I mean, 1, but we also have scissors.
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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.
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.
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.
None. I just use a pocket knife.
None. I just use a kitchen knife and wash it afterwards.
Around four from my various retail jobs in the past. They're all incredibly dull by now though
I'm down to one, and it's just a small ceramic blade one.
I miss my old g6
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.
The only good screw driver bits are the cheap ones, FWIW. They all strip out eventually, and I've never noticed much of a difference twixt the cheap and the pricey ones. May as well get cheap ones and recycle them!
Never heard of a box cutter.
A.K.A. utility knife. One of those knives with replaceable blades.
I've always called it a Stanley knife, I guess I've never come across the generic name.
I have one.
Two
A respectable number.
One in the toolbox in the garage. But it rarely gets used since I always have my Leatherman on me.
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.
I have four... somewhere around here. There's usually one nearby when I need it.
Like 3 or so, I ship stuff
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!
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?
It's one with a small ceramic replaceable blade like this
So it's a hi-tech designer one... fancy! How's the blade?
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.
None.
So sad, many tears.
Why not? No interest? No need?
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
2 that i return to their designated space after using. I think there's a third hiding somewhere
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.
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.
When I worked in the supermarket, I would easily would have 4 hidden in different pockets and drawers.
2
A sane number for a person not prone to misplacing their box cutters!
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