Festool safety knife

Hanzo1991 · Nov 24, 2015

Just got this, does it need special blades or does normal stanley blades fit?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Festool-498183-Safety-Cutter-Knife/dp/B0058HW67K

SMJoinery · Nov 24, 2015

Normal "Stanley" blades fit just fine.
Knife is great to use.
Takes a little getting used to keeping thumb on button to extend blade.

Hanzo1991 · Nov 24, 2015

Dosent the blade stay out by itself?

jmac80 · Nov 24, 2015

Hanzo1991 said:
Dosent the blade stay out by itself?

No it doesn't and that's why I never use it, find it awkward.

Nestor · Nov 24, 2015

jmac80 said:
Hanzo1991 said:

Dosent the blade stay out by itself?

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No it doesn't and that's why I never use it, find it awkward.

Ugh. Me too. The last time I used one of those I tie-wrapped it to keep the blade extended until I finished the task.