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Vintage box cutter?

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Papaw:
I bought this at Dowd's sale Saturday as a project. It looks to be a box cutter with phenolic or bakelite scales and a blade that can be replaced or even extended.
I am going to take it apart, find a suitable blade, clean it up, and refurbish it. This kind of project is therapy for me.

couchspring:
mill knife.

Papaw:
Thanks! That is it exactly, now I have something to go by in redoing it.

mrchuck:
It has to be a mill knife! And I don't really know what a "mill knife" is!
 I held it and it is really heavy and solid, and nothing slides in or out.
Lots of steel or bronze in it. Big hefty screws.  And the blade is not one of those replaceable, slide in and out razor blades.

Papaw:
I have the blade out, it is a replaceable blade with a notch in it that doesn't match the set screw. I am soaking it all right now to see if I can get the other screws out. I know I can buy a new blade, but I may just use the one there, or repurpose another. This might be the chance to try out my "new to me" belt sander Mrchuck was kind enough to send home with me Saturday!

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