X-Acto with an LED Light built in - Hobby Lobby

[Foxer]

I do really like this idea and have one coming ... was one for under $10 I found.

This is the first worthwhile idea for a change to the knife handle I've had since 1956!

[keyser]

Excellent, now I can not finish models in the dark! Does it come in metric? 

[Joe Handley]

Wow, that LED puts out a decent amount of light for a hobby knife

Edited September 25, 2016 by Joe Handley

[FordRodnKustom]

Thanks for the tip, I picked one up today at HL with 40% off coupon. This will be a useful tool.

[Joe Handley]

Lol, who else hit up Hobby Lobby for one of these today then?

Picked mine up with the 40% coupon this morning too!

[JohnU]

Gotta get one of these to help with BMFing like everyone else has mentioned. Just bought a new Dewalt drill with a built in light and love it! This idea for the knife is just as "brilliant"!?

[Mike999]

  On 9/24/2016 at 8:19 PM, Joe Handley said:

Lol, who else hit up Hobby Lobby for one of these today then?

Picked mine up with the 40% coupon this morning too!

Me, with the 40% off.  Perfect timing, as I mentioned in another thread - at a flea market this morning, found a guy selling cheap 15-pack #11 X-Acto blades.

Over in the Hobby Lobby Clearance aisle, found some nice scenic stuff for dioramas - scale earth and light green grass.  The earth is fine enough that it might work as carpet/flocking. For me, that's half the fun of Hobby Lobby and Michael's- walking around looking at random stuff, and wondering how I can use it for modeling.  

[Tom Geiger]

Does that knife have a soft handle too?  I love my soft handle xacto !

[Mike999]

  On 9/25/2016 at 2:13 PM, Tom Geiger said:

Does that knife have a soft handle too?  I love my soft handle xacto !

OK, I just went down to the basement and squeezed mine.  No, the handle isn't soft.  I wish it was too. The handle is covered in black plastic (?) and is nice and fat. Probably because of the battery, but a good side effect is that the wider size makes it fit better in my hand.

[Joe Handley]

It's kind of a rubbery coating over the aluminum body, which is a bit thicker than a #2 handle, since it's kinda like a Maglight in construction.

[iBorg]

I got one a couple of days ago....the light is a great aid. May be the best tool I've bought in several years. My only complaint is why didn't I think of it.

 

[Joe Handley]

  On 10/3/2016 at 3:21 AM, iBorg said:

I got one a couple of days ago....the light is a great aid. May be the best tool I've bought in several years. My only complaint is why didn't I think of it.

 

Lol, I sent pics of it to a friend via text and the first response was "why has this taken so long"!

[Joe Handley]

Just used mine for the first time trimming some of the making on a R/C body, worth every penny already

[58 Impala]

I bought one at Hobby Lobby after reading this thread, works great for trimming BMF.

 

[mikemodeler]

I used mine for the first time two weeks ago when we lost power for 5 hours during the hurricane. I had nothing else to do so I used it to work on some models in the faint daylight, gotta say I was impressed with the brightness of the light.

[unclescott58]

I love mine. It's been handy quite a few times. And I like the size of it. The handle is a little fatter than a regular X-acto knive. I find it to fit better in my hand for some reason? I'm not throwing out my others knives. But, do like this one a little bit better.

 

[crazyjim]

I'll be looking for one next visit to HL and plan to make it my dedicated BMF knife.