Gerber Gear EAB Lite Pocket Razor Knife with Money Clip - EDC Gear Folding Stainless Steel Utility Knife with Box Cutter Blade for Everyday Carry

This is a wonderful knife to have on you all the time, but a terrible knife to use all the time.If you are looking for something to subject to frequent, heavy duty use, this is not the knife for you. That's not to say it's not durable.. it seems plenty durable to me, but it just doesn't have the ergonomics for it.I'm a graphic designer/production manager. I need to open a few packages a day usually. Sometimes cut off strapping, tape, or other mounting. In my office I had one of those cheap snap-off cutters, but if I was out of the office it was always a total pain to find a cutter. In a warehouse you keep things in one spot generally, but with daily use they get scattered. Every time I needed a knife I had to spend a few minutes just looking for one. It was a massive waste of time. My warehouse manager got me a decent little collapsable knife, but it was too big to keep on me all the time with my keys, wallet, phone, etc. That's where this comes in!You know that little pocket-within-a-pocket on your jeans that no one ever has a use for? This fits perfectly in there!, clip it on with the knife inside, clip out and it is so tiny you'll forget it is there. Now whenever I need a cutter I just reach down and it's right there. I haven't found another knife that is this compact that still has a full-sized blade. There are a few that are close to this size.. but they have mini blades that impair their functionality. The blade on this is extremely high quality, it is full sized and actually quite a bit thicker than the bulk blades we normally buy for our warehouse.Now for it's short comings.. I don't see these as marks against it (per my 5 star rating). They are just design compromises that needed to be made to reduce the size:* This is a two hand open, two hand close knife. If I know I have a number of packages to open, or I have to cut down a lot of corrugated for flat-packing, I'll grab a larger, better suited knife. There's not room for a complex locking mechanism.. so deal with it if you want a knife this small.* The blade is much more time consuming to change than the alternatives. If you're doing a lot of cutting, this isn't for you. This is something you keep on you for when you need it, not something you use as your workhorse.* Price. This isn't a $3 knife. if you're going to keep it on you, $12 is not a lot for the utility and engineering of this thing.. but if they start disappearing it's going to get costly. Keep it on you. Don't lend it out. Keep track of it and it is more than worth the cost.* The clip?? People keep complaining about belt-clip issues. The clip is designed to be very slim-one of my problems with a lot of other folding cutters is how fat the clip is. I had to take it off my previous ones and they were STILL fatter than this one with the clip. This clip is not designed for a full-thickness leather belt-that is going to wreck it! I've put it over the edge of my pocket every day for months with no issues.. with a thinner woven belt thrown in for good measure!If you try to use this knife like a contractor-grade cutting tool, you are going to have a bad time.If you want to have an ultra-compact, high-quality cutting tool on you all day, every day, for as-needed use, this is the perfect tool. I love this thing and I never leave home without it clipped inside my pocket! (unless I know I'm going somewhere with tight security!... be careful, it's easy to forget it's there!)

I love these little things so much that I give them as gifts to pretty much everyone. The form factor is perfect for a EDC knife that you'll actually use all the time because it's always with you. Folded up, it fits neatly in the coin pocket of most jeans and it opens to provide just enough handle length to be safe to use without serious concern.You never need to worry about sharpening it since you can just reverse and eventually change the standard utility blade it uses. A dime is perfect for use as a screwdriver for undoing the little blade retention screw. Additionally, that little screw protrudes just enough that one handed opening with your thumb always just works. I've been using one as my daily driver for a few years and the hinge and liner lock are both as solid and smooth as when I got it. It may be a small little thing, but the aluminum body is tough where it counts.Between the compact size and ease of blade replacement, it's just about the perfect carry knife to keep with you all the time for those daily pocketknife tasks. On top of that, it's inexpensive enough that even if you were to lose it, it wouldn't be a huge deal. Huge value and a quality product that receives top marks for just being a useful tool.

Excellent tool. I had been wanting to get a boxcutter for a while and never went through with the idea, now I use it all the time. Very sharp, and the compact size it has due to being foldable is a joy. Would definitely recommend, seems to quite durable as well.

When I first started working in an office setting I carried an old Kershaw that I still love, but whipping that bad boy out in the middle of an office just to open a cardboard box was getting me concerned looks. And I was opening a lot of boxes. I knew I needed something a little more discreet, and the standard box cutters were far too bulky to keep in a pocket. This little guy (the EAB lite) fit the bill and was a little more elegant than the other options. I've had it over a decade now, used it almost daily at work for 7 years, and couldn't be happier. It's compact, light, well made, and reasonably priced.Now, if you go buy a generic standard refill blade, it will rattle around in the knife and you will be disappointed - you want a thicker blade. I've had good luck with the Stanley Extra Heavy Duty blades, and I recommend them. I've seen some others are happy with the Lenox Gold blades and I plan to try those next.

Amazing little knife, folds down so flat and small with a solid clip.Seems very strong, has a great feel both closed and open, nice sized handle.Deploying the blade is simple but releasing the catch to fold it back is recessed into the mechanism too far and is way too stiff, for me and two other men who tried it, this isn't a knife for opening & closing routinely, requires two hands.The blade is a box cutter blade fully exposed, seems like it would be easy to cut yourself by accident (i haven't).It will NOT close by accident which is the point I'm sure.I cannot see the average woman being able to do it, tho, nor wanting to.This is a purpose-built box cutter, it will not adequately replace my Kershaw Leek knife (which I lose so often, decided to try a $14 replacement) but the Kershaw is $70.Definitely keeping it, people who hold it closed or open marvel at it until they go to close it.