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[โ€“] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

About a thousand but I usually can't find any.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

This is the way of the utility knife.

[โ€“] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Probably like 40-50 my rommate has a weird fascination with them. At some point they brought home a box if like 40 of the cheap ones. I assume it was part if some art thing they planed then never bothered with. Now they are all over the apartment.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh. Oh my. So, when a blade gets dull, you don't replace the blade... you replace the whole knife? That's some next-level utility knifing!

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lol no, but they are segragated blades you can use the slot on the back of one knife to break the blade of another. I can at least be less stingey about keeping them sharp this way. As they are cheap ones the blades do not last very long and rust out with even a tiny amount of moisture.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Not nearly enough box cutter for a properly seasoned house.

[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean, 1, but we also have scissors.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

If you can always find it, one is plenty!

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

0 that I can find. Maybe 5-10 that are lost in the void.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

They're not lost, they're just surprise knives for future you.

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Several, and I'll have you know they're not "squirreled away." They're stored carefully next to the bolt cutters and tarps.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

In my house, if they're not carefully hidden around the house, they're (a) never handy, and (b) prone to getting relocated such that they're (a) not handy.

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

None. I just use a pocket knife.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Way back when, I had a job where I used them regularly. Always had one on me at work. And therein, I had 4 or 5 at home any given day.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

1 in the garage, 2 in the basement. Plus a pocket knife on each floor.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

You must open packages with the knives, and keep the utility knives for the big jobs.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Never heard of a box cutter.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A.K.A. utility knife. One of those knives with replaceable blades.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I've always called it a Stanley knife, I guess I've never come across the generic name.

I have one.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Around four from my various retail jobs in the past. They're all incredibly dull by now though

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's why the blades are replaceable!

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Hah true enough! I rarely use them but I really should get a pack of blades

[โ€“] thelsim 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

One very old and very blunt box cutter, hidden in a junk drawer somewhere. It's enjoying its retirement :)
I've resorted to using a cheap fruit knife if I need to cut any boxes.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sad utility knife :-(

Why don't you want to replace the blade?

[โ€“] thelsim 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't even know where this first one came from :) I think my dad left it lying around when he helped me move, many, many, maaaaany years ago.
I'm not a box-cutter kind of person I guess. It's ok though, he's not alone. The set of cheap screw driver bits and those hexagon thingies (allen wrench?) are keeping him company.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

The only good screw driver bits are the cheap ones, FWIW. They all strip out eventually, and I've never noticed much of a difference twixt the cheap and the pricey ones. May as well get cheap ones and recycle them!

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I'm down to one, and it's just a small ceramic blade one.
I miss my old g6

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ceramic blades are nice for keeping an edge. Do you find it durable enough for the rough use it must get?

I eventually started buying more expensive carbide blades - they last far longer than regular steel, and I worry less about chipping.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It's alright. It still cuts after a year. But I'm not as confident with it doing heavy stuff.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

2 that i return to their designated space after using. I think there's a third hiding somewhere

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

When I worked in the supermarket, I would easily would have 4 hidden in different pockets and drawers.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I should have 3 but 2 are missing somewhere.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Box cutters are elusive creatures. Cloths hangers and socks are rank amateurs in comparison.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I carry two of my tool bag.

I have one huge industrial strength with replaceable retractable brake off blades.

Then I have one that's really small like the tiny plastic ones, but it's Even thinner and slimmer the case is metal.

And I have maybe half a dozen other random pocket knives.

Honestly ever since I got a Kershaw Static, I don't really use box cutters anymore. The blade shape is just perfect for the job and it stays sharp for ages

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

None. I just use a kitchen knife and wash it afterwards.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I... I... I'm speechless.

A kitchen knife? Do you use it to cut down boxes for recycling?

Why do you hate your kitchen knives so much?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

One in the toolbox in the garage. But it rarely gets used since I always have my Leatherman on me.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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[โ€“] southsamurai 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The simple box cutters with replacement blades? Three.

However, I have a couple hundred objects that can be used to cut boxes :)

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yah, I meant utility knives specifically.

I've used a fingernail to open boxes, but I only use replaceable blade knives to cut boxes down for recycling.

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