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Fiskars PowerArc Tin Snips Also, has anyone else noticed American tools are packaged in bullet-proof anti-theft packaging, while Japanese/German/Swedish tools are usually secured by a couple staples or twist ties? It says a lot about an increasingly low-trust society versus high-trust societies.
@ egbluesuede1220 Yeah, it’s been happening everywhere, especially since May 25, 2020. When I lived in Seattle, I saw someone stealing almost every time I went to the grocery store. Normal grocery stores had to lock up stuff like laundry detergent. The Walgreens near where I lived, had a new broken window every week. And shortly after that, a Walgreens here in Chicago opened their first store with no product available on the sales floor.
One of the best tools for opening these packages is a pair of metal shears. Weiss, or some other brand all work well. If it does a good job with sheet steel, it will cut anything. I’m not talking about the old metal,shears, but the compound models we all but these days. These packages are like paper to these shears. You should really try those. The other advantage is that they’re designed to push the metal,down, away from your hand.
@@melgross1000% disagree with you. I work with tools for a living and I can say with my experience that’s not true. When there is a USA, Japanese or German made equivalent compared to a Chinese tool, more often than not the better quality tool isn’t the Chinese made product. The Chinese stuff has gotten better, but no the quality is still not comparable and they do not last as long to the USA/german/japanese made stuff. The quality isn’t even as good as the Taiwan made tools o have or used.
@@michaelschlarman7835That's changing quickly. While it's true German and Swiss made products are usually well made, many fine products are now made in china. BMW makes components in china and there are several very nicely made watches that come from china, just to name a few. China now has a wide range of quality levels available to provide to foreign companies, at both ends of the spectrum.
If they put their name on it they should be up to the name and judged by it. Fiskars seem to be getting worse and worse by the year by bringing out low quality made in PRC garbage. Especially the gardening tools.
I personally use the pull hook cutter that comes on my Sog powerpint. I thought it was gimmicky at first until I actually used it. It works perfectly to open those awful clam shell packages.
Hey Doc, any chance you could do an update tool storage wise? What are you taking to site? What do you use at home? Good carry bag for the weekend road trip? Etc. Cheers.
Canary carpet cutters japan work well with horrible plastic packaging and even puncture resistant insoles which is about the toughest thing I've had to cut. Midwest precision utility snips or kush n cut extended blade model blue handle work well also for more exact models
The whia package was made to just pull open. No knife or scissors needed. Best example of how plastic packaging should be done. The fail is watching you attack it with scissors :) Wiha needs to mark their packaging better :(
I've never had a problem. The small secondary blades on my relatively small 2 blade pocket knives have always gotten the job done safely no problem. I have never once cut myself trying to open a clamshell package.
The Gerber dime has a hardened steel package opener that's absolutely amazing. It stayed in my pocket for 2200 miles when I thru hiked the Appalachian trail. It was one of my favorite things on the trail. It's very light and fits in the pocket nicely.
Best thing i have found to cut open plastic clam shells is the warrior 4v electric Cutters work amazing there dang never in every one of my videos cutting open tools
I find the best tool to open crazy packaging these days is a hawkbill knife. You did a review of the CIVIVI Incisor II a while back but at $120 bucks, that seems to be way too much for a package opener. Milwaukee makes the Fastback Hawkbill folding knife for $14 bucks. Works better than any of my box cutters since the hawkbill tip, digs right in the hard plastic and the you can pull the knife down without any fear of it releasing and getting cut. Pretty good steel for a $14 dollar knife and it is very sharp.
I like the Ryobi or Warrior power cutters. Just dont try to open an EGO battery clamshell. I have ruined two sets of power cutters trying to open those.
For a company that their bread and butter are scissors, that's sad to see. I have the Ryobi cutter that uses one of their 18650 batteries, Model # FVC51K. That's probably the safest cutting system for packaging and other materials and it works well. Won't get into those tight spots like those Wiha shears you have or the Knipex ones I've got but that Ryobi isn't too bad.
That was a skit in Curb Your Enthusiasm. Larry brought smne emergency car seat belt cutters and then needed them during a minor car accident, but couldn't get to them as they were still in the plastic packaging!
Ryobi power cutter ftw!! I have everything Milwaukee, but I do own 1 Ryobi tool, and it works great...it's a rotary cutter just for packaging and comes in clutch for about any style packaging...
Here's another vote for the 4V Ryobi Rotary Cutter. Not the greatest on cardboard but zips through plastic blister packaging with very little effort. I also like the Quinn large shop scissors for traditional cutting.
Are these USA made plastics made from Kevlar? Its funny because Kevlar IS plastic. These plastics are notorious, why not just use small cardboard boxes like Knipex? Are they that expensive?
There are power tools for that. I like my Makita PC01 shears, a 12V tool. Ridiculous I know, but I am watching a tool channel. Cuts up those Amazon and eBay boxes your tools arrive in too.
I have the cJet cutters and some duckbilled Midwest aviation snips. The aviation snips work on the really heavy packaging, and the cJet handles everything else.
I find an Olfa snap-off utility knife to be the best for these annoying plastic formed packages. You can set it to just a few mm of blade sticking out and cut right along the product inside. Perfect size, should be very sharp (or it's time to break that piece off), much safer with so little blade showing. Safer not only for my fingers, but for whatever is inside the plastic. This even gives you a decent chance to repackage easily for a return if necessary. For zip ties or similar packaging, a flush-cut side cutter is also usually nearby.
I like midwest blue handle scissors or even thoes titanium coated wiss utility snips work well. But to be honest I just whip out the utilty knife and cut around it I can control myself.