Paper trimmer/cutter

I use this one...It's definitely good enough but I cut a lot of watercolor paper and it dulls the blade so fast. I've been looking for an alternative.

 

My husband bought me an old time Boston cutter - like the ones the schools used to use - I SWEAR by it and wouldn't have anything else. They're a workhorse!! I've had mine for years and it just needs the guillotine arm tightened every once in awhile - the grandkids still laugh about the dire warnings I used to give them to scare them into NOT even thinking about using it!

 

Me me!!!

I adore my cutterpillar portable!! I really do! I had the fiskars, and still have one somewhere around. The Cutterpillar cuts through all my papers, including stickers and laminated! The LED light is one of those things you didn't know you'd love. Seriously. When I'm cutting something with lines, it's so nice to line it up perfectly with the light. Or, use the light to see how close to the edge I really am with underneath pieces.

It'll cut these slivers:


And here's the light:


The light won't shine through super thick black cardstock, but it does for almost everything else.

I often use it in the small compact (pictured below), but when I need the larger cutting measurement (the arm swings out), it's fabulous to have it.

I kickstarted it when it was called the Cutterpillar Crop in 2014. And it's still going strong!

 

I have a Susis Unicut 175 that I got when I sold Creative Memories 20 years ago. It was made in Germany and is heavy. I got it when CM was discontinuing the sale of it. I'm still on my first blade but did find a replacement (not sure where it is though!). When I started going to retreats I got a lighter weight 12" Tonic trimmer to take with me.

Nice to have both of them even if I don't use them very often.

 

I have this exact Boston cutter too. I used to have a 50 year old one when I was a kid, but my Mom wouldn't let take it with me. Hmph! I also have a Fiskars one that I also love, especially if you keep the blade sharp. And for tiny cuts I love my super old Creative Memories trimmer. It's like a mini Boston guillotine cutter and you can take the tiniest slivers of paper off with that thing!

THIS ONE is sorta like the Fiskars one I have, but mine is a lot older. And this is the Creative Memories one that I love, but it only works for small pieces. I wish they made a bigger one too!

 

Yeah, I love mine like this. I might even have one still in a box "just in case". They sell an updated version of it now as well. And, they have a 12" trimmer that you can use different types of blades. Besides a straight blade, I see 7 others available... stamping, perforating, victorian, scallop, deckle, wave and scoring. My paper loving scrapbooking friends love this trimmer. I'm in a FB group for one consultant that posts all kinds of neat ideas using it. If I still paper scrapped I'd be tempted to buy it! The CM 12" looks a lot like the one you linked.

 

I inherited a few paper cutters from my in laws when they moved but they’re not very good so I’m not going to share them here haha they are definitely sloppy seconds.

 

Nope. I mean, technically my Sizzix eClips (like a Silhouette) has a scoring blade. But, I use an actual scoring board. I have the Martha Stewart Scoring Board and Envelope Tool. I bought it for $12. It must be discontinued because it's showing like $40 now?!?!? Anyway. I like having a specific scoring board because the old Creative Memories score/cut thing I had didn't do either very well. So unlike my kitchen, I'm okay with uni-taskers in my craft room.