OLFA 9mm Slide Lock Utility Knife (A-1) - Multi-Purpose Retractable Precision Knife w/ Snap-Off Blade, Replacement Blades: Any OLFA 9mm Blade

A good tool to have in your battery if you're into crafts.

I tried this as a pocket knife replacement, at work there's copious amounts of tape and cardboard and cling wrap to cut, and outside work packages mostly, the odd string, paper and such, mail and the like; I've always had a pocket knife but grew tired of cleaning tape residue, and sharpening blades that I could never get razor sharp, and even when I got close they would dull and chip if dropped. With a slight mod to the clip (sanding down the inner nub, for easier sliding into the pocket), I can now do all the pocket knife tasks aside from stabbing one in self defense, yet slashing is still available, without having to constantly maintain and worry about dmaging or losing my knife. Not only are these so cheap you can buy 10 for the price of a decent knife, you can also easily snap off each blade that is dull, or chipped or covered in residue, providing a new sharp edge. I also own the ss version but like another review stated I enjoy this one better, feels better in the hand and also doesn't have any sharp metal edges that would scrape my hand when entring into my pocket. The construction on these are sound, nothing feels cheap or readily breakable, for the price of a pen you can have a cutting implement that will surpass your expectations.

Great little knife for opening packages. Built better than a lot of the cheaper ones here.

This is the best feeling blade I've ever held and used. It works great. I'd buy again.

It gets the job done day in day out. It's comfortable enough for a single material blade holder, and I love that the blade locks so it doesn't pull out while dragging on material. I'll get a few more of these!

Although it has been produced for so many years, it is better than some newly produced products.

My dad was a contractor who gave me my own tool box full of tools at age 14, saying "girls need to know how to fix their own stuff, if only to know if their contractor is cheating them", and in that box was my first Olfa knife, which I used until September 2023, when some unsavory contractors stole all my tools, so when I purchased this new Olfa knife, I was highly disappointed. This knife is slightly shorter, thinner, and physically lighter than the older knives, with less heft, are cheaply made, and feel somehow off, which gives me less confidence when using it, which leads to easily cutting oneself, which I have done for the first time in years. Make no mistake, these knives are equally as sharp, if not sharper, as the old ones were, but feel cheap. May I suggest you use the (yellow) Olfa 215B knife which, while made of a heavy duty plastic, has all of the attributes the metal knife has lost. If anything, the only issue I may have with the 215B is that none of its instructions are in English, which are only necessary because I refill them with Olfa blades.

These knives are awesome for hanging wallpaper