cutter question from a husband

The kind of trimmer you are talking about is most likely a rotary trimmer. You have to push down on the cartridge in order to cut.

I have a Carl rotary trimmer with 2 decorative blades that I got from

Some others here have the Cutterpede

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You are correct in stating that as long as the blade is sharp it will cut fine. You must be referring to the Fiskars rotary trimmer...a friend of mine has one that she purchased at Costco for around the same price, it came with several "fancy" blades as well as the scoring and perforating blades. She loves her cutter, and I have used it in the past with little difficulty. It cut through 2 sheets of cardstock with a nice clean edge. The only drawback is that it is not easily portable, but if she does most of her scrapbooking at home this should not matter.Anyway, hope this helps, and please don't hesitate to ask more questions! Arleen in GA

Awww, aren't you sweet.

It's called a rotary cutter and yes, they are very good. If I were you however, I would skip the fiskers (I'm assuming that is the one you've seen at Michaels) and get her a Cutterpede by EK Success. I'm a trimmer 'ho ;) and this one is by far the best. It's portable *and* a rotary which is definitly preferred for cutting paper. I actually have the Fiskars rotary and MUCH prefer the Cutterpede. HTH.

I have this one but it is sitting under my scrappin' table cuz it takes up so much room! waaaah....currently I use the 12 inch paper trimmer and the personal trimmer...and my 'guillotine' type one was from CM and I don't even know where it is anymore! lol

Actually, the rotary (roller) cutters are the best out there. I have the Cutterpede brand but Fiskars also makes them. I imagine Fiskars is what you've seen at Michaels. Your wife will have to get used to the rotary blade but I'm sure she'll be very happy w/ it. The blades don't seem to dull that fast and they're easy to replace and don't cost that much. Good luck!

Katrina in KS

and just to confuse this poor gentleman even more ...

I also have both the Cutterpede and the Fiskars, and I definitely prefer the Fiskars. It's not as portable, but it has a much better grid for lining up and measuring your paper. When I line up a sheet of 8 1/2 x 11 cardstock at the 5 1/2" mark on the Cutterpede, it does not cut it exactly in half. It's off by close to a quarter of an inch.

Also, with the Fiskars, you can get decorative edge blades (deckle, scallop, etc) in addition to the plain straight ones.

"cbet"

I saw those at Memories Expo in Orlando - They were the actual ones that fit into the Cutterpede - not the handheld ones.

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