Can anyone recommend a knife suitable for cutting around hinges and that kind of work. I've had lots of Stanley type knives but always found them a bit unreliable/poorly designed.
Advise please.
Simon
Advise please.
Simon
Utility Knives
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A chisel? I'm not being facetious, it's a legit way of working and needs only one tool instead of two. Hold the blade vertical in your fist with your thumb resting on the bottom end of the handle. Don't use a very narrow chisel.
Or else a single bevel marking knife. My two favourites are a Japanese one from Axminster and one made from a broken needle file.
Or else a single bevel marking knife. My two favourites are a Japanese one from Axminster and one made from a broken needle file.
Tony Zaffuto
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Years ago, when I worked for a living (as a carpenter), I would mark out hinges with a light knife cut from a Stanley 299 utility knife. I could make a more precise layout with my knife then you could with a butt marking gage. Today I would use a single bevel knife, light chisel cuts & clean out with a #71 router plane.
The 299 was a fixed blade, aluminum checkered handle. I would keep the same blade in for weeks on end, simply honing instead of changing it (even though the blades were disposable).
The 299 was a fixed blade, aluminum checkered handle. I would keep the same blade in for weeks on end, simply honing instead of changing it (even though the blades were disposable).
Glynne
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Having watched a few Paul Sellers' videos, I bought a Stanley folding knife and have to say I'm very pleased with it.
I do have a "proper" marking knife as well as several normal "Stanley's" but the folding knife seems to suit me and can be sharpened and honed.
I do have a "proper" marking knife as well as several normal "Stanley's" but the folding knife seems to suit me and can be sharpened and honed.
Cheshirechappie
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A Swann-Morton scalpel can be a handy tool in all sorts of situations. The line it makes on wood tends to be fine, but it cuts the surface fibres neatly so a neat result can be obtained after chiselling out waste. It helps to run a pencil round as well to highlight the scalpel line, but don't do that unless you can clean up the pencil lead afterwards with glasspaper, a smoothing plane or even an eraser. Half the pencil line tends to stay on the non-waste side of the knife-line.
Another alternative is the old-fashioned marking knife. Kept sharp and used with care, these work very well. The spear-point type are quite fashionable at the moment, though the single-bevel type work quite well for jobs such as hinge marking if used with care.
Another alternative is the old-fashioned marking knife. Kept sharp and used with care, these work very well. The spear-point type are quite fashionable at the moment, though the single-bevel type work quite well for jobs such as hinge marking if used with care.
For a while now I have found a knife I made years ago with an old hacksaw blade an easy option. A short section in two pieces of hardwood with epoxy resin. It is one sided with a point (spear?) and small making it light. I never liked stanley blades as two sides. Best wishes.
