STANLEY FatMax 10-780 Fixed Blade Utility Knife

I have used this knife for years. I've tried other brands but always go back to this one. Great product

I bought this to replace the FatMax retractable blade knife I have that constantly looses its blade. While you need to mount a blade each time you use the knife, the blade stays perfectly locked in position allowing you to cut though materials with out the blade pulling out. The handle fits well in you hand as well.

It's a little heavy for a woman like me but it's good for a heavy duty. Good material and come with 5 blades but there's no a retractable blade. Anyway, there's a cartridge hold up to 5 blades inside the knife.

Packaging was really hard to remove. The blade is fixed, not retractable like other models, which was not clear in the description. The rotation to hold additional blades seems hard to manage, best done at a counter or table.

Great knife until the metal piece inside the knife that holds the piece you put the blades on wears out. Once that happens at least while cutting roof shingles it slides out of the knife so then time for a new one and there not cheap.

The product description does say fixed blade, which it is, meaning non-retractable. However, I based my purchase on the photo used, which is exactly like the type I currently have and was looking for. Now I get to return this item - oh boy!

Can't really review this item because the item shown isn't the item I got. When I opened it up I got the old model and Wal-Mart basically told me "oops try again" so I returned it and won't be buying it from them again.

One single, highly important feature is NOT part of this utility knife: The blade does NOT retract!

Blade didn't change quickly or easily. In fact, couldn't use it at all because the blade got stuck and wouldn't slide either way. Prefer other versions of utility knives.

The Stanley FatMax Carpet knife feel apart when I opened it. The spring does not stay or fit into the handle anymore. No directions show its orientation. There is a magnet that moves whenever you try to put a blade into the knife. This falls out of the slot all the time. The blade then falls out. Why did they stop making a carpet knife with one screw to open it and change the blade? This crap is designed so badly I wonder if the engineers ever tried changing a blade. Don't buy Stanley anymore. Their other "easy change" blade carpet knife is just as bad and I had to return it because the blade eithers falls out or falls into the handle while trying to cut anything.