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Friskars Swivel knife

Started by Weaver, September 19, 2009, 01:39:55 AM

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Weaver

Just picked up one of these in a local art shop:



http://www.fiskarscrafts.com/tools/t_fingertip-swivel-knife.aspx

The blade swivels to follow your hand as you "drag" it around, and the around-the-finger handle design helps you keep it vertical. I'm not sure how thick material you could cut with it since the blade is very delicate, but my immediate thought is home-print decals. If they're printed on white paper then you have no option but to cut precisely around curved shapes, and that can be a real challenge, particularly on small roundels where any ovality will still stick out like a sore thumb.
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lancer

Oh that will be a great help when cutting camouflage masking patterns !!! I think I might just have to buy one!
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Mossie

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Me too, I always end up with ragged corners!

EDIT, There's also a larger craft knife available.  I don't think it has the 'swivel', but has the same handle & gives you some control over exactly were the blade is going.
http://www.fiskarscraft.co.uk/uk/products/view/1352/default.aspx
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dragon

They are nice.  I use mine (with an X-acto #11 blade) to do very close-in work.  For example trimming a little of the masking tape so as not to dig a trench near the masking tape. 

I found out about this type of knife from my aunt, an avid scrap-booker.
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Ed S

Quote from: Mossie on September 29, 2009, 07:24:18 AM
EDIT, There's also a larger craft knife available.  I don't think it has the 'swivel', but has the same handle & gives you some control over exactly were the blade is going.
http://www.fiskarscraft.co.uk/uk/products/view/1352/default.aspx

I have one of these, I found at Jo-Ann's Craft Store.  I like it for scribing styrene to snap off pieces.  You don't feel like your hand will slip when you put some pressure on the blade as it might with a regular X-acto type handle.  It also works well cutting masks and trimming decals before application.

The swivel blade version might be handy as well.  I'll have to look into it.

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frank2056

I just got one (and a couple of replacement blades) from Jo-Ann's. They were having a big online sale (it may still be going on)

Mossie

A Hobbycraft opens in Hull next week (finally, one within 60 miles!) so I'll see if they stock them.  I'll probably pick up plenty of other goodies too.  If not, I'll get hold of them off t'interweb.
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lancer

Quote from: Mossie on October 04, 2009, 03:07:49 AM
A Hobbycraft opens in Hull next week (finally, one within 60 miles!) so I'll see if they stock them.  I'll probably pick up plenty of other goodies too.  If not, I'll get hold of them off t'interweb.

I had a look in the Reading Hobbycraft this morning and couldn't see them anywhere....yet.
If you love, love without reservation; If you fight, fight without fear - THAT is the way of the warrior

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Weaver

I was looking around the Stockport Hobbycraft on Friday: they had the fixed blade one but not the swivel one.
"Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and dreams are the shadow-truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes, and forgot."
 - Sandman: A Midsummer Night's Dream, by Neil Gaiman

"I dunno, I'm making this up as I go."
 - Indiana Jones

Mossie

The Hobbycraft shop opened in Hull on Saturday, I popped in on Tuesday & found they had both.  I gave them both a quick trial, it may take a little bit of getting used to the unusual handle.  I'll let you know how they fair when I use them in anger.
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lancer

I finally found one today at John Lewis in Reading
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mx918

Hi all, I picked up one of these in Hobbycraft in Bicester, UK and am happy to confirm that they are the dogs doofaas!  Great for cuting out masking sheet for use in 1/72nd scale and very easy to use.  One of the best tools to come along in ages; if you do al lot of "hard" masking, you can't go far wrong for the price. :thumbsup:
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Mossie

I've used mine for the first time on my Ka-58 canopy, did some trials first on the raised detail on Tamiya tape dispensers.  I'm not as enthusiastic as mx, but that's quite possibly because I'm just cack-handed anyway & the results are a little better than using other knives.  The swivel head seems better for doing rounded corners, the conventional blade for straight edges.
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