No Blade Plastic Strapping Removal

the plastic banding used to secure boxes packs of timber etc is remarkably strong and most people resort to a cutting implement of some sort to remove it when most of the time you don't need to.

simply work round the strapping until you find the double thickness bit where the ends overlap and are fused together

the outer surface is normally welded smooth and impossible to get even a knife blade in the joint. grasp the strapping and twist it though 180° so the inside is now on the outside

on what was the inside there is normally a open overlap of about 1/2-3/4" (12-15mm) grip it between thumb and fore finger bend up 90° and pull, the fused joint simply peels apart. no cutting required.