Several have commented on the impenetrable wrappings on smaller items.

The answer is simple: You need to have some big power tools (that come in a cardboard carton that's easier to open) to open the little plastic wrappers on small hand tools.

For some of the small stuff, a pair of "compound lever metal snips" will work more safely than a box knife, but I've often used the table saw (or the "Sawzall" reciprocating hacksaw) to cut all the seams off of the package in order to get into the stuff.

Worst of all are some "blister packs" in which, after you get through the hard stuff, the "blister" film has adhered to the object and has to be picked out of all the little holes and crevices to make the thing usable. (Sometimes a blowtorch helps with the film - it the film softens before the part you're trying to unwrap.)

John