Customer Reviews

SE Knife Set, 16Pc Hobby

5 star:		(6)
4 star:		(7)
3 star:		(10)
2 star:		(5)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

The case isn't great, (the blades don't fit exactly) but it's good for the money!!

One of the handles doesn't hold any blades securely (they fall out).
The magnet that holds the LOOSE blades doesn't stick.
Blades fall out upon opening the container.
If you've got super glue laying around, use it. Save yourself the accidental injuries.

This handy little kit is a great addition to any hobbyist's tool set. Looks exactly as pictured, and has plenty of blades for any application I've managed to dream up. The best part of this kit (in my opinion) is that I still haven't snapped a single blade. I went through about 7 x-acto blades in one day a few months back, but I've yet to break a single one of the blades from this kit. I'd give it 5 stars, but I'm holding one back because it's not sold by Amazon. To rectify the extra shipping costs, just order more from Parts Express :). They have some pretty great merchandise, and good prices.

Good Buy, great little case, good blades!

This product is just what I was looking for. If you want perfect pay the bigger bucks. For the money this is a great deal even if the case doesn't shut.

The case is super cheap and actually broke the first time I tried to open it, but the overall quaLity is ok.

I am very pleased with this set it comes with exactely the same things you wood get in the exacto kit minus the wooden case . Honestly I cant really tell much of a diffrence between this set and my exacto set except I saved 20 bucks.
Now you will have to order more blades since the kit only comes with one blade in each size , but you would have had to do that regardless and the handles do accomodate exacto blades so its really a win /win.

*****UPDATE********
OK I gotta admit I was a bit blind when I got the set , I was so pleased by how it looked and the price that I missed the old adage you get what you pay for . The blades that come with the set are extremely thin I didnt realize just how thin till i started to use them . I am only cutting through regular foam board and corrugated cardboard to make dioramas and these blades bend with the pressure you need to apply to get through the paper leaving a diagonal cut instead of the straight cut you should get . So if your just cutting paper or neeeded some extra handles ok this is it but if your doing any kind of hobby that requires precise straight cuts these are not for you .
I dont blame the seller they gave me exactley what I paid for .

Gunna lay it out simple.
ITS NOT X-ACTO ITS CHEAP QUALITY!
The metal was all stained and the box is stupid.

Overall the knifes were sharp and did do the cutting.
I have found no problems besides the quality and for the price its almost worth it.

I give this a 3 stars only for the cheap quality of the set....

**WANT GOOD QUALITY? DONT BUY THIS
**JUST WANT TO CUT? THEN GO AHEAD THIS IS IT

This one is just perplexing to me. I got the knife set today and, well, it is in pretty bad condition. The box is totally non-functional -- busted. Some of the blades are dirty and rusty. It is just weird. If I didn't know better, I'd say these are definitely used and/or repackaged.

See the picture I uploaded.

But, the blades edges themselves seem sharp enough. And for less than $5.00, I suppose it'll due.

These came up when searching for X-Acto knives. In fact, you'll find that this set mimics a nearly-identical 16pc X-Acto boxed set. So close is it, in fact, that I didn't notice this wasn't X-Acto brand. When I received the item, I was disappointed. First of all, the plastic box is of TERRIBLE quality. The latch doesn't latch and in fact fell off after about 15 seconds of trying to get it to latch. The magnet in the lid is weak enough that the blades fall off if you set the box down to roughly. The knives themselves are extremely lightweight and feel cheap. They're also not quite long enough and not quite thick enough. All of this added up to me being vaguely dissatisfied with the set until someone handed me a real X-Acto brand #1 knife. Feeling the real thing, suddenly I could articulate all the things that I didn't like about this set. This set just feels cheap and isn't very comfortable to work with.

It got worse when it came time to change blades. The readily-available store-bought blades are, of course, X-Acto brand. The blades in this kit look almost exactly, but not quite, like real X-Acto blades. The shapes are all slightly different (an in my opinion not quite as useful) but the problem comes when you try to install an X-acto brand blade into one of the handles from this kit. The blade almost, but doesn't quite, fit. This results in having to stab something (like the plastic box, therapeutic by this point) to drive the blade up into the knife. I'm sure I would have had to use pliers to extract the blade, had I not consigned this entire kit to the back of the junk drawer.

I replaced this kit with an X-acto #1 and #2 and I'm MUCH happier with them even though they each cost more than this entire kit.

Upon opening the package, I attempted to close the case but the hinges broke right off. The case is made of extremely cheap plastic and there are clearly deformities along the edges. Whatever, I'm just kinda disappointed that it broke within 1 minute of trying to close the case. The blades are what you expect, just OK quality.