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Round-Tip Utility Knife Blades 5-pack
Documented Hyde specifications
catalog product name
Round-Tip Utility Knife Blades 5-pack
official family claim
Heavy-duty .025" blades with rounded tips protect against accidental cuts.
official variant identity
42117 — 5-Pack / Round-Tip
PRODUCT FIT · IS THIS THE RIGHT TOOL?Straight answers. If it's the wrong tool for your job, we'll say so.
The guidance below describes applications and limitations. For a match to your particular job or an existing tool, ask us to confirm fit.
With no point you cannot plunge into the middle of a panel; enter from a cut edge or a corner and draw. This is a change of habit for anyone used to piercing to start, and it is the intended one. Change at first drag, same as any utility blade — a dull round-tip forces the cut just as a dull point does. Flip to use both cutting corners before discarding; rounding the tip does not cost you the second edge. Keep the spares dry — bare steel rusts — and capture spent blades; a dull round-tip is safer than a dull point but still a live edge. Match it to a round-tip knife where you can — in a Switchblade the round tip and the self-retraction compound into a genuinely low-puncture tool.
Asked before buying
BUYER QUESTIONS, ANSWERED BEFORE YOU ORDER
Why would I want a blade with no point?
Because the point is what punctures — hands and the goods inside a box. Round it off and you keep the slice, lose the stab.
Will it still cut cardboard, wrap, and tape?
Yes — the edge cuts as well as a standard blade; you only give up piercing.
Can I plunge-cut with it?
No — that is the deliberate trade-off. Use pointed blades (42100/42150/42101) for plunge cuts.
Does it fit my knife?
It fits most utility knives, and it is the native blade of Hyde's Switchblade safety knives.
Five or a hundred?
Five to feed a knife; the 42118 hundred-pack to convert a crew.
