Xacto Knife

[montmill]

Do you have a favorite Xacto type knife you use? I'd like one with a larger handle as I have arthur-itis and holding small things can be a chore. There are so many out there I was hoping someone could narrow the choices down.

 

[duncsuss]

I mostly use this one - bought a few cheap ones from Amazon and built them up using fairly standard pen-making techniques.

 

[carlmorrell]

I like a little wider handle, and the flutes keep it from rolling.

 

[Bats]

It's probably a little thin to help Arthur with his itis, but the lower of these two is my current go-to (the upper was made as a gift).

Like Carl's appears to be, these were made with hardware from @PersonMakeObject . The only potential drawback, depending on your tastes, is that they're only designed to take the larger blades designed for the big X-acto #2 handles (and/or Swann-Morton blades, but those are a little fancy for me), which aren't quite as common (or as cheap) as the smaller blades.

 

[Mr Vic]

I have this three handle set. It's served me well over the years.

 

[howsitwork]

I would be tempted to get one of the sets like Vic says and then make a bigger overhandle out of wood and glue the aluminium handle inside it. You can make the overhandle as large as you want. I would,suggests making it on twin offset centres to produce an oval handle as it feels nicer in the hand , as well as not rolling as was mentioned earlier in this thread.

just a thought…

Ian