Lowe’s recently launched this 3-pack of Kobalt “Mini Rapid Aluminum” retractable utility knives.
You get one each in blue, black, and grey. From the looks of it, the mini retractable utility knives work with standard utility blades.
Lowe’s provides instructions on how to extend the blade: depress the blade and push forward until the blade hits the blade stop.
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No pocket clip. Lots of places for dust and grime to build up. At least there’s a lanyard hole.
It looks kind of cheap.
They’re going to sell a bazillion of these over the holiday tool deals season.
Price: $9.98
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Nathan
Pass.
MattW.
Have them placed them as package openers in random spots. They are not smooth or the easiest to use but there useable. I did clean up some burrs and lube them up made them far better.
Jerry
I have a few utility knives designed in a similar fashion. I have not handled one of these to see how smoothly they work, but a couple I have work pretty smoothly, others are either rough or clumsy to operate.
In my opinion, done right, a knife of this design will give you a usable utility knife in about as small/light a package as you can get. Good if you want that sort of thing, they just disappear into a pocket, both for size as well as weight. Not intended to be a heavy use type of knife, but rather to be a knife so unobtrusive that you always have it with you.
Justin
These seem to be heavily inspired by the GilTek RUK. As a daily carrier of the RUK, I picked these up and was pretty disappointed with them. The paint is very rough which causes the blade to not slide smoothly. They’re usable for throwing in various places, but I think money is much better spent on the RUK.
DH
LOL OMG 10 bucks for that??? WOW we have come a long way in overpriced junk
mikedt
3 for $10. So yeah, they’ll sell a lot of them.