Milwaukee Tool 48-22-1502 FASTBACK, Folding Utility Knife w/ Blade Storage

Yes, the FASTBACK folding utility knife stores 5 extra blades right in the metal body, so you carry a full job's worth of edges without a separate blade pack. A metal extension inside the storage area keeps blades from working loose and dropping out in your pouch.

The FASTBACK 48-22-1502 uses a quick change blade, so swapping a dull edge is a hand operation, no screwdriver and no disassembly. That matters on drywall and carpet work where you burn through edges fast and don't want to walk back to the truck for a tool.

There's a wire stripper built into the FASTBACK folding utility knife, which is why electricians carry this one over a plain snap-blade knife. It also has a gut hook for slitting cable jacket, box wrap, and banding in a single pull. For fine gauge conductor work you'd still want dedicated strippers, but for rough jacket and sheathing work on site the knife covers it.

Press and flip is the opening action on this Milwaukee folding utility knife, meaning you press the release and flick the handle to deploy the blade with one hand. If you're up a ladder or holding a panel with the other hand, that's the whole point of the design.

The clip on the FASTBACK is a durable wire belt clip, shaped specifically to cut down on pocket tearing compared with a flat stamped clip. There's also a lanyard hole if you're working at height and need the knife tethered rather than clipped.

48-22-1502 is the Milwaukee manufacturer part number for the FASTBACK folding utility knife with blade storage. Order by that number if you're standardizing a crew or restocking a crib, since the FASTBACK family runs several configurations and only this one carries the in-handle storage for 5 spare blades along with the wire stripper and gut hook.

Yes. The blade holder on the FASTBACK is built for scoring, so you can run a score line with the knife folded and the blade seated in the holder. Useful for scoring board, shingles, and packaging when you don't want a fully exposed edge swinging around.

Metal body. For an MRO crib or a fleet of contractor trucks where knives get dropped, sat on, and left in the rain, that's the difference between this and a molded plastic folder. The belt clip is wire rather than plastic as well.