Flooring knives are essential for your flooring projects, whether you need a scraper to remove paint, putty, labels, and adhesive from windows, mirrors, and tiles, or a knife to cut carpet, cardboard, plastic, vinyl, rope, and more with ease and precision, we stock a wide variety of utility knives, putty knives and scoring knives. In this article, we focus on the utility knife, but with so many types available - from folding utility knives to heavy-duty scrapers - how do you choose the right one?

What Is a Utility Knife?

A utility knife is a versatile hand tool designed for general-purpose cutting. Unlike standard knives, it features replaceable utility knife blades, making it ideal for repetitive tasks that dull the edge quickly. Utility knives are widely used across construction, flooring, packaging, and DIY projects.The Toughbuilt scraper utility knife and Roberts utility knife, are popular choices, and work well with the Toughbuilt 30 Pack Utility Knife Blades and Stanley Knife Blades.

What Is a Utility Knife Used For?

In flooring, utility knives are indispensable for:

• Trimming vinyl, carpet, and laminate edges

• Cutting underlay, floor insulation boards or adhesive tapes

• Scoring flooring boards

• Opening material packaging on-site

Whether you're laying down luxury vinyl tile or cutting carpet tiles to size, a utility cutter knife helps you work with precision and speed.

Read more:

• Best Lino Cutting Tools

• How To Use A Floor Scraper

• Tools Needed For Laminate Flooring

• What Tools Do I Need for Vinyl Flooring?

Top-Rated Utility Knife Options for Flooring

Brand	Product	Image
Toughbuilt	Toughbuilt Scraper Utility Knife -  2-in-1 tool expertly crafted from pro-grade materials. It includes five custom, Universal ToughBuilt Blades that are easily changed with the push of a button, and are compatible with almost all other utility knives. It does everything a scraper and utility knife does, all in one tool. In scraper mode, you can remove paint, putty, labels and adhesive from windows, mirrors and tiles. In knife mode, you can cut carpet, cardboard, plastic, vinyl, rope and more with ease and precision. It also includes an integrated paint-can opener and a handy lanyard opening for easy tethering. You can also get the bundle deal of a Toughbuilt Autoloading Utility Knife Twin Pack + 50 Blades.
Roberts	Roberts Pro-Utility Knife - High-quality steel, lightweight and superbly balanced are all qualities which make the Pro-Utility Knife ideal for the installation of multiple floor covering types.
Wolff	Wolff Premium Floor Knife - premium quality metal body and a specially hardened blade mount.
RST	RST Folding Lock Knife - aluminium body folding knife designed with a safety lock back system to protect the blade. The blade is located in a stainless steel head, is removable and available to purchase separately.
Silverline	Pro Lock Knife & 10 Blades - high-quality quick-release lever, compact, supplied with 10 heavy-duty blades.

Choosing The Right Utility Knife

When selecting the best utility knife, consider the following:

• Blade compatibility: Make sure it fits standard utility knife blades

• Durability: Metal construction is usually more robust than plastic

• Functionality: Dual-purpose tools add extra value

• Comfort: Look for ergonomic handles to reduce hand fatigue during long hours

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Stock Up On Utility Knives and Blades

At Flooring Materials, we offer a curated selection of high-quality knives and accessories. From a putty knife, scoring knife, utility knife, or hook knife to a carpet knife, lino knife, or vinyl flooring knife, we stock the best utility knife options, suitable for whatever material you are working with. 

Should you have any questions or need further information about utility knives or blades, our expert team will be happy to help. Contact us now at 01604 915243 or [email protected].