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I use a little pair of fiskars paper snips. They do curves and details pretty well. They tend to hurt my fingers if I'm cutting a lot though so I have to break it up. I am looking into getting a cutterbee exacto knife soon though, give it a whirl, see if i like it better.
Depends on the image - detail scissors (fine blade, sharp point) if the cutting is all 'outside' or a combination of scissors and scalpel blade if there are internal areas to be cut. Sorry, not sure if that's easily understood! Here's an example: scissors round the flower outline and blade where there are areas between flowers or petals - hope that makes sense!
Oh, and I agree 100% with Bugga in OK - move the paper against the scissors rather than the scissors against the paper!
Another Cutterbee user. I love them! I just wish they'd make the "spring/ergonomic" scissors like Fiskar's makes. I have this nerve problem where I can't use regular scissors for an extended period of time, so I love the spring scissors. But the blades just aren't thin enough to do real detailed cutting.
Cutterbees for me. After I had tried them, I liked them so much I even bought a pair for my best friend for her scrapbooking because she was just using regular household scissors without any real point to them.
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Originally Posted by Paper Junky
Cutterbees for me. After I had tried them, I liked them so much I even bought a pair for my best friend for her scrapbooking because she was just using regular household scissors without any real point to them.
i also bought a second pair... for myself
they are for ribbon ONLY! to make sure they STAY nice and sharp. i tied a piece of ribbon to the handle so i know which is which.
Nancy, I read your tips - and they are great. I am one of those ones who doesn't cut well. Are you SURE that cutting paper doesn't dull scissors?!?!?!?!?!?!
Nancy, I read your tips - and they are great. I am one of those ones who doesn't cut well. Are you SURE that cutting paper doesn't dull scissors?!?!?!?!?!?!
Absolutely positive! Polyester batt, polyester fabrics and your kid's hair will dull those blades, but not paper.
My mom always yelled at me if I used her good fabric scissors for paper because she said the paper would dull the scissors. Paper is essentially made of wood right? And that would dull the blades. :confused:
The paper thing is an old wives' tale...a really OLD wives' tale. Back when scissors blades were not made from tempered metal (steel) , any cutting dulled them quickly. I suppose those round-tipped kid's scissors will dull after extended use with paper...but the blades on those scissors aren't intended to hold an edge., nor are they steel.
I was given this information a few years ago by Gingher Scissors...one of the oldest and most respected manufacturers of scissors.
Although paper is made from wood pulp, the wood fibers are completely broken down in the manfacturing process...but, I even cut balsa wood with my scissors, and they're still sharp.
So cut away...and wipe off the blades now and then.
I've cut just about everything with them (including rubber and metal sheets), and they still cut silk without a snag. And they're never been sharpened. The rest of my huge scissors stash (I used to be a scissors junkie) sits in a drawer. Once in a great while I'll use a teeny-bladed scissors if I'm cutting out highly intricate images.
Rarely does a day go by that I am not using scissors...
My cutter bees must be made of something cheap then because they've only cut paper (albeit sometimes it's my kids cutting the paper but it is always paper) and they are clearly dull. I can't cut ribbon with the old ones anymore but the new ones slice right through it. The new ones I bought for paper are also clearly sharper than the old ones. I'll just keep on believing that paper dulls at least the cutter bees and I still won't let my kids touch my good sewing scissors either.
Same here. I have my yellow pair which has dulled. I only used it for paper and ribbon, and now it frays ribbon when I use it. So I bought a new pink pair, and it cuts the ribbon like butter. Maybe it's the ribbon that dulls it? :confused:
Same here. I have my yellow pair which has dulled. I only used it for paper and ribbon, and now it frays ribbon when I use it. So I bought a new pink pair, and it cuts the ribbon like butter. Maybe it's the ribbon that dulls it? :confused:
Polyester is a great duller of scissors blades...it's a man-made fiber (plastic components.
I have several pairs depending on what I'm cutting:
EK Queenbees for paper
EK Cutterbee snips for small, tight cuts
Tim Holtz ribbon only (I cut nothing else with these scissor, nope, never)
SU! craft and Paper scissors for thicker materials.
Husky Lock Back Knife instead of an x-acto cutting where snips won't fit, chipboard (so I don't dull my papercutter, metal, and cork.
I get alot of grief from my stamping buddies for using this knife because its a little big but I love it. You can get titanium blades and paperblades, I prefer the titanium. I can always find replacement blades at Home Depot. The knife is heafty so you have good control and it is shaped to fit in your hand. I have never cut myself and it even comes in purple and pink. Also, the small craft knife handles make my hands hurt if I have a lot of cutting to do.
My cutter bees must be made of something cheap then because they've only cut paper (albeit sometimes it's my kids cutting the paper but it is always paper) and they are clearly dull. I can't cut ribbon with the old ones anymore but the new ones slice right through it. The new ones I bought for paper are also clearly sharper than the old ones. I'll just keep on believing that paper dulls at least the cutter bees and I still won't let my kids touch my good sewing scissors either.
Fabrics require a much sharper blade than paper...so scissors labeled 'For Paper Crafts' won't last too long. The blades of paper scissors usually are made from less expensive metals than those used for fabric.
Same is true of rotary cutting blades...DON'T buy blades labeled, For Paper.' I use my hand held rotary cutters for all straight cutting...cheaper, easier to use, more accurate, and cuts multiple layers. Soon as a blade skips on fabric, over to the paper side of the table it goes. And it's used til it's as dull as a scoring blade to cut just about every supply I use (including foam board, metal sheeting, wire and shrink plastic). In fact, most of my sewing tools and equipment are used with paper and other crafts.
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