PCS #11 Hobby Knife Blades (300 count)
When it comes to the knives on my workbench, I spend the extra money on a well-built X-Acto knife that isn’t going to hurt my hand and that will give me the control that I need throughout an evening of modeling. I have found that off-brand blades work just fine when used in a quality knife.
Cutting instruments in general are not a good place to try to save money, but these BCS blades are an exception. I tried a few cheaper brands of chains for my Stihl MS290 Farm Boss chainsaw before I gladly started buying the OE chains again, even though they cost twice as much as the knockoffs on eBay. The cheaper chains dulled exponentially faster even in soft woods and didn’t sharpen well. I once went through almost a whole package of 10 cheap hacksaw blades from Harbor Freight trying to cut a simple piece of rebar in my garden before I wised up and stuck with a name brand.
There just isn’t enough performance difference between these blades and the name brand X-Acto blades to justify paying five times more when you consider how often you change (or should be changing) your #11 blade. If you’re unfamiliar with the nomenclature, a #11 blade is a general purpose blade and the one you think of when you think of an X-Acto knife.
While a name brand blade is undoubtedly going to hold its edge a bit longer, these PCS blades fit a variety of hobby knives just as well. Given the lower cost per blade, you’re more likely to dispose of it when it starts to dull rather than trying to keep using it like you might with the more expensive blades.