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Tool Box Buzz: An interesting take on the utility knife. This Stanley tool features a skeleton design, with a compact profile, three positive stops, a belt hook, and a bottle opener. This tool puts the utility in utility knife.
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Doci Mou
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The caribiner looks great! The bottle opener sure would be good for those erm Coke bottles! It looks relatively compact and pretty handy I suppose. But a relatiely surprising issue I think I'd have with this tool is the fact that I'd probably already have something else hanging off my belt hook. What's the best remedy to that though, another carabiner? I personally am not the biggest fan of quickchange blades, so the fact that this doesn't have any sounds fine to me. I am curious what this supposed "quick change feature" trade-off is though.
I like my Stanley FatMax Quick Slide knife ca. 2006, and haven't been incredibly crazy about the versions since. But this knife might change my mind...I like the overall design, the only thing I might add to the handle is a rubber grip, something as simple as a grip adds a lit of comfort when using the knife repeatedly throughout a job. The addition of the carabiner is the best addition to this product, and the bottle opener is well....ya know, great for those Friday night safety meetings.
I don't like the lack of spare blade storage or the ergonomics of the handle. Smaller and more portable is not always better. The bottle opener is a great gag for the weekend warrior but has no bearing for a professional tool. I would rather have the full size one with the spare blades and a more comfortable grip. There isn't going to be a great innovation on the box cutter but there will be many gimmicks and that is what I see here.
3 comments:
The caribiner looks great! The bottle opener sure would be good for those erm Coke bottles! It looks relatively compact and pretty handy I suppose. But a relatiely surprising issue I think I'd have with this tool is the fact that I'd probably already have something else hanging off my belt hook. What's the best remedy to that though, another carabiner?
I personally am not the biggest fan of quickchange blades, so the fact that this doesn't have any sounds fine to me. I am curious what this supposed "quick change feature" trade-off is though.
I like my Stanley FatMax Quick Slide knife ca. 2006, and haven't been incredibly crazy about the versions since. But this knife might change my mind...I like the overall design, the only thing I might add to the handle is a rubber grip, something as simple as a grip adds a lit of comfort when using the knife repeatedly throughout a job. The addition of the carabiner is the best addition to this product, and the bottle opener is well....ya know, great for those Friday night safety meetings.
I don't like the lack of spare blade storage or the ergonomics of the handle. Smaller and more portable is not always better. The bottle opener is a great gag for the weekend warrior but has no bearing for a professional tool. I would rather have the full size one with the spare blades and a more comfortable grip. There isn't going to be a great innovation on the box cutter but there will be many gimmicks and that is what I see here.
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