Pocket cutter

A pocket cutter, comprising:

• a main body housing, comprising a front-half body shell configured with a switch groove slot, a rear-half body shell, and a blade outlet slot, wherein said blade outlet slot is formed at a front edge of said main body housing from a notch in each of said front-half body shell and said rear-half body shell;
• a blade carrier retained within said main body housing, wherein said blade carrier is configured to hold a cutting blade;
• a thumb slider switch configured to pass through said switch groove slot in said front-half body shell and engage with said blade carrier to form a blade control unit that is movable between at least two positions,
• wherein a first position of said at least two positions is when said thumb slider switch and said blade carrier are in a rear position and said cutting blade is retracted within said main body housing,
• wherein a second position of said at least two positions is when said thumb slider switch and said blade carrier are in a forward position and said cutting blade is extended from said blade outlet slot;
• and
• a tension component configured to connect said blade control unit to an anchor point, wherein said tension component causes said cutting blade to be automatically retracted from said second position to said first position when said thumb slider is not held in said second position.