Box cutters

"Newby" <nobody@nowhere.net> wrote in message
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> This is the kind of box cutter I received when I bought packing materials
> (tape, labels, and such) from United Parcel Service in the USA. This is
> not
> what I believe most people think of when they see the term "box cutter."
> Generally any type cutter with a retractable blade, sometimes with a
> breakaway blade, will often be called a box cutter.


So, box cutter=Stanley knife?

Lansbury wrote:
> I remember sometime ago we had a discussion on what a box cutter was. That
> term not being one in general use in the UK.
>
They're called Stanley knives, or craft knives.