How many box cutters do you have squirreled around your house?

3 years ago by π•½π–šπ–†π–Žπ–‰π–π–—π–Žπ–Œπ– to c/asklemmy

I count 7 in mine.

Zippy 13 points 3 years ago

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

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sxan 3 points 3 years ago

This is the way of the utility knife.

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Seigest 12 points 3 years ago

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.

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sxan 2 points 3 years ago

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!

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Seigest 1 point 3 years ago

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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sxan 1 point 3 years ago

Still sounds like a sweet situation that could last for years.

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DrSleepless 10 points 3 years ago

0

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sxan 2 points 3 years ago

Not nearly enough box cutter for a properly seasoned house.

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TheButtonJustSpins 8 points 3 years ago

I mean, 1, but we also have scissors.

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sxan 2 points 3 years ago

If you can always find it, one is plenty!

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Brkdncr 8 points 3 years ago

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

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Semi-Hemi-Demigod 7 points 3 years ago

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

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sxan 2 points 3 years 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.

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YoBuckStopsHere 7 points 3 years ago

Zero

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sxan 1 point 3 years ago

Zero is such a lonely number.

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Amaltheamannen 6 points 3 years ago

None. I just use a pocket knife.

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Turious 6 points 3 years ago

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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sxan 1 point 3 years ago

Always a knife at hand, for host or guest!

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NotSteve_ 4 points 3 years ago

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

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sxan 2 points 3 years ago

That's why the blades are replaceable!

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NotSteve_ 2 points 3 years ago

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

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TheOneCurly 4 points 3 years ago

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

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sxan 1 point 3 years ago

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

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djsaskdja 3 points 3 years ago

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

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sxan 2 points 3 years ago

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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djsaskdja 1 point 3 years ago

Yep. I basically always use the same one. So it's beat to hell, but it works fine. It was a pretty cheap one to begin with.

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thelsim 3 points 3 years ago

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.

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sxan 2 points 3 years ago

Sad utility knife :-(

Why don't you want to replace the blade?

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thelsim 2 points 3 years ago

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.

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sxan 2 points 3 years 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!

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Mane25 3 points 3 years ago

Never heard of a box cutter.

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sxan 1 point 3 years ago

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

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Mane25 2 points 3 years ago

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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sxan 1 point 3 years ago

Milwaukee makes an excellent version, which is the only one I'll buy anymore. But the Stanley steel utility knife is an iconic classic! I remember finding those around my grandfather's Arco gas station.

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WarmSoda 3 points 3 years ago

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

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sxan 2 points 3 years ago

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.

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WarmSoda 2 points 3 years ago

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

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autumn 2 points 3 years ago

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

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sxan 1 point 3 years ago

Mine like to migrate to different drawers when I'm not looking.

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linearchaos 2 points 3 years ago

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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sxan 1 point 3 years ago

I love that blade shape! I haven't gotten a knife with that profile yet, because I know by now what I'm willing to carry in my pocket, and it's smaller than that.

I prefer the replaceable blade style over the break-off style, but the later is superior for keeping that tip sharp.

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derrg 2 points 3 years ago

Two

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sxan 1 point 3 years ago

A respectable number.

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Thavron 2 points 3 years ago

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

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sxan 1 point 3 years ago

Ooof, that's a concave blade profile to sharpen, too. But whatever works for you!

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blackn1ght 2 points 3 years ago

None.

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sxan 1 point 3 years ago

So sad, many tears.

Why not? No interest? No need?

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blackn1ght 1 point 3 years ago

Just no need, scissors do the trick.

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CurlyWurlies4All 2 points 3 years ago

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

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sxan 1 point 3 years ago

Oh! A professional utility-knifer!

Did you have a problem with sticky-fingered co-workers?

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SecretPancake 2 points 3 years ago

I should have 3 but 2 are missing somewhere.

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sxan 3 points 3 years ago

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

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southsamurai 1 point 3 years ago

The simple box cutters with replacement blades? Three.

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

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sxan 2 points 3 years ago

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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southsamurai 1 point 3 years ago

I tend to prefer regular knives for box breakdown tbh. The utility blades flex and tend to skip easier. I can break out a sodbuster or something similar and they're solid enough to not flex on me. I have a lockback version of the sodbuster form factor that's sweet on cardboard for me.

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mp3 1 point 3 years ago

I think I have four; two in the basement in my toolbox (one medium-sized, one large), one in the kitchen and also a teeny-tiny one in my pocket that I carry all the time.

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sxan 2 points 3 years ago

Ooo, tell me about your tiny utility knife! Is it one of those snap-off blade style, or one of those newer hi-tech designer replaceable blade with the smaller blades?

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mp3 1 point 3 years ago

It's one with a small ceramic replaceable blade like this

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sxan 2 points 3 years ago

So it's a hi-tech designer one... fancy! How's the blade?

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mp3 2 points 3 years ago

Works well enough for me, and unlike the small box cutter I used to carry, the blade doesn't rust lol

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runswithjedi 1 point 3 years ago
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GeekFTW 1 point 3 years ago

Box cutters, none at the moment (though I've had up to 3 at once, 1 normal one and 2 of those folding types with the 1-1.5inch long changeable blades you know the type.)

Knives in general that I can and would use to cut boxes (not counting kitchen knives): 4 multitools, 5 folding/locking knives.

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sxan 1 point 3 years ago

I use the utility knives for cutting down boxes, because sharpening knives is not my favorite passtime and cutting cardboard is so hard on an edge. However, like you I'll use most of my pocket knives to cut open boxes and will use them to cut them down if necessary. The only thing I won't use for boxes is kitchen knives.

Drywall, on the other hand: I would never use a pocket knife for. It's just not worth it.

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GeekFTW 2 points 3 years ago

Agreed on all points. If I was breaking down boxes often I would absolutely be using solely boxcutters for them and nothing else.

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wilberfan 1 point 3 years ago

Two or three. I often wish my lazy neighbors would ask to borrow one when they stuff large, unflattened boxes into their recycling barrels. #BurnAFuckingCalorie

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sxan 1 point 3 years ago

The recycling people would appreciate it as well. Not that they'd ever do anything, but our recycling company requires boxes to be cut down.

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VanillaGorilla 1 point 3 years ago

I think about five. Back when I had rabbits I'd say seven, they were viscous box killers.

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sxan 1 point 3 years ago

Organic, all-natural, environmentally friendly box-cutters! I like it!

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spittingimage 1 point 3 years ago

At least two. We just moved into a new place and we know where two are.

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sxan 2 points 3 years ago

This is the most important feature of a utility knife: being locatable.

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Tuss 1 point 3 years ago

None. But I have an excellent folding utility knife with exchangeable blades.

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sxan 1 point 3 years ago

Is it a Milwaukee?

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frippa 1 point 3 years ago

Like 3 or so, I ship stuff

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sxan 2 points 3 years ago

A respectable number.

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hotpocketsexsleeve 0 points 3 years ago

Atleast 8. Gotta have two per room

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sxan 1 point 3 years ago

A human after my own heart.

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