OLFA Limited AK Art Knife Ltd-09

The business I am in requires a lot of cutting tools and the first thing that impressed me was that the blades are sharp. The can almost whittle hair which is very impressive for a disposable blade. Sharper than every #11 or #2 hobby knife blade. Sharper than several scalpel brands I have tried. The only things sharper are my leather knives if I put the effort into it, Cynamed scalpel blades and double bladed safety razor replacement blades. The handle is all metal and holds the blade front to back. This allows a slight wiggle from side to side. Contrast with the X-Act handle which doesn't have side to side but wiggles front to back. Any handle design with two contact points is going to wiggle. The handle weighs more than the X-Act handles, even the one for #2 blades. But is not magnetic. So it is probably not aluminum. I don't see any issues with the threads stripping or holding the blade. I've only cut with this thing for one day and it is holding up and I am happy for it for very delicate cutting. It is not robust enough for anything that is thick like saddle work. But for the finer details I am liking this one and the point hasn't broken yet like what happens with the #11 and #2 hobby blades when cutting leather.

This is not an ordinary craft knife. This is a heavy duty knife with excellent Japanese quality. It has some heft to it when you hold it. Do not get me wrong, it is not stupid heavy, but it just feels solid in your hand. I removed the barrel to reveal the blade holding mechanism. If you look at my photos, you can see the engineering that went into this, right down to the small tension spring. This knife includes a single OLFA blade. These blades are very, very sharp. The knife will also accept any standard hobby knife blade from other manufacturers. Excellent knife that will last you a lifetime if you take care of it.

Only reason I bought it was to match my OFLA utility knife. It does fit 11 exacto blades. Easy to swap as well. It’s very light and feels like you’re holding a BIC pen in your hand. The spring loading function for the blade works better than I expected. Feels durable and very sharp. The locking mechanism took about 10 seconds to figure out.

The body of the knife is all metal. The blades are very sharp and can keep the sharp edge a little longer than other knives.

Firstly I want to start off by saying, these blade by Olfa have got to be one of the sharpest if not the sharpest blades I've ever used. They slice and shave off plastic sprues from my model kits extremely well and I haven't found another blade quite like it that can do the same with little effort. I'd also like to point out the blade's handle is very well balanced and has a wonderful feel/weight to it. It seems to be made of mostly all metal. Given it's hefty-ish weight, that makes sense for sure. I included what I'm currently working on below the blade itself to give an example of what kind of stuff I work on for further context. I absolutely love this knife and it'll for sure be my new go-to for anything and everything that needs cutting and/or touch ups.

Solid knife, great construction

We all know Japanese make pretty awesome tools. 24 year Veteran Carpenter here. Looking thu all the choices to upgrade from my standard Xacto Knife this was the best. There's a Olfa standard yellow version good quality, superior construction to most others, but I liked this "Limited Edition " knifes construction and look best. I bought a 2nd one, after having used the first one for awhile. The safety cap is also much better than any other out there. I searched every where. Thicker and fits farther don't the knifes shaft. So I have 2 different blade/ knifes ready to use. Also Japanese steel and sharpness, as in Blades for my knifes is also far better quality. It's definitely a costs more but far better quality and sharpness. Olfa makes top quality knifes. PS I should be getting a thank you from them, smiles !

The x-acto that you always wanted! No American enshitification, no chinesium. All aluminum, good threads, great clamping. Buy OLFA blades. They rule as well!