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.
Lol no, but they are segragated blades you can use the slot on the back of one knife to break the blade of another. I can at least be less stingey about keeping them sharp this way. As they are cheap ones the blades do not last very long and rust out with even a tiny amount of moisture.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Ooo, tell me about your tiny utility knife! Is it one of those snap-off blade style, or one of those newer hi-tech designer replaceable blade with the smaller blades?
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.
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