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№60102

Hyde Tools 60102 Black & Silver® Square Point Knife

MODEL 60102 · SKU H-60102 · UPC 079423601026
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Black & Silver® Square Point Knife

Official Hyde specifications

Dimensions
4" x 1" x .072"
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.

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Is this the right tool for your job?

CHOOSE A DIFFERENT TOOL WHEN
  • Not a plunge cutter — the end is deliberately blunt, and any cut that must start in the field of a sheet belongs to pointed patterns.
  • Not a pry, scraper, or paint-can tool — a 1"-wide blade at .072" is a cutting cantilever, and side-loads kill thin blades and their corners; the putty-knife wall exists for that work.
  • Not a thick-stock knife — the two-inch ceiling is real, and batts, thick foam, and deep padding belong up the ladder (60115) or across it (60118).
  • Not a belting or heavy-gasket knife — that duty is the industrial .083" series'.
  • And not a consumable-edge substitute: the user who would rather snap to a fresh edge than maintain one is describing the utility and snap-off line, and this store says so rather than sell the wrong knife.

Jobs this tool does

EXACT JOB METHODS FOR HYDE №60102

For these jobs—use this instead

THE JOB, THE REASON, AND THE BETTER TOOL

How the pros run it

01

Cut with travel, not pressure

The square-point stroke is a slice — the edge moving along the material — never a press. Pressed straight down, soft material compresses, resists, then tears when it finally yields; the same edge in motion glides through. Angle low. Flatter than instinct suggests, so the edge shears against the substrate instead of chiseling into it. Start from an edge. There is no point on this knife, by design; it does not plunge into the middle of anything. Cuts begin where the material ends, or at a punched or drilled opening. Steady, don't crush. On soft stock, light off-hand pressure controls the material; crushing it distorts the line the blade is trying to follow. Respect the corner. The square corner is the working tip for flush and notch work; side-loading or twisting it is the one abuse that retires knives of this pattern.
02

Maintenance — written class-general because of the gate

this page does not state this SKU's steel . The working rules for any hardened cutlery blade in this service hold regardless: a few light passes on a fine stone taken often beat a heavy regrind taken rarely; wipe the blade dry after damp or adhesive-adjacent work; store it so the edge touches nothing. When construction verification lands, the sharpening specifics inherit from the family's stated steel; until then the register holds the line.

Asked before buying

BUYER QUESTIONS, ANSWERED BEFORE YOU ORDER
Is this the same steel and handle as the 6" and 8"?
Almost certainly — it sits in the same catalog family — but the record accepts the construction sentences only for the 60110 and 60115, so this store won't claim them here until verified . On the record for this exact model: the name, 4" × 1" × .072", and the variant identity.
Why buy this over a utility knife?
Edge length and end shape. A trapezoid blade offers about an inch of usable edge and a puncturing point; this offers four inches of straight, maintainable edge and an end that cannot stab the layer beneath. Flush trims and scribed gasket work are where the difference shows.
How thick a material can it cut?
Cleanly, to about two inches of soft stock — half the blade. Beyond that the stroke reverses inside the cut and edge quality collapses; that thickness belongs to the longer rungs.
Can it start a cut in the middle of a sheet?
No, by design. The blunt end protects substrates and hands; pierced starts belong to pointed patterns. Start from an edge or a punched opening.
How do I sharpen it?
Frequent light passes on a fine stone; wipe dry; store protected. Steel-specific guidance waits on the construction verification this page flags .
Is there a sheath?
The industrial line's 56500/56505 state capacity to 6", which a 4" blade fits arithmetically — but no fitment claim for this SKU exists in the record, so none is made .

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Model & SKUModel 60102 · SKU H-60102 · UPC 079423601026
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Specs & documentation

Full specification details
catalog product name
Black & Silver® Square Point Knife
specifications
dimensions: 4" x 1" x .072"
official product name
Black & Silver® Square Point Knives
official variant identity
60102 — 4"
$17.39PER UNIT · H-60102