Crewsaver Boating and Sailing - Ergofit Safety Knife - Lightweight - Safety Blade for Safe Stowing

Hi, Jeff Vaughan here for Safety Knives and Cutters. Here to talk to you today about self-retracting blade safety knives. The ones I have selected for today are used primarily for warehouse application, cardboard cutting, and things like that. Self-retracting blades or automatic safety blades have been around a long time. They started years ago, like this model right here that has a spring-loaded hood that automatically covers the blade. They afford you some protection, but they're not fool-proof. You'll see with my thumb, I can expose the blade, and this isn't completely safe, but it is certainly safer than a standard utility knife that somebody might use for cutting a box. You'll notice here the way it's designed to be used is if you push down, the spring-loaded hood gets out of the way and you're allowed to make a cut. Now, this particular product called the lizard knife takes off