Frulk
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I’ve carried a knife daily going on about 25-30 years once clips became a thing. Disliked having a Buck folder laying at the bottom of a Levi’s pocket. Most were in the disposable price range.
I branched out into Benchmade’s in the late 2000’s but after losing a couple I stopped carrying them as daylies. They’re at the apex of the price range in knives for what I can justify for my needs.
Anyway….with the advent of Amazon it’s now at a point where their boxes arrive at a non-stop pace at casa de Frulk. At that rate they fill up the garbage pretty quick.
I ended up buying a knife for the specific purpose of cutting down cardboard boxes. Sits on the microwave until needed.
The Gerber on top is my daily carry. $36.99 isn’t bad for a knife that is 100% Made in the USA (packaging does not say sourced with global parts). I used it for a while doing the box cutting. But I found I wasn’t sharpening it as required and when I was using it for other tasks it was somewhat dull at the time I needed it.
I know the fix is just to break out the Lansky and sharpen as needed but then I wouldn’t have justification to buy a DEDICATED cardboard box knife.
I looked around and settled on this Buck. Price was around $40. Lockwork as of now after moderate use has no sideways play in it. I like the razor style as it works great for me when cutting at the angle I use on the trailer. Blade is easy & straightforward to sharpen. Texture on handles is ‘gritty’ and very sandpaper like providing a positive grip. Downside is it’s made in China.
I cut the boxes down on a flatbed trailer. Height is convenient at almost mid-thigh and when cutting through I hit wood instead of formica or a metal top.
The Buck made short work of these two boxes.
Couple of close ups with the Gerber daily carry
Anybody else have a DEDICATED Amazon box knife?
I branched out into Benchmade’s in the late 2000’s but after losing a couple I stopped carrying them as daylies. They’re at the apex of the price range in knives for what I can justify for my needs.
Anyway….with the advent of Amazon it’s now at a point where their boxes arrive at a non-stop pace at casa de Frulk. At that rate they fill up the garbage pretty quick.
I ended up buying a knife for the specific purpose of cutting down cardboard boxes. Sits on the microwave until needed.
The Gerber on top is my daily carry. $36.99 isn’t bad for a knife that is 100% Made in the USA (packaging does not say sourced with global parts). I used it for a while doing the box cutting. But I found I wasn’t sharpening it as required and when I was using it for other tasks it was somewhat dull at the time I needed it.
I know the fix is just to break out the Lansky and sharpen as needed but then I wouldn’t have justification to buy a DEDICATED cardboard box knife.
I looked around and settled on this Buck. Price was around $40. Lockwork as of now after moderate use has no sideways play in it. I like the razor style as it works great for me when cutting at the angle I use on the trailer. Blade is easy & straightforward to sharpen. Texture on handles is ‘gritty’ and very sandpaper like providing a positive grip. Downside is it’s made in China.
I cut the boxes down on a flatbed trailer. Height is convenient at almost mid-thigh and when cutting through I hit wood instead of formica or a metal top.
The Buck made short work of these two boxes.
Couple of close ups with the Gerber daily carry
Anybody else have a DEDICATED Amazon box knife?
I feel like that's 90% of the work my knives do is opening the boxes.
