Knife Utility Tools

Jobs are easier if you have the correct tools. Utility knives are tools you can find in factories, warehouses and other places where someone often needs a versatile cutting . The knives normally come in a cheap design with easy user-replaceable blades.

  1. Design

    • Manufacturers construct the knives from a holder or butt of the blade usually made of plastic or metal. The blade can be a sliding blade or a fixed blade, which the user can adjust for length. Some blades are also reversible, for when one end gets blunt. Another blade version is one which the user can snap off the blade to give a sharper end.

    Names

    • The knife is known by different names around the world. The most common name aside from utility knife is "Stanley knife," after the knife manufacturer Stanley Works. Other names by which the knife is know include "cutters," "cortaplumas," "estiletes" and "X-acto."

    Uses

    • The main uses for utility knives include opening packing quickly, cutting though tape, cord and boxes. Special utility knives can cut through linoleum and carpet. Utility knives can also cut through anything of equal strength and thickness to the materials described. The knives' design minimizes the use of the arm and shoulder muscles, but this will only work when used on the appropriatet materials.

    Weapons Use

    • A number of countries are considering putting age restrictions on the purchase of utility knives. They cite growing concerns that some use the knives in knife crimes around the world. CNN reported that the hijackers on 9/11 possibly used utility knives when committing their crime. Documented reports of youths using knives in crimes heighten concerns. There was a documented murder of a schoolgirl in a Japanese elementary school in 2004.