Studio Knife
Studio Knife
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$120.00
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$120.00
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Studio Knife
Studio Knife
Regular price
$120.00
Regular price
$0.00
Sale price
$120.00
Unit price
per
Born from a decades-long hunt for the most versatile and always-sharp workshop blade. The Studio Knife started as a side project for an industrial designer (and friend of Best Made) who needed a sharp knife for his workshop.
Utility knives, X-actos, scalpels, and box cutters have consistently disappointed us. Their blade quality is often flimsy, and they dull quickly. The mechanisms for securing their blades often come undone. As a category of knives, these blades are always one cut away from the garbage.
The Studio Knife has heft, and fits comfortably in the palm of your hand. It starts with a smooth, solid brass sliding mechanism: with one hand, you slide the center bar back with your thumb until you feel a satisfying click. The blade is firmly held in place by a rare earth magnet, which makes it all the easier to swap blades in and out. Before you even cut with it, the Studio Knife gratifies.
The Studio Knife’s blades are made by Swann Morton in Sheffield, England, and they are 25% thicker than an X-acto. They hold their edge like no other and can accurately cut through deep material. The Studio Knife is made in the USA, precision CNC machined from billet 360 brass in Milpitas, California, and hand-assembled and tuned in a small workshop in Oakland, California.
Comes with nine extra blades in a hardwood case, an etched stainless sliding cover, and extra blade storage.
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“I wanted to create the perfect versatile blade for precisely marking wood, cutting foam core, doing papercraft, deburring parts, cutting vinyl stickers, trimming flash, whittling a spoon, and opening packaging.
Why another knife? After designing and fabricating thousands of objects across all manner of materials and processes, this knife became my passion project. I found X-acto blade quality poor - those little round pen-shaped handles always unscrew and get loose. Scalpels, while crazy sharp, are so flexible you often end up with wandering cuts in all but the most delicate tasks. And snap-off style blades, while great for heavy cutting like breaking down cardboard, don't have enough control for precision work.
When I discovered a niche line of British-made craft blades, I saw a path to perfection. These blades are 25% thicker than an X-acto and made by a scalpel manufacturer with fantastic edge quality. The key element keeping these blades from greatness was a lack of high-quality handle options. After dozens of prototype iterations and years of testing in my studio, I finally felt it was time to share.
The Studio Knife is CNC machined from billet 360 brass in Milpitas, California, and is hand assembled and tuned in my small workshop in Oakland, California, where it holds a place of honor on the top of my tool chest, always ready at arm's reach.” – Mitchell Heinrich, designer
Why another knife? After designing and fabricating thousands of objects across all manner of materials and processes, this knife became my passion project. I found X-acto blade quality poor - those little round pen-shaped handles always unscrew and get loose. Scalpels, while crazy sharp, are so flexible you often end up with wandering cuts in all but the most delicate tasks. And snap-off style blades, while great for heavy cutting like breaking down cardboard, don't have enough control for precision work.
When I discovered a niche line of British-made craft blades, I saw a path to perfection. These blades are 25% thicker than an X-acto and made by a scalpel manufacturer with fantastic edge quality. The key element keeping these blades from greatness was a lack of high-quality handle options. After dozens of prototype iterations and years of testing in my studio, I finally felt it was time to share.
The Studio Knife is CNC machined from billet 360 brass in Milpitas, California, and is hand assembled and tuned in my small workshop in Oakland, California, where it holds a place of honor on the top of my tool chest, always ready at arm's reach.” – Mitchell Heinrich, designer
360 Brass
Carbon steel
Carbon steel
Made in the USA
Blades made in England
Blades made in England