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Safety knife cutting a strapping band on a carton

C-URT GmbH · Düsseldorf · since 2014

About us

Manufacturers think from the product – we think from the application. Manufacturer-independent advice on safety knives for industry, production and logistics.

Introduction

What CURT is for

C-URT GmbH has been a specialist supplier of safety knives and professional cutting solutions since 2014, based in Düsseldorf, Germany. The focus is on safe cutting applications in manufacturing, industry and logistics – opening packaging at goods in and goods out, cutting work in the production process, order picking. We supply businesses and industry throughout Europe.

Safety knives are at the centre, with three goals: preventing cuts, avoiding damage to goods and still allowing quick work. Blades, accessories and classic cutter and carpet knives are part of the range but play a supporting role.

Position

Manufacturers think from the product – we think from the application

Most suppliers sell their own brand. We take the opposite route: first look at the application, then find the knife that is suited to it – regardless of who makes it. We assess not only function but also ergonomics, safety, edge life and cost-effectiveness in daily use.

We carry products from 22 manufacturers and can also source almost any knife, blade and accessory available on the market. If the right solution is a knife we do not carry, we say so.

Product tests

We test ourselves – and publish the results

Manufacturer claims are advertising. That is why we test knives and blades in real use, under identical conditions, and publish the results in full – including the method, the measured values and the models that fail.

BoxCutter test 2025 – 19 models compared

Mini disposable box cutters from industry, retail and the online market, tested in nine individual tests: finger protection, stability of the protective hook, initial sharpness, cutting resistance, edge life, cut quality, piercing test, handle comfort and special features. Edge life was counted out – the best model managed 1,146 cuts, the weakest failed after only a few.

  • Test winnerMozart U-CUTGrade 1.0 · 1,146 cuts
  • Value for moneyOLFA SK15Grade 1.3 · 1,030 cuts
  • Safetymartor Secumax 145Grade 1.4 · 934 cuts

To the full BoxCutter test 2025 (in German)

Range

The manufacturers we carry

Ten manufacturers have their own overview page with us. The rest of the 22 can be reached via the product pages and the safety levels.

Own brand

TORTORIS – developed from practice

Working with other makers’ products leads to products of our own. Under TORTORIS – Born to cut we offer safety knives that grew out of analysing existing models. Deliberately few, but for the most common applications – aiming to be at least equal to the best products on the market, often more ergonomic or more economical.

View all TORTORIS knives (in German)

In numbers

What can be substantiated

  • 2014founded
  • 22manufacturers in the range
  • 86safety knives
  • 108blades

Plus 36 other knives – carpet knives, cutter knives, scrapers, deburring tools and the like. Only distinct products are counted, not packaging variants.

Our aim

More than a shop

curt-tools.com is a shop, comparison platform and specialist portal in one: comparison tests, application know-how, product overviews, independent recommendations. The aim is to be the first port of call for everyone in Europe looking for independent information on safety knives and blades.