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| Blade tightened at the barrel (Traditional X-acto style) |
   
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44 | 41.90% |
| Blade tightened at the butt end (Fiskars - some X-acto) |
  
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29 | 27.62% |
| Something different |
  
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16 | 15.24% |
| No opinion |
  
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16 | 15.24% |
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#61
09-27-2009, 04:16 PM
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I'm an old fashioned X-Acto guy.
I use two: My heavy duty #2 and my lighter #11 with corresponding blades. Both have the metal handles and work well. I'm intrigued by the idea of using heatshrink to provide a non slip grip though... hmmm...
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#62
10-02-2009, 06:50 AM
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Just as a follow up, I've been using my Tajima knife exclusively for about a week and half, and I like it a lot. I haven't picked up my X-Acto X-2000 once in all that time. I have had to snap off a couple of blades, as I'm doing a lot of mat board cutting as of late, but that's pretty hard on any knife type, so I can't fault the Tajima much. It's still out lasting an X-Acto. Where the Tajima really shines for me is cutting out the lighter paper parts, like fuselage skins, etc. My edge cutting accuracy had gone up quite a bit.
I went back to the eBay seller I bought my first knife from, and picked up a second knife and a couple of extra blade packs (10 blades per pack), all of which was still less than the price of a 100 pack of X-Acto No.11 blades. Mike
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#63
10-02-2009, 07:10 PM
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I was just browsing the Olfa website, and I came across this knife
Look familiar? Welcome to Olfa OLFAź Stainless Steel Slide Lock Graphics Knife (SAC-1) - Shop World Kitchen
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10-18-2009, 07:58 PM
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10-18-2009, 08:44 PM
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Hello all, just thought I would throw my hat into this discussion, even if it is a bit late!:o I use the Squadron scalpel handle and blades. I usd to us x-acto but over time became unhappy with the blade performance. Every so often, if I have too cut alot of parts, I'll put one of the scalpel blades into an x-acto handle. I do find I get less hand fatigue with the round barrel as opposed to the flat scalpel handle.
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#67
10-19-2009, 01:40 AM
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I use almost exclusively Olfa AK-3 - but I sharpen the blades using very fine sandpaper, and grind broken tips sharp with my dremel tool. Effectively, when I buy blades, I buy them together with the knife - in my way the 10-pack of blades outlives the knife :P
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#68
10-19-2009, 05:47 AM
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Tajima snap off blade razor box cutter utility knife 30 - eBay Tajima 30 ° snap off utility cutter knife blades 10 pc - eBay Mike
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#69
10-19-2009, 11:10 AM
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I use three types of cutter, as well as for the circles: "Olfa".
But I prefer, overall, that indicated by the red arrow. It's a 'Tecnostyl Design GR 100'. Blade very short (not oscillating) and thin, rugged and lightweight handle.  Orazio
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