0-10-598 Utility Knife foldable, Silver

This is a great, slim, lightweight knife for the money. The finish is brittle and is wearing off on mine, but I don't care what it looks like because its a very utilitarian tool. Its blade comes razor-sharp and a few strokes on a leather strop brings it back after slight dulling. Requires a two-handed and gloveless opening which is a drawback. I find this an excellent compliment to a one-handed folder that I carry. Its a tool that works like a utility razor with the agility of a small knife. Highly recommended.

My new Stanley razor/utility knife arrived this afternoon. I generally do not review products on here until I've had it for awhile, but felt I needed to address some issues with it that numerous people on here had complaints about. I bought this not to replace my Fastback, but to supplement it, mainly for marking wood for cutting. I realized that this knife will be used for far more than that. I'm viewing it as a sturdier version of an X-Acto. Great feel in the hand, good for precision work and folds up to fit easily in a pocket. The problems appeared in my early attempts to load a blade. The directions on the package are meager at best, so I viewed the only Youtube video I could find that shows that process. I had all kinds of trouble with that and spent about an hour with my attempts. And then I realized a couple of things. He shows reassembling the knife with the new blade facing the rear. I couldn't get things assembled correctly and the blade hit one of the sides of the knife when folding it. I had to manually pull the blade towards the center to keep it from hitting (and dulling the blade). The folding and opening process also made me very nervous....its a VERY sharp blade. My solutions. I found that that blade point should face forward on reassemble and if it impacts the side of the frame on folding, it's not lined up correctly on the front screw and plastic mechanism. I also found an easy way of opening and closing it, safely. The knife is not a real "switchblade" and doesn't pop open or closed. So, to close it, I hold my thumb and forefinger of my left hand on either side of the front screw. The right hand pulls the rear plastic piece backwards just enough to release the blade. I then lower the back of the blade towards the work surface and tap it down (against the spine of the blade). The blade folds back enough from doing that to then grab either side of the blade with that left hand and safely push it into the handle. Easy and safe. And if the blade is aligned so it doesn't contact the side of the frame, you don't even need to fold it back with your fingers.....you can just continue pushing the spine against the work surface until it's folded back. You definitely need to practice all of the above, but it's worth it. Great knife

I bought this knife mainly because Paul Sellers recommended it. It's exactly the one that he uses. He's a rather famous woodworker who's into teaching after a 40-year career as a furniture maker. Stanley sells a plastic-handle version in the US for less and I suspect that it would work as well. The blade on this knife (like that of the other one that I just mentioned) folds into the handle, but in folding it in you have to guide it in. Otherwise the edge of the blade will catch on the edge of the slot in the handle. It comes with 2 blades stored in the handle, so you take the handle apart to load a blade. In so doing I found that the plastic mechanism inside looks fairly flimsy. And while the black plastic piece on the back of the handle seats fully when the blade is fully extended, it does not seat fully when the blade is retracted. So I took it apart again and tried to figure out if I had positioned the plastic parts inside badly when I installed the blade. But I could find nothing wrong. Perhaps it's designed that way. Among the nice things about this knife are the blade shape and the handle shape. The latter is ergonomically well shaped as far as I can tell, and the blade shape and extension permits sharpening without removing the blade, and even the use of the knife in chip carving. This was demonstrated for me by Mr. Sellers in two of his online videos. I think that he mentioned that he has had about three sets of blades in 10 years (something like that). He sharpens the knife every day that he uses it, using coarse, fine and extra-fine diamond "stones", and as he demonstrated that it took him perhaps 15 seconds to touch up the edge--- 5 seconds per stone. Furthermore, the little screw in the back end does not go into a tapped hole in the cast aluminum-alloy handle (aluminium to you British) but instead goes into a tapped hole in a steel insert--- a quality feature. So on the whole I like this knife. I'm using it to scribe wood that I'm cutting one way or another and of course I'm getting sharp cuts. I'm also not having trouble with the blade tracking the straight edge. But I just wish that the plastic innards were not what they are but were of more durable material and less sloppy. I paid only about $12 with shipping for mine, from Amazon, through a British seller. That other Stanley knife is the "Stanley 10-049 Pocket Knife with Rotating Blade" and replacement blades for it are sold on Amazon as the "Stanley 11-041 Utility Replacement Blade". Those blades have a shape that is different from those of the knife that I'm reviewing.

Of course Paul Sellers should get a lot of credit on popularizing this very affordable but a great marking knife for woodworking. This is in fact my 3rd knife as I want to be able to have backups whenever I misplace one. All 3 of these work great. I can resharpen the blades at least a few more times on a sharpening stone - just takes a minute and I also have a pack of 50 spare blades. This is more than enough for the lifetime I am sure :)

This is a miserable and cheaply manufactured product wholly unsatisfactory for shop use. I was replacing a Stanley, folding knife, frequently used as a marking knife. The original is designated as 10–049. This item looks similar and it’s called a Stanley, folding knife, true. There The similarities end. This knife blade does not have a groove to catch your fingernail in and unfold the knife. If that isn’t bad enough, the release at the back of the handle does not have anything that you can purchase with your fingers. You would have to put a lanyard on it to open easily. The blades seem thin and cheap, but that might be on purpose because this knife is obviously not for serious woodworking marking tasks. It also requires a most frustrating assembly, and that the blades are housed in the handle, and the handle must be partially disassemble to remove the blades, and the fit of the blades in the incredibly cheap mechanism that is supposed to allow them to swivel and lock is terrible. I like that Stanley 10–049 because it folds and locks and you can therefore put it in your pocket without getting skewered. The model that I am complaining about here it’s foldable and it locks and when you take it out you can’t pull the blade out as the mechanism requires light oil to work properly and therefore you can’t get a grip. If you look at the internal mechanism of this knife, you were just roll your eyes. Sorry for the long expectation, but fool around with this cheap Tool wasted a lot of my afternoon.

I just got both the 0-10-598 and the 10-049, and these pocket knives are excellent. The UK 0-10-598 is easily more solid and better designed than the USA 10-049 version. I will explain below. The 0-10-598 does have some minor finish gaps, which i used a file and sandpaper and remove material from key areas, and this knife is buttery smooth and allows the spring mechanism to rachet cleanly. The brand new knife is a bit stiff and the plastic retract mechanism is spongy, but once you clean it up with a file inside, this thing snaps into place like butter. The design of the blade pinch mechanism, once cleaned up, locks in place with literally zero play or slop. The USA 10-049 however has a different design, and it cannot easily be tightened up like the 0-10-598 no matter how much file you try because the design is a bit different. The 10-049 does have a thicker blade than the 0-10-598, and the USA version is slightly longer handle. Overall due to the better solid feeling the 0-10-598 is much better experience in my opinion. And these blades are very sharp and hold for quite a long time.

It functions, but it is a downgrade from the 10-049. Inserting a new blade is more problematic, and doing it right can cause the blade and handle to rub against eachother when closing. The locking mechanisim is less hand friendly requiring a pinch and pull that isn't mechanicly satisfying as opposed to the wider grip pull points that fit better in the hand and felt like it was intuitive rather than delicate. The handle itself isn't uncomfortable, it fits in the hand nicely, but it is another downgrade from the 10-049. There isnt the texture the previous one had and feels almost slick in the hand. There isnt the tactile feedback and confirmation of where to place the thumb and grip. It's sharp, it's inexpensive, but it now feels cheap and disposable. It is not an improvement in any useful way.

I have had the 10-049 US version of this knife for several years. I use it to mark the base lines for hand cut dove tails along with knife walls for various purposes when doing joinery cuts using hand saws (a-la Paul Sellers). I was going to purchase a circle marking gauge for marking the base lines for the dove tails but decided to give this knife a try. My concern with the circle marking gauge was the sharpening of the cutters and finding replacements. I must say I do like the smaller size of this knife and thiner smaller blades. I feel like the smaller narrower blades give me better visibility when marking and create a thiner cutline resulting in cleaner dovetails. Besides the ability to resharpen the blades of these knives while still in the handle. I was also able to pickup a package of 50 replacement blades for the this 10-598 for about $25, which will literally last me a lifetime

Es un escalpelo muy compacto y práctico, especialmente para llevarlo cómodamente y tenerlo siempre a mano cuando se necesita. La hoja me ha sorprendido para bien: es resistente y viene muy afilada, por lo que permite realizar cortes con bastante precisión. También me gusta el sistema de cierre, ya que mantiene la hoja recogida cuando no se está utilizando y me parece suficientemente seguro para evitar aperturas accidentales. En general, estoy muy satisfecho con él. Es una herramienta sencilla, pero está bien construida y cumple perfectamente con su función.

Excellent woodworking marking knife.

Very sharp and strong. Perfect for cutting knife lines in joinery pieces.

This is probably my most used knife, it's a great size for accurate work but strong enough to tackle most jobs. The locking mechanism works well, it's quick to open and close and there's little chance of the blade accidentally opening. Once open, the blade is kept firmly in position. It's slightly awkward to replace the blades - I'd prefer it to be tool-less but you do need a small screwdriver. Not a big deal but still, something to improve. It holds two spare blades in the handle, and once you've unscrewed the body its simple enough to safely change the blade out. It fits beautifully in the hand which makes it great for accurate cutting, it has a good weight to it. Even though it has a smooth painted exterior it doesn't slip about. I use Swann Morton blades in mine and they fit well with a tiny bit of modification to the plastic internals. As many other reviewers have mentioned, the Stanley branded blades are expensive so I bought a 50 pack of Swann Morton and still have plenty to spare as I like to resharpen my blades when I can. They're no longer available on Amazon for some reason so I think eBay is your best bet. All in all, it's an excellent knife that should last you years, I've had mine a couple of years and despite a few blemishes to the paintwork it's still functioning like new. For the money it's great value - just don't get ripped off buying blades!.

A quattro anni dall’acquisto rimane il mio preferito per tagli e incisioni precise e nette senza sforzo. La sua caratteristica principale è che la sua lama appuntita è molto tagliente ma allo stesso tempo non flette come quella di un taglierino. Permette, appoggiando l’indice sul dorso della lama, di effettuare tagli precisi ed allo stesso tempo imprimendo la pressione necessaria con il massimo controllo della forza. Il sistema di chiusura/apertura impedirà alla lama di aprirsi accidentalmente se tenuto in tasca e sarà ben ferma quando estratta. Il cambio lama potrebbe essere un po’ macchinoso all’inizio ma non è un difetto ricordando che è un temperino a serramanico con lama intercambiabile. Ha tutti i pregi di un taglierino e di un coltellino messi insieme. Ovviamente consigliato.