Price: $8.60 - $4.47
(as of Sep 24, 2025 07:57:08 UTC – Details)
This durable letter opener comes equipped with a precision-ground stainless steel blade. A rosewood handle provides extra comfort. Westcott has provided the world with innovative and well designed products for over a century at affordable prices, without sacrificing quality.
Letter Opener: Envelope Slitter is perfect for light-duty use, like cutting through paper, ribbon, and photos
Versatile: This envelope opener is ideal for light everyday use at school, the office, or home
Lightweight and Comfortable: This easy-to-use mail opener features a durable stainless steel blade
Rosewood Handle: This package opener features an elegant rosewood handle
Designed for Convenience: The ultimate addition to your collection of stationary supplies, this letter opener is perfect for the home, office, or mail room
Customers say
Customers find this letter opener to be solidly built, classy, and effective at opening both paper and plastic parcels. They appreciate its functionality for daily mail handling and consider it good value for money. The sharpness receives mixed feedback – while some find it sharp enough for mail, others say it’s not sharp enough.
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Thomas A. Nami –
Perfect opener
I needed a new letter opener and this one is perfect. The blade is not sharp so it will not cut your fingers. It is easy to hold and it cuts envelopes perfectly.
Ron Asplund –
This is solidly built, the handle is tight.
I like this opener. I do plan to varnish the handle. It may have sealer on it now but it feels like bare wood. The manufacturer probably designed it this way because the handle really provides a great grip. The handle does not detract from the opener in any way, I think it will look nice for a longer time with a coat of light varnish on the handle. I also ran it through my knife sharpener a few times so that it will cut envelopes and packing tape more easily. Again, personal preference. It works very well right out of the box. I expect this opener to last a long time. It is well worth the price.
Lisa –
Lightweight but efficient
This is a nicely made product. The handle is comfortable to my ladies medium sized hand, blade slides nicely. I recommend this product.
Charlie in NW –
Works OK out of the box; works GREAT after blade improvement.
Good looking letter opener. The wood handle and the blade are both very attractive. It goes well with wooden desks or in the kitchen drawer. It is a slim little blade that works rather well.However, before your first use you might want to sharpen it. The blade is not as sharp as you think (not at first). A bit of arm force is needed to slice open letters. So, I used a #300 grit knife sharpening whetstone to improve the blade. Now the opener is rather sharp and easy to use.I could not give a 5-star because despite the good quality, aesthetics, and ease of use it required some additional work to get there. Out-of-the-box, the blade is a bit dull in my opinion–although it will open letters. So, a 4-star is a fair score.So, if you buy this, you should be able to enjoy it as a regular, solid, functional letter opener. However, if you want it to perform at 5-star level, you will need some sharpening tools to improve the blade a little.Thanks!
Pat32 –
Great to open envelopes easily
Great envelope opener. Opens them easily.
Amazon Customer –
GB81
works great
Diane –
Too sharp!
This is an effective letter opener but it is way too sharp. It looks like a weapon.
Jennifer Gutkosky –
Handy
Perfect size and length for a letter opener.
Brenda Crandlemire –
Just what i wanted. Blade is nice & sharp an opens letters wonderfully
Gadgeteer1066 –
I had a problem with a late delivery – down to Royal Mail, not the seller, as it turns out who subsequently contacted me with an update (thank you for responding). This is not an expensive item and was delivered with free postage and really, unless you were out to make a statement or to give something as a gift, this is perfect for opening letters. It kind of has the look of a wooden handled steak knife, except the blade is double edged and whilst it is sharp enough to tackle any letters, it will not do you any harm. It is solidly made and looks in keeping, sitting on my wooden desk. I am very pleased with it.
herr-lehmann –
Dieser Briefƶffner funktioniert gut, tut wozu er gedacht ist.
D. Schmitz –
Great opener. Nice and sharp. Can even do cardboard boxes with it.
Azka –
Update oct 2022:Still have this, still razor sharp and performing great. Have avoided water, and wiped down any sticky residue immediately after use from envalope. No rust or noticeable wear and tear after years of fairly frequent use.2015:Arrived in reasonable time, for the price its good, works well as a letter opener nice and sharp with comfortable handle.