Excel Blades #18 Wood Chisel Blade, 1/2 Inch, American Made Replacement Hobby Blades, 5 Pack

This is a great replacement blade. Good edge retention. This is the size I use the most when cutting straight patterns in dense foam material. Fits a standard X-acto handle.

X-Acto brand #18 blades are now made in China. Compared to these and the former made in USA blades from X-Acto, the Chinese blades are quite brittle and will snap at the hilt with very little flexing pressure. Not what you want from a chisel blade where you would apply flexing pressure to get it to slide under the work. These blades from Excel are great and will take the flex without breaking. I hope whomever it was at Elmers that decided to source from China is happy. After 50 years, I've bought my last X-Acto brand made in China blade.

Works great for stripping silicone, but the base a little too wide to seat all the way in on any of my 3 handles...makes it easier to snap a blade off.

These blades are fantastic! I didn't realize how dull my blade was until I bought these replacements. Now I can slice through anything, including the very fabric of space and time. The story of how I discovered this is not important. Suffice to say that, in the year 2087, your robot overlords will be defeated. So at least there is that to look forward to. All of this probably explains why Amazon used this excessive packaging for two tiny packets of blades. I thought that a padded envelope would have sufficed, but obviously they wanted to put some distance between the blades and any possible careless handling. In fact, the real wonder is that they didn't use a BIGGER box, preferably lined with a thin layer of Mylar, with the reflective side facing inwards. Best not to take any chances with blades like this, Amazon.

Cheap and sharp

Blades came in a timely manner, and are incredibly sharp. They come in a convenient plastic tube with a small red lid. But the tube is flexible so they can cut their way out easily, so be careful there. I use them every day cutting through heavy aircraft adhesives and rubber/plastic gasket like materials. They're holding up very good so far. Very solid choice with the excel brand here and would buy again.

I bought some X-acto brand #18 blades because the seller was using a picture that said "Made in USA". But X-acto company (now a subsidiary of Elmer's Glue and sub-subsidiary of some huge corporate conglomerate) has now sold us out and their stuff is all Chinese now. So the X-acto brand went back to Amazon, and I ordered these. They are very well made (in USA) and they are very sharp. Buy American!

I ordered these for my mechanics. It was the same as what they had been using. A lot better price than getting them locally.

These blades are so useful for cutting modeling materials including wood and plastic. Accurate square cuts can be made where scalpels and Stanley blades are less successful.

Esta cuchilla es de máxima calidad. Retorna a su forma original si se flexiona más de lo necesario (he tenido otras que por mucho menos, se han doblado permanentemente a pesar de no haberlas forzado). Estoy muy satisfecho con este producto que no dudaré en volverlo a adquirir en un futuro.

He esperado tanto tiempo porque son las mejores.

Excellent arrived on time and quality as expected

Very sharp does the job