18mm Snap Off Utility Knife (Comes with 8 Blades)

I am of the belief that one can never have too many utility knives. I've got old ones, new ones, small ones, large ones. This one is a great addition to the collection.I get a lot of stuff from Amazon. As a result I get a lot of boxes from Amazon. The ones that get beat up in shipping get cut up and recycled. The ones that can be reused get stacked until they take up too much room in the garage. When that happens I grab (and by "grab" I mean "try to find") a utility knife, cut through the tape, fold the boxes flat and put them in an even bigger box for use down the road. The pile I had accumulating was just big enough to give this knife a fair test.The first thing I appreciated was how it feels in the hand. The bigger grip is comfortable and secure. It is wide enough that it gives me good control and I'm not afraid it is going to slip from my grasp. The push button to allow the blade to slide out of the housing is tight enough that it won't easily engage the blade but not too stiff to make it difficult to use the knife. The blade can be advanced in small increments which makes it perfect for precise control.Cutting packaging tape is one thing. Attacking cardboard is another and this knife did yeoman's work slicing through the boxes headed for the recycling bin. Even the really thick cardboard used to ship musical gear or electronics (I'm a professional musician and that stuff piles up, too!) was no match for this razor sharp instrument.As I was finishing the de-boxing process I wondered how easy it was going to be to find replacement blades. That's when I noticed the door on the back of the knife (there are no instructions supplied with this product). It comes with a supply of blades that I think will take me a long time to use up.All in all, this is a well designed knife and a great addition to the toolbox, garage shelf or kitchen drawer.

Be advised: I received this product for free as part of the Amazon Vine program. It will not sway my opinion on the product and I will include my opinion on if it is worth the price.This is a heavy snap knife. The extra blades give it a big presence. It might be a bit too heavy for the thin blades it uses, but it is good to have all the extra blades in one place when needed.I do like the mechanism for the blade change. When you have used up all the edges on one snap blade, you simply push the thumb stud all the way forward and the stub can be ejected. Then run the stud all the way back and the next blade will snap into place automatically. It's a pretty lever system that may come in handy when working. Off the top of my head, I thought it would be good for when I am cutting shingles or laying felt paper and I only have one hand loose.I took one star off the durability rating because I believe the rubber over-molding will likely degrade after exposure to solvents. It'll leave that sticky slightly gelatinous gunk as the layer breaks down. I will update if it holds up.TL;DRHeavy, but contains enough extra blades on board for a long time. Over mold likely to become tacky as solvents eat away at the butyl rubber.

Cool design break-a-way blade sections and spring loaded collection of 8 blades in handle to fill in. All in all it makes for over 100 cutting sections for doing a lot of work. You'd not be able to buy this any blades for the product price alone. Easy blade advance and extension for cutting blade. The plastic handle and push button advance and open is well made and seems to be sturdy. Reminds me of the swords in the anime Raid on Titan, where multibladed break-a-way blades are used to fight giant humanoids.Unlike the utility knives of years back where a double sixed trapezoidal blade had extras inside the metal handle. You get the best of both worlds as utility knife meets extension cutter so many more cutting surfaces. If you cut a lot of things, or trim plastic, tiles, leather or cloth, but more than one. At this price can hardly be beat. I guess you'll have to judge from individual reviews if it's good for you. Sunex has an annoying bad habit of putting completely unrelated tools on the same product page, so star ratings my not apply depending on the other tool types. Recommended.

Well this utility knife is absolutely fantastic and far better than the other ones I've had and still have!Before this utility knife I would use my utility knife from stanely which was all metal. Yes it felt nice but it was uncomfortable to hold and just way too heavy to hold.Then I tried the inexpensive utility knife from home depot but those weren't durable enough for my needs.This utitly knife meets perfectly in the middle!It isn't extremely heavy like the stanely one and not as fragile as the home depot utility knife.Overall I'm very satisfied and I'd give this a try!Anyway thanks for reading and if this review helped you out, please hit the helpful button!!!Have a Awesome Day!!

Nice rubberized grip that you can grip the handle so it feels comfortable in your hand and doesn’t slip like the all metal or plastic knives.Has a nice weight to it so it feels more like a cutting tool rather than a common box knife.8 blades included, 1 in use and 7 inside the handle spring loaded blade magazine that spring position when the blade in use is discarded. No wasted time taking it apart for a fresh blade point. Each blade has 8 tips that break away for a total of 64 cutting tipsBetter than all the other utility knives I own.

The knife works very well on cardboard. I deal with a large amount of shipments and this knife has come in very handy. The ability to only have 1/4 inch of the blade out is useful for protecting the contents that might be damaged by a longer blade.The rubber grip makes is easy to hold onto even in a hot garage or warehouse. Changing blades is not vert intuitive and a little cumbersome.I tried scoring and cutting dry wall, that is a bit out of this blades league.With 8 blades with 7 ends available to snap off the end of the blade off, it has 64 fresh cutting edges.