Probably like 40-50 my rommate has a weird fascination with them. At some point they brought home a box if like 40 of the cheap ones. I assume it was part if some art thing they planed then never bothered with. Now they are all over the apartment.
Oh. Oh my. So, when a blade gets dull, you don't replace the blade... you replace the whole knife? That's some next-level utility knifing!
0
Not nearly enough box cutter for a properly seasoned house.
I mean, 1, but we also have scissors.
If you can always find it, one is plenty!
0 that I can find. Maybe 5-10 that are lost in the void.
They're not lost, they're just surprise knives for future you.
Zero
Zero is such a lonely number.
Several, and I'll have you know they're not "squirreled away." They're stored carefully next to the bolt cutters and tarps.
In my house, if they're not carefully hidden around the house, they're (a) never handy, and (b) prone to getting relocated such that they're (a) not handy.
Way back when, I had a job where I used them regularly. Always had one on me at work. And therein, I had 4 or 5 at home any given day.
Always a knife at hand, for host or guest!
None. I just use a pocket knife.
I often do too, but my wife doesn't carry one, and if I'm breaking down a lot of boxes, I find that a utility knife does a better job.
1 in the garage, 2 in the basement. Plus a pocket knife on each floor.
You must open packages with the knives, and keep the utility knives for the big jobs.
When I worked in the supermarket, I would easily would have 4 hidden in different pockets and drawers.
Oh! A professional utility-knifer!
Did you have a problem with sticky-fingered co-workers?
Around four from my various retail jobs in the past. They're all incredibly dull by now though
That's why the blades are replaceable!
Hah true enough! I rarely use them but I really should get a pack of blades
I should have 3 but 2 are missing somewhere.
Box cutters are elusive creatures. Cloths hangers and socks are rank amateurs in comparison.
At this point, there are probably at least 12 in various states of lost/found. I can currently locate 3.
This is a sign of dedication. Yours is the superior count.
One very old and very blunt box cutter, hidden in a junk drawer somewhere. It's enjoying its retirement :)
I've resorted to using a cheap fruit knife if I need to cut any boxes.Sad utility knife :-(
Why don't you want to replace the blade?
I don't even know where this first one came from :) I think my dad left it lying around when he helped me move, many, many, maaaaany years ago.
I'm not a box-cutter kind of person I guess. It's ok though, he's not alone. The set of cheap screw driver bits and those hexagon thingies (allen wrench?) are keeping him company.
None. I just use a kitchen knife and wash it afterwards.
I... I... I'm speechless.
A kitchen knife? Do you use it to cut down boxes for recycling?
Why do you hate your kitchen knives so much?
Yep. I basically always use the same one. So it's beat to hell, but it works fine. It was a pretty cheap one to begin with.
None.
So sad, many tears.
Why not? No interest? No need?
Just no need, scissors do the trick.
One in the toolbox in the garage. But it rarely gets used since I always have my Leatherman on me.
Ooof, that's a concave blade profile to sharpen, too. But whatever works for you!
None. But I have an excellent folding utility knife with exchangeable blades.
Is it a Milwaukee?
I carry two of my tool bag.
I have one huge industrial strength with replaceable retractable brake off blades.
Then I have one that's really small like the tiny plastic ones, but it's Even thinner and slimmer the case is metal.
And I have maybe half a dozen other random pocket knives.
Honestly ever since I got a Kershaw Static, I don't really use box cutters anymore. The blade shape is just perfect for the job and it stays sharp for ages
I love that blade shape! I haven't gotten a knife with that profile yet, because I know by now what I'm willing to carry in my pocket, and it's smaller than that.
I prefer the replaceable blade style over the break-off style, but the later is superior for keeping that tip sharp.
Two
A respectable number.
2 that i return to their designated space after using. I think there's a third hiding somewhere
Mine like to migrate to different drawers when I'm not looking.
I own one box cutter, and only because the movers packed it into my stuff by mistake.
I think about five. Back when I had rabbits I'd say seven, they were viscous box killers.
Organic, all-natural, environmentally friendly box-cutters! I like it!
At least two. We just moved into a new place and we know where two are.
This is the most important feature of a utility knife: being locatable.
Atleast 8. Gotta have two per room
A human after my own heart.
I have four... somewhere around here. There's usually one nearby when I need it.
That's the most important thing: the correct amount is when one is always handy.
The simple box cutters with replacement blades? Three.
However, I have a couple hundred objects that can be used to cut boxes :)
Yah, I meant utility knives specifically.
I've used a fingernail to open boxes, but I only use replaceable blade knives to cut boxes down for recycling.
I tend to prefer regular knives for box breakdown tbh. The utility blades flex and tend to skip easier. I can break out a sodbuster or something similar and they're solid enough to not flex on me. I have a lockback version of the sodbuster form factor that's sweet on cardboard for me.
2
A sane number for a person not prone to misplacing their box cutters!
I think I have four; two in the basement in my toolbox (one medium-sized, one large), one in the kitchen and also a teeny-tiny one in my pocket that I carry all the time.
Like 3 or so, I ship stuff
A respectable number.
Box cutters, none at the moment (though I've had up to 3 at once, 1 normal one and 2 of those folding types with the 1-1.5inch long changeable blades you know the type.)
Knives in general that I can and would use to cut boxes (not counting kitchen knives): 4 multitools, 5 folding/locking knives.
I use the utility knives for cutting down boxes, because sharpening knives is not my favorite passtime and cutting cardboard is so hard on an edge. However, like you I'll use most of my pocket knives to cut open boxes and will use them to cut them down if necessary. The only thing I won't use for boxes is kitchen knives.
Drywall, on the other hand: I would never use a pocket knife for. It's just not worth it.
Agreed on all points. If I was breaking down boxes often I would absolutely be using solely boxcutters for them and nothing else.
Two or three. I often wish my lazy neighbors would ask to borrow one when they stuff large, unflattened boxes into their recycling barrels. #BurnAFuckingCalorie
The recycling people would appreciate it as well. Not that they'd ever do anything, but our recycling company requires boxes to be cut down.
