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Anonymous
Are there any knives that are sharper than X-Acto's?

And what other tools do you guys recommend for paper crafts?
>> Derc Tora !vrJcJuXJ/g
I stopped using #11 Type blades after I ran out one day. I found my self lookin for a replacement. NEEDS MY PAPERCRAFT. I found the olfa ABB blades in my parentals garage, was skeptical.. tried it, OMG! it worked better then the 11's. it not the angle the gives you a good striate/flat cut, its the sharpness of the blade, and i snap off a blade every page, for good measure and i dont feel like i waste any thing (unlike the 11's after 2 pages, it cuts like crap so you through out the whole blade)
I recommend to try it to see if you think its better too. (only like $5)
http://www.olfa.com/Products.asp?C=6&P=48
Papercraft is the second least expensive hobby i Have.
>> Anonymous
Fingernails.

But seriously, in my experience, ANY brand beside x-acto is going to be sharper and hold an edge longer.
>> Anonymous
Start using scalpels
>> Anonymous
I use a unbranded knife that one of my sisters must have "borrowed" from school a while back and a whetting stone.

:-0
>> Anonymous
>>34436

This has been my experience as well. But for a specific brand of razor cutter that I tend to use, there's a series of blades under a manufacturer called Logan. Their Mat Knife is awesome for cutting all kinds of paper, since it's actual purpose is to cut the thick mat board at hobby stores without any jagged edges. If the blades to these tend to be too expensive for you, one of my professors once told me that razor blades fit into the holder quite nicely as well. All a blade needs in order to fit into the holder is a hole where the screw can go through.

The only thing I don't like about these is that the screws tend to get stripped after awhile from all the pressure the cutting places on it.
>> How bout printers? Anonymous
I was using the schools printer and like, while cutting the ink actually peeled onto the blade and clumped up badly, ripping the paper ><
it's a laser color printer...
what do u guys use/suggest?
>> Anonymous
>>35271

Thanks for saying it's a laser printer, otherwise we'd have to just guess that that's the problem. Laser printers use toner to print with, so the ink doesn't actually sink into the paper, but lays on top of it. Inkjet printers are highly reccomended and are pretty much required for papercraft. The ink in papercraft is the most expensive part of the hobby. Well, there is one exception. Someone could cut themselves so badly that they go to the hospital. Those hospital fees are a bitch.