X-acto

[Tony Drago]

Was at the local hobby shop today. Asked where the X-acto product was. The owner said
that after the first of the year, X-acto will no longer sell its product through any retail outlets.
The only place that you will be able acquire any X-acto product will only be through Amazon.
 Anyone else hear anything on this.

[Mike Griffin]

Tony I have not heard anything about this but if I do, I will let you know.  That sounds kind of crazy though.

Mike

[James Holford]

I dont believe it.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G891A using Tapatalk

[Tony Drago]

It's crazy what they sell.

[Dan McEntee]

  I think there re lots of companies doing this. I had to buy Glow Devil plugs direct from Sonic Tronics, as they did not supply any of the regular distributors so I could order them through the hobby shop and save shipping costs. I'll have to check in with my old bosses to see what they know.
   Type at you later,
  Dan McEntee

[Paul Smith]

I can see why X-Acto dropped the hammer on LHS's.

Too many customers have figured out how to beat them on the I-net.

Fact the fact;  an X-Acto blade gives a very small number of cuts.  The serious modeler needs to buy them in units of 100 or more.

[Randy Cuberly]

It seems that Amazon is out to Take Over the Marketing world!  I can guess where that leads!   

I do have to admit that they are convenient to shop with if seemingly a bit expensive at times.  There are definitely less expensive places to buy from, but their service is second to none. 

Randy Cuberly

[Paul Smith]

There used to be up to five middlemen between the manufacturer and the customer.

Amazon has, as they say, "cut out the middlemen" and become the sole middleman. No more dealers, distributors, and retailers. 

Now your choice is Walmart or Amazon.

[Fredvon4]

Well if true, I am sure it will annoy hobby Lobby...mine has that brand and large displays of the various handles, kits, and add on blades

Pretty impressive selections, in the correct locations, near all the different types of crafts and models

Wife and I are rural and do buy a LOT online....enough that Amazon Prime made sense... but I am not a big fan for their take over the retail world...model....I love competition and hope Google and WalMart have success competing it this area

[Glenn (Gravitywell) Reach]

X-Acto used to be a very good product, but like most companies out there, as soon as they got a good reputation they decided to jack up the price and reduce the quality.  Their blades have been garbage for years and shouldnt be purchased anyways.  I have switched over to the snap-off blade types.  I keep both a large and small on hand and they do almost all the work I need done.  And much cheaper and can be purchased almost anywhere.

[Carl Cisneros]

has any one ever tried these yet?

https://www.amazon.com/Techni-Edge-TE01-111-Hobby-Blades/dp/B0006GBSXG/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1514068960&sr=8-5&keywords=xacto+blades+11

or these?

https://www.amazon.com/11-Hobby-Blades-Precision-Carbon/dp/B0756PNMLK/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1514068960&sr=8-9&keywords=xacto+blades+11

[Norm Furutani]

Always looking for better/sharper blades and so far this has been the best: https://www.amazon.com/American-Line-66-0195-Carbon-Blades/dp/B00VWJ00VW/ref=sr_1_fkmr2_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1514073809&sr=8-2-fkmr2&keywords=american+line+%2311+craft+blade
The American-Line razor blades and utility knife blades are also very good. I see info that this company is being bought out so this might be the last, also price has increased.

BTW- I recently tried scalpel blades, they are very sharp but too thin for average U/C work. Good for covering materials. Swan-Morton surgical blade handle is way too wobbly, Uber Skiver handle is much better for scalpel blades.

Norm

[Astropuppy]

I've been using scalpel's for precision work, very very sharp. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0079LWFQK/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1