FYI. Rockler.com has a new Super Knife. It's basically a folding box cutter. However, I would suspect that utility knife blades make very poor survival knives. To me they seem to dull quickly and are very brittle.

Hi Bill,<br><br>Checked out the site (thanks for providing the link). It appears to be a nice enough design, I'd be more comfortable being able to look at one in the hand versus on a monitor screen. <br> <br>Certainly a different method of handling the utility blades. Noted it does not appear to have storage for second blade and (IMHO) at approx. $25 + shipping, it may be bit pricey for what one gets, however others may have a much different feeling about it. <br><br>Thanks for sharing your find,<br>Comanche7

Here is the web site for another supplier of the Super Knife which gives a bit better view.<br><br>Unfortunately, my local Rockler store is out-of-stock. <br><br>I carry 2 utility knife blades in my mini PSK. A sturdy handle would certainly be an improvement.<br><br><br>

Nice site . . . they have an extensive listing of LED type flashlights and photos as well.

[url=http://www.rockler.com]Rockler is also where I bought my honing paper for my PSK per Chris' suggestion.

Now that folding box cutters have become more available, I have been carrying one for the past few months. Mine has been very useful for my everyday tasks in an urban setting: very sharp, easy to maintain, can be used for scraping glass and warn out automotive gaskets, remove slivers, cutting boxes, etc. However, I too have been wondering about how useful they would be in a survival situation. As mentioned before, they are great when they are sharp, but dull relatively fast and almost instantaneously loose their edge if they get wet. Another complaint I have about them is their usable blade length is quite short, only about 1 inch. Anyone else have any other ideas or comments on this subject?

Thanks,
Rio

I've taken to carrying a $0.50 box cutter for everyday use and therefore keeping my Benchmade folding knife sharp for when I really need it.

When you think about it, a single edge razor blade is on almost every list for necessary items in a survial kit. What the folding cutter, a box cutter or craft knife does is give you the same thing but allows a margain of safety( probably the most important thing in a survival incident).
With that in mind remember what you can use it for and don't try to make it do what a good sized lockback or fixed blade would normally do.

I have a folding cutter from Home Depot. It is bascally a folding knife. It is easy to use. Also, it has a belt or pocket clip.
I don't think you can store blades in it. It only cost about $8.75 and comes with some replacement blades. Very inexpensive and practical. You can go to home depot site and look for hand tools. The brand name is Husky and comes in different brilliant colors like red, and blue.

The local Walmart carries Gerbers version of the folding box cutter. It's much smaller and thinner than most I've seen and it can use the heavier grade blades. I've picked up a few to keep around the house and vehicles.