Xacto Or Mount Cutter

One thing that can be done to ensure consistent cuts is to change the blade when needed.

That being said there is zero difference in the mechanics of a Lighthouse vs Showgard vs Fiskar cutter. They all have straight edges and guillotine or rotary blades. You can put a Ferrari nameplate on a Chevy Bolt but you still have a Chevy. I would wager that Fiskar manufactures the other "brands".

This is the one I use:



It features a self-sharpening blade and is reasonably priced, IMHO.
Cuts sizes up to 180mm.

John

I ordered a Fiskars about a year ago when this topic came up before, and I think that Rod had mentioned the product back then. Excellent product, and thanks again for the suggestions.

Ray

I've been using a Fiskars for years, but recently bought Leuchtturm cutter @johnsim03 mentioned. I have not had a chance to use it. The only issue I see so far is the size gauge is difficult to read.

So I did a little hack. I printed out a ruler and secured it over the pre-printed ruler.

I use a Showgard cutter purchased over 30 years ago and still working fine.

I have a 20-year-old Showguard cutter that still works like a charm. A couple of years ago I won a Lighthouse cutter in a contest that I was happy to receive since it can handle the larger size of mounts. The damned thing mangled almost every mount I tried to cut with it so back into its box it went where its now collecting dust. For the larger mounts I still use my Hawid hand cutter that I got back in 1968 (!)(with the occasional blade change, of course).

I have the Lighthouse & use it for most things - it's smaller than the typical craft cutter like the fiskars. I use pre-cut black Scott/Showgard for single US stamps, but use clear Hawid strips I cut myself for international. I also have acess to very large cutters my wife uses for scrapbooking, the largest Dahle is probably 2 kg/5 lbs. I use it to both trim old frayed album pages and souvenir sheet-sized mounts. I also make craft foam spacers for 2-post binders on it.

I use both, mount cutter for basically 99% of the required cuts, and a large xacto table when huge mounts (>170mm) need cutting.