Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation introduced a new sliding utility knife as part of its new line of hand tool products. Built to be productive and ergonomic, the Sliding Utility Knife comes fully featured and emphasizes ease-of-use and durability. Activated by a side sliding mechanism rather than a top button that often gets in the way or causes unintended blade retraction, the Sliding Utility Knife also features a tool free blade change and wire stripper for increased efficiency.
Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation introduced a new utility knife as part of its new line of hand tool products. Designed to increase productivity, the Fastback Utility Knife comes fully featured and emphasizes ease-of-use and durability. Designed to activate the blade 3X faster than a 2-handed opening, the Fastback Utility Knife features a one handed blade opening button for easy activation.
Milwaukee introduced a new Rasping Jab Saw (Drywall Saw) as part of its new line of hand tool products. Eliminating the need for separate rasping and reaming tools, the new saw utilizes grating holes along the side of the blade to rapidly expand holes or smooth rough edges of sheetrock or drywall after a cut has been made.
Having a dull knife can cause both cutting problems and safety issues. Those issues can be over if you start using a Lansky Knife Sharpening System, which gives a consistent sharp edge every time you use it. With an easy to use multiple angle guide and a series of varied grit honing stones, almost any knife can be sharpened. This system ranks among the best knife sharpening methods that we have used.
If you are a pocket knife kind of guy who is always on the lookout for innovative knives, then you need to check out Kershaw's new folder knife. It's called the Zing 1735 and it has a unique 3D machined blade. This folding pocket knife is made with special stainless steel and was designed by the famous knife designer RJ Martin.
The Rapid Warrior is the latest transformer-like utility knife tool from Rapid Tools. With a flick of a lever and a turn of a knob, you can go from razor knife to keyhole saw to hacksaw. With quick, no tool blade changes, DIY and homeowners will find this tool handy to keep in a toolbox or drawer.
The Leatherman Kick was designed for folks who prefer a little less weight, yet need a full size multi-tool that features longer, sharper, and stronger implements in a lighter and more compact tool. Full-size pliers are built in that have a jaw design that can handle twice the squeeze-load as the previous version with no extra weight
We ran into Scott Murray of Goldblatt Tool Company who was showing off their new Bladerunner Drywall Cutter. What makes this tool unique and special is that it uses proprietary blades and a magnetic grip to cut both sides of the drywall at the same time. After the cut, it's just a snap of the board and you're done. It was kind of hard to believe that the tool actually worked. After trying ti a few times I can say that it's one of the more innovative tools I've seen in a while. With practice it might just end up pushing your drywall knife out of the tool bag.
With great movies like the Patriot and the Last of the Mohicans, it is hard not to pay tribute to one of the original tools in our American History: the Tomahawk. This tool did not start out as a weapon but as a practical trade item between early settlers and the Indians. Of course beyond the obvious uses of hacking trees down and fashioning things out of wood, it also became a pretty good weapon. If you think about it, in the old days when you had to ether carry all your tools or drag them along with you on a horse or wagon, versatile and universal tools ruled.
Husky, the Home Depot house brand, has come up with a very nice value-oriented knife package. At this price, their 5-pack utility knife set will give you a knife for every room in your house. Or your car. Or your shed. You can carry one around with you or store one on your boat. If you've got $20 burning a hole in your pocket it's going to be hard to walk by the aisle with these staring you in the face.
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