Traditional Tool

UTILITY KNIFE

ecause it’s a current, frequently gimmick-laden hand tool, we might not regard the utility knife as ‘traditional’ but the original Stanley – widely treated as a synonym for the species – is older than having been launched in 1936. Seeing the classic fixed-blade 199 in the hands of our adult children today, those of a certain age will recognise essentially the same knife as used by our grandparents. Its chunky hand-filling grip on a short blade provides such good leverage and control; no other knife comes close for simplicity and usefulness.