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About a thousand but I usually canβt find any.
This is the way of the utility knife.
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.
Oh. Oh my. So, when a blade gets dull, you donβt replace the bladeβ¦ you replace the whole knife? Thatβs some next-level utility knifing!
I mean, 1, but we also have scissors.
If you can always find it, one is plenty!
0 that I can find. Maybe 5-10 that are lost in the void.
Theyβre not lost, theyβre just surprise knives for future you.
Zero
Zero is such a lonely number.
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.
Always a knife at hand, for host or guest!
Several, and Iβll have you know theyβre not βsquirreled away.β Theyβre stored carefully next to the bolt cutters and tarps.
In my house, if theyβre not carefully hidden around the house, theyβre (a) never handy, and (b) prone to getting relocated such that theyβre (a) not handy.
When I worked in the supermarket, I would easily would have 4 hidden in different pockets and drawers.
Oh! A professional utility-knifer!
Did you have a problem with sticky-fingered co-workers?
Never heard of a box cutter.
A.K.A. utility knife. One of those knives with replaceable blades.
Iβve always called it a Stanley knife, I guess Iβve never come across the generic name.
I have one.
Milwaukee makes an excellent version, which is the only one Iβll buy anymore. But the Stanley steel utility knife is an iconic classic! I remember finding those around my grandfatherβs Arco gas station.
None. I just use a pocket knife.
I often do too, but my wife doesnβt carry one, and if Iβm breaking down a lot of boxes, I find that a utility knife does a better job.
Around four from my various retail jobs in the past. Theyβre all incredibly dull by now though
Thatβs why the blades are replaceable!
Hah true enough! I rarely use them but I really should get a pack of blades
One very old and very blunt box cutter, hidden in a junk drawer somewhere. Itβs enjoying its retirement :)
Iβve resorted to using a cheap fruit knife if I need to cut any boxes.
Sad utility knife :-(
Why donβt you want to replace the blade?
Iβm down to one, and itβs just a small ceramic blade one.
I miss my old g6
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.
Itβs alright. It still cuts after a year. But Iβm not as confident with it doing heavy stuff.
1 in the garage, 2 in the basement. Plus a pocket knife on each floor.
You must open packages with the knives, and keep the utility knives for the big jobs.
I should have 3 but 2 are missing somewhere.
Box cutters are elusive creatures. Cloths hangers and socks are rank amateurs in comparison.