better. It's also a bright yellow
making it easier to locate when it's misplaced or dropped off of a roof
into the ivy.

Anyway, just wanted to share that with anyone who might be interested.

R

"Dennis" wrote in
news:QrFNf.39690$pE4.10311@trnddc04:

After reading your original message I went to EBay and looked over
this vendors products. Bought the Lawson knife with side-loading
blades and just got it a few minutes ago. It's everything he
advertised and more. It's already become my favorite instrument for
maiming and hacking up myself. Can't wait to see how much blood I will
lose.

Seems to be heavier built than a Stanley Knife, has some rubber
coating for grip, little door pops open on the side to side-load a
pack of blades (comes with 6, 1 in the carrier and 5 in the storage
drawer.) Wording on storage door indicates 5 blades in storage is max.

Removing a dull blade is easy, just press a button in the front and
the old blade pulls right out. Slide the blade carrier back and fwd
again and it loads a new fresh blade (total time to load a new blade
is 3-5 seconds, including removing the old one). Can turn the old
blade front-to-back and pop it back in to use the sharp end.

Also bought a box of 10 packs of 3-blade (30 total) off same seller as
knife (Cripe Distributing). Has Lenox edge, shatter-resistant,
bi-metal, suppose to last 3x longer, for $7. Haven't used them yet,
but they look like excellent quality.

All-in-all very well satisfied with utility knife and very highly
recommend it. Always hated having to use a screwdriver to open the
Stanley Knife and put new blades in.
Here's the vendor's EBay store, seems to carry all kinds of utility
knives and other tools:
http://stores.ebay.com/Cripe-Distributing

Thanks for sharing your find.
Dennis


"RicodJour" wrote in message
oups.com...
Okay, a utility knife isn't the sexiest tool in the toolbox, but it's
damn...errr....utile! I must have gone through 30 of the suckers
over the years. Almost all of them were Stanley, some better than
others. Most knives hold five extra blades and there are several ways
to change blades. Some knives have to be opened with a screwdriver
to change the blade. Others have a button you push to release the
blade and a swingout holder for the spare blades, and the new blade
is inserted in the front of the knife. Stanley must have had ten
different versions of utility knives in all.

I had one I liked and it went walkabout, so I was using my
less-than-favorite backup while I looked for a replacement. Then I
ran across this Lawson autoloading knife on eBay
http://tinyurl.com/mlcoh

What a great knife! The blade is removed by depressing a button on
the front of the knife in the usual way when it is in the fully
extended position. Then you pull back the blade retract button and a
new blade is automatically loaded and ready to go. It takes less
than two seconds to change a blade. I must have changed _thousands_
of blades over the years and wish I'd found this years ago.

It's a little larger and heavier than most utility knives, which is
fine with me as it fits the hand better. It's also a bright yellow
making it easier to locate when it's misplaced or dropped off of a
roof into the ivy.

Anyway, just wanted to share that with anyone who might be
interested.

R





These are not available locally? Just a personal thing with me - I can't
pay 2x, 1.5x, whatever for something because of shipping.

Shipping was $4.50 for one, + $1 for each additional. Don't know what your
sales tax is, but ours is 6%. Local would sell it for retail, then add 6% so
I'm still ahead. Haven't seen them local, but I would check at Lowe's and
Menards.


These are not available locally? Just a personal thing with me - I can't
pay 2x, 1.5x, whatever for something because of shipping.65

RayV wrote:
I'm with you. I have three Stanley 99Es and have no interest in
changing to the 'new & improved' knives with the rubber handles and
swiveling heads.

I also have an old Hyde knife I like but have been unable to find
replacement blades because it requires the kind with a hole in the
middle.

Ray, I've found my local independent paint store to have the best
selection of utility knives, including Hyde. In fact I bought a Hyde
there last summer....so you might head over to such a store, if one
exists in your area. It's a nice knife

pe wrote:
On Sat, 25 Feb 2006 04:45:17 -0500, "Upscale" wrote:


"mg" wrote in message

i have been a victum of some of stanelys crap knives, they have good
ones and they have complete junk models.

Haven't see it mentioned,



but I have a full sized utility knife that uses
snap off blades like the smaller Olfa knife.


That too much tool for a little man like you Skippy.
I have one as well.
But I actually know how to use it.

Aw, look. Upscale has a new friend.

er
--
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In article ,
wrote:

He does seem a bit lonely. That's trolls lot in life unfortunately.

You'd know, Pooky.

--
Phil Scott
Ideas are bullet proof.
"RicodJour" wrote in message
ups.com...
wrote:
I teach Technical Theatre and Set Construction. I always
tell my
students that the Stanley Knife is the most dangerous tool
in the shop.
The danger of the tool is inversely porportonial to the
amount of noise
it makes. I have seen a few horrific injuries with a table
saw or a
radial arm, but I have seen more injuries with a stanley
knife than any
other tool.

Interesting theory. I've always heard you have to watch out
for the
quiet ones, but I assumed they were talking about people!

My utility knife did a nifty self-filet on my left thumb
around 3 AM
one morning as I was trying to finish some work that was
going to be
photographed the next day. I just squeezed the cut shut,
taped it up
and kept working. It healed just fine...although there is a
little
less sensitivity in one area, so I know I got a nerve. Or
the time
the hook blade slipped while cutting carpet, went through my
shoe and
got my toe. Or the time... You get the idea.

R


That stanley jobbie is dangerous for sure... the handle might
be one of the problems. I just got Husky's folding utility
knife at home depot, thin, good looking, with a belt clip and
a heavily grooved surface near the blade .. it doesnt store
blades though. Blade changing is by two levers, one to unlock
and the other to expose the blade, you just drop another one
in.

not bad..but not as slick as the one you got with the magzine
and slide out gismo.

This knife is small and safe enough folded with the belt clip
that you are more likely to have it with you when you need
one.

I carry a range of leatherman knives also, the bigger ones and
the one with a small vice grip plier built into it. Useful
for grabbing small nuts and bolts etc... I use those many
times a day, but not for the same things a utility knife is
good for.



Phil Scott

sounds to me that you are not using common sense in the use
of the tool???
"Phil Scott" wrote in message
...


--
Phil Scott
Ideas are bullet proof.
"RicodJour" wrote in message
ups.com...
wrote:
I teach Technical Theatre and Set Construction. I always
tell my
students that the Stanley Knife is the most dangerous
tool
in the shop.
The danger of the tool is inversely porportonial to the
amount of noise
it makes. I have seen a few horrific injuries with a
table
saw or a
radial arm, but I have seen more injuries with a stanley
knife than any
other tool.

Interesting theory. I've always heard you have to watch
out
for the
quiet ones, but I assumed they were talking about people!

My utility knife did a nifty self-filet on my left thumb
around 3 AM
one morning as I was trying to finish some work that was
going to be
photographed the next day. I just squeezed the cut shut,
taped it up
and kept working. It healed just fine...although there is
a
little
less sensitivity in one area, so I know I got a nerve.
Or
the time
the hook blade slipped while cutting carpet, went through
my
shoe and
got my toe. Or the time... You get the idea.

R


That stanley jobbie is dangerous for sure... the handle
might
be one of the problems. I just got Husky's folding
utility
knife at home depot, thin, good looking, with a belt clip
and
a heavily grooved surface near the blade .. it doesnt store
blades though. Blade changing is by two levers, one to
unlock
and the other to expose the blade, you just drop another one
in.

not bad..but not as slick as the one you got with the
magzine
and slide out gismo.

This knife is small and safe enough folded with the belt
clip
that you are more likely to have it with you when you need
one.

I carry a range of leatherman knives also, the bigger ones
and
the one with a small vice grip plier built into it. Useful
for grabbing small nuts and bolts etc... I use those many
times a day, but not for the same things a utility knife is
good for.



Phil Scott





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sounds to me that you are not using common sense in the use of the tool ???

I thought so, too.
I have had guns for 50 years and I haven't killed anyone yet.



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JerryD(upstateNY)