The Sharper BETTER Utility Blade's You Haven’t Heard Of, But Probably Shouldn't Buy

Sorry guys, I accidentally give the wrong measurement conversion for the carpet blade. 0.016 thousands is 0.41mm, not 0.23 as stated in the video. I looked at the wrong one when writing the title🤦‍♂

As a carpenter I am used to the utility blade and once I had a friend ask me to help him button up a mobile home. On the job I picked up his carpet knife and proceeded to cut as muscle memory would have me do pushing down on the back of said blade with my thumb. Let’s just say it changed my thumbprint and took a bit to heal. I don’t even own a carpet knife today. That’s been 40 years ago.

As a carpet installer for 20 years of my life, you are 100% correct in every single word you uttered about its sharpness and also its being an dangerous..!!!! Hope your doing better sir..!!!???

As a semi-retired cabinet maker of 40 yrs., we had all kinds of machinery at the shop, many with no guards or safety equip.( 12" Yates jointer, leather belt driven mortise and tenoner , 6 foot stroke sander, 15" direct drive table saw, Grizzly shaper, leather belt driven band saw taller than I am, etc.. the owner of the shop said to me on my first day of work , "This is the MOST dangerous tool here" and held up an old Stanley 99 fixed blade utility knife. He was right , and I've learned the hard way never be complacent using it. Thanks for the video.

Thank you! I always knew my carpet knife was far more sharp, and far more dangerous, than my utility knives, but i never knew why. When it comes to having to trim carpet around a room there’s nothing like one, just treat it like you are handling a venomous snake and you should be OK (same philosophy for live wires)-

Your voice sounds better, i hope for a speedy and full recovery ❤️

Usually you can store a couple of blades in the handle. I usually take the blade out and stick it in the handle to carry instead of needing a sheath.

I discovered these by accident several years ago. It was such a fantastic upgrade, and I was slicing through boxes like the wind until I forgot that the blades are double-sided. Old habits die hard, and using your thumb to position a utility blade works great until the top of the blade becomes another blade. Complacency is the most dangerous thing in a work environment.

I installed carpet for almost 12yrs. This is straight facts. The latex backing on the carpet dulls the blades fast, gotta be light sabers to begin with. That orcon brings back mad memories. I had a Oldschool that you had to use a flat head every single time to change blade. Cool thing is you get 4 uses out of each blade🤙🏻 I dig your content

As an ex carpet installer I can attest to the sharpness of the blades. Very easy to slice the crap out of yourself if you are dumb. I never got myself but watched someone else cut themselves like 3 times in one week. lol.

I guess this means we should be stropping our utility blades before using them? Thank you for being the best sharpening researcher/instructor out there. You deserve an honorary PhD in it.

I'm surprised you didn't strop that burr ... I resharpen and strop my utility blade over and over. Notice I used the singular there, I have cases of them but I have been using the same one for about a year - and I mean multiple times daily. I carry it everywhere in my Gerber Gear EAB Pocket Knife. You can just strop it right on the Gerber. I used to treat these as disposable - they don't have to be! Resharpen them, don't toss them! I like to strop them while watching Youtube videos like this ... a little hobby time.

3:22 maybe stacking a couple blades could give a decently accurate reading.

Let’s Give it up for the channel and for modern technology to give us blades to be delivered for the cost of 2 happy meals from Mcdonald’s…….

I spent 25 years as a commercial electrician and only used retractable razor knives. I don’t doubt for a minute that the other style is better but carrying it around in a tool bag seems more challenging. Good to see you! I hope you’re doing well.

Brings back memories of doing carpet tare outs for my Dads construction company. Two vice grips and carpet knife. You get to go home with torn up hands and broken back ripping up glue down carpets off the concrete floors… PTSD ensues.

Glad to see you seem to be feeling better. For those who stay with utlity blades, they strop back to sharp pretty well.

I've been a knife nut since 1971 when I earned my cub scout pocket knife. One thing I love about this obsession is that there's always more to learn. Never knew about these kind of carpet knives before, always saw the old timers using those hook blades. I love the easy access microscopy and the new steels that are geared towards specific purpose knives. With all the crazy crap going on in the world we seem to be living in a golden age of knives. So many small craftsmen like T Kell or Creely knives and so many others with cryo quenching, nickle boron coatings, exotic steels and so many new techniques added onto the artistry of legacy craftsmen.

I don't have a lot of use for either but I'm a chef, not a contractor although my dad was. The cheap retractable models are fine for the very very limited times I need one. There's one in my junk drawer which comes out every couple of years if I'm working on a small project.

Have you ever taken up close edge shots of disposable straight razor blades? I'd love to see how they compare to the carpet blades.