Customer Reviews

Striker Hand Tools 00-102 Carbide Utility Score for cutting Fiber Cement

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I bought two of these tools prior to starting a siding project on a building about the size of a modest single level home. I saw myself scoring and snapping the Hardie Plank siding and avaoiding all the nasty dust associated with cutting the planks with a saw. For us it just wasn't practical to score and snap the planking. The snap is just not clean enough for butting the planks, no real fault of the tool, it's just that the material doesn't snap that clean, and yes we tried scoring it multiple times. What is GREAT about the tool is that is well designed, has a nice clip to keep it handy, and with it's files designed into the blade sides and edges it was FANTASTIC for cleaning up all those cut outs and well worth the price and then some. The tip is still sharp as can be after dozens and dozens of scores, and it will go into the tool box with the indespensible siding gauges for the next siding project.

This incredible tool lived up to all the video & written hype. I had to cut 4' x 8' sheets of Hardie Board for skirting around an insulated foundation. Knowing that fiber-cement board creates massive amounts of dust when cut with a saw, I was looking for a better and cleaner way to cut the panels. This scoring tool is the only way to go, it was just like scoring drywall and snapping it. The Carbide Utility Score tool was very easy & quick to use, heavy-duty, and well worth the price.

This knife works as advertised. We scored hardiplank all day and the blade did not dull at all. They look great too! ;-)
One nit: to fold the blade in, you must pull back a small spring-loaded leaf inside the body. Not a big deal, but slightly, and oddly, inconvenient, especially when wearing gloves.

I've used it on two bathroom projects, and a pond waterfall. All required concrete board. This tool was great. Scores, saws. scrapes, trims. Really handy, and did not dull. My only complaint is the handle. Hard to hold with wet or sweaty hands.

I am siding a large two story building with Hardieplanks. The striker tool is the 1st tool I grab when I get a chance to put up some siding. The process of scoring and cutting with this tool is very easy, and the subsquent clean up of the cut is quick and easy. I highly recommend this tool.

It is pretty hefty, I used it in hardibacker, Have not tried it on wonderboard. It took several passes to score well, the hasp works nicely. Less dust but not as fast as a diamond wheel.

The clip is junk, its on the wrong side and the whole thing is a bit bulky. But its great. I use a T square and this to score siding runs before cutting with a fiber shear. the file is handy and works well. I wish it was either smaller and opened easier, or a fixed blade an larger. I would buy it again.

I just started using this product this past weekend. With multiple scores on the front and back of the Hardiplank siding it is easy to snap and definitely provides a cleaner, straighter cut than with a circular saw.

I've heard it worked good on Formica and it does. Even the file works great for trimming and giving 45 edges to the finished boards.
Great tool.

works like the tool is suppose to. the sides are like a file so when you have to file the cement board down it works well.. to score a board is easy. when doing siding buy this tool...