Do you like/use Letter Openers?

[watch_art]

 

got this at a flea market for $5. just think it looks so cool. I use it when I remember that I have it. WHen I asked the lady to pull it out of the glass case, she pulled all of them but this one, saying I probably wouldn't want that ugly old thing. :roflmho: it's the only one I was interested in!

[MadAmos]

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Ah the Sebenza I have a weakness for them as well. This is my EDC small Sebenza...at least today it is :roflmho:

 

Nope, I have a Sebenza

Edited July 17, 2011 by MadAmos

[WASP]

Curious about this. I enjoy using a letter opener. It adds a touch of class to opening up both letters and otherwise mundane envelopes (including the bills!). I have a small one with a broad blade. Instead of a handle it has a replica of an ancient coin of Alexander the Great wearing a Lion skin on his head. The blade is too blunt for my liking though.

 

Can't attach pics for some reason but please post a description and pic of yours.

 

you can take some 1500grit automotive sandpaper and put an edge on that sucker if you stop by a bodyshop they will probably give you a sheet Its used for prepping a painted car's paint for a re-paint!

[RMN]

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Ah the Sebenza I have a weakness for them as well. This is my EDC small Sebenza...at least today it is :roflmho:

 

Nope, I have a Sebenza

 

Is that Damascus steel?

 

Pretty..

 

 

D.ick

[MadAmos]

Yes the blade on this particular knife is Damascus, the blade steel is from Devin Thomas and the knife is a small Davemason by Chris Reeve. The scales are anodized titanium, and itthe is a frame lock design. As this one is one of Chris's unique graphic models there will be only one with this exact pattern/ colors. That is part of the fun finding the one that speaks to you.

[nicholasyeo]

I just like my small Victorinox swiss knife for this purpose.

[RonSwan]

These knives made of sapphire and natural agate

[praxim]

I use an 18 cm Yanagi by Kanemasa, because I had no other need for it.

[sexauerw]

My downstairs letter opener, a scale model of a US Cavalry saber. Dull, but effective nonetheless.

http://bulk-share.slickpic.com/album/share/zITQDBYdNj,TzQ/4133155.0/800/p/Cavalry_Saber_Letter_Opener%2C_Sheathed.jpg

 

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My upstairs letter opener, with its matching banker's scissors.This set was my Grandmother's, then my Mother's. Now it's mine as I'm the oldest surviving descendent of Dorothy and Trifon von Schrenk.

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[Sasha Royale]

Nope. Not much class in my family. We are very "practical" from my Dad's ethic. I carry a Russell Ultralite "One Hand" pocket knife. Everyone in the family carries a sharp blade. In the pocket of Mom's walker, she has a 1.5 inch blade Russell "Hunters Scalpel". Small, personal knives are a given, in my family. If you don't have one, one will be "given" to you. (Sorry. Korny.)

[Freddy]

Have 'em..however..I don't use 'em.....I use an old Case pocket knife

and Schrade Press Button knife..both made in New York.

Incidentally..they were given to me three score and four years ago.

Mind you, I got nothin' against them letter openers. I kinda like

the look of the one Shawn has. Again..this my personal opinion....

{freakin'happysmileyfacetimethingie}

 

Fred

who is listening to Dusty Springfield...............................................

[Sailor Kenshin]

Had some. Gave away all but the dull one. Needed more. Found five 'vintage' on Fleabay. One (for a patent, very sharp) has become favorite. Now am significant again,

[Bookman]

I use a letter opener only when I think I might rip what's inside if I employ my usual method: tear off the end in one motion, blow into envelope, remove contents.

[fuchsiaprincess]

I have numerous letter openers scattered around the house. Nevertheless, I'm still on the prowl for a nice, sharp one....

[praxim]

I use a letter opener only when I think I might rip what's inside if I employ my usual method: tear off the end in one motion, blow into envelope, remove contents.

 

This is actually a problem with using something very sharp, as I do. On the odd occasion the yanagi has proven itself very capable of slicing equally smoothly through the letter if I am careless with positioning along the letter fold.

Edited June 24, 2016 by praxim

[briang]

I have an old plain brass one that was my fathers. Always get a metal smell on my hands when i use though, so not a big fan of it haha

[PAKMAN]

Mine is made from a Parker Vaccumatic pencil body by Carl Seidl.

 

[Lennart Wennberg]

I use a sharp knife and a cutting-mat to cut one of the sides of the envelope.

 

Lennart

[Dickkooty2]

I use a letter opener from the 1920's made of celluloid with a leather-covered handle. My grandfather's name is engraved on the blade.

 

I carry a Swiss Army Knife without which I would be unable to break through the packaging of most products.

[inkstainedruth]

Not sure how I never found this thread before now.....

I had a cheap letter opener from Staples which didn't work very well (it got dull *very* quickly).  Then bought a nicer one a few years ago at an estate sale; did I really want one with the "Goodyear" logo on the handle?  No, but it was definitely better quality than the the one from Staples -- and I think it cost me a buck or two (don't remember the exact price because later that morning at another sale I found the Parker 41 that cost me 50¢ ).  But not sure where it is at the moment (buried somewhere in one of the rectangular baskets I bought to organize mail stuff, I think) -- so have gone back to just using my finger (except for opening packages because it's hard to get the packing tape off them, so I use cheap scissors or the knife blade on my mini-Leatherman for those).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth