Hobby Knife Kit

$8.50 $8.50
Unit price per

Includes craft knife parts and the 8mm tube you’ll need for turning the blank.

Comes with a #11 blade. Also compatible with #5, #6, #10, #12, #13, #16, #17, #17A and #21

Buy 4 or more of any Hobby Knife Kit and add the Bushings for free!

*Please note you must actually add the bushings to your cart - Our system will discount them automatically*

Instructions Available Here

Special thanks to Don Haycraft who inspired us to carry this kit

Finicky

On the "user" side, compared to a standard X-Acto knife the hardware is pretty low quality. Tricky to get a tight clamp of the blade in the collet - I had to hold the blade to prevent it from turning while tightening the rear knob - vs. mechanism on the xacto which does not require this. To be fair, I'm comparing to a plain xacto handle from the 90s so the build quality might have been better then.

I made a stupid mistake and went with my normal pen-making approach of CA glue on the tube + accelerator in the blank, not enough working time to get the entire tube inserted (probably recoverable, I'll add a second blank butted to the first and have a two-tone knife handle). Don't be me - use epoxy or forgo the activator if using CA glue.