: A craft knife is a tool all creative minds and hands should have, whether you’re embarking on a DIY project or working as a full-time artist. These dainty but powerful pieces of equipment have helped many people cut out intricate shapes for projects of all kinds. Their precision is what makes them powerful. There are so many hobby knives on the market, so having a bit of direction on where to start can start your next project off on the right foot.
Wednesday, November 10, 2021
Precise Cutting Made Easy: The Best Craft Knives Of 2021
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: A craft knife is a tool all creative minds and hands should have, whether you’re embarking on a DIY project or working as a full-time artist. These dainty but powerful pieces of equipment have helped many people cut out intricate shapes for projects of all kinds. Their precision is what makes them powerful. There are so many hobby knives on the market, so having a bit of direction on where to start can start your next project off on the right foot.
: A craft knife is a tool all creative minds and hands should have, whether you’re embarking on a DIY project or working as a full-time artist. These dainty but powerful pieces of equipment have helped many people cut out intricate shapes for projects of all kinds. Their precision is what makes them powerful. There are so many hobby knives on the market, so having a bit of direction on where to start can start your next project off on the right foot.
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I am personally a fan of xacto knives for doing any kind of art or crafts. They are very durable, especially for people like me with a little more of a heavy hand. They are also easy to operate in terms of disposing of and replacing blades. Also, pro tip, if you lose the cap, you can just flip the blade upside down to protect the sharp edge (and your fingers). I think some of the features on other knives are a bit extraneous, at least for me. I hold craft knives closer to the blade, so rubber grips do not do much for me, especially when they are as far from the tip as they are. I do kind of love the color of the Cricut one though. Baby pink??? Sign me up!!!! I would love a pink xacto knife. Definitely fits my vibe more. The finger loop knife looks so cool, and I feel like it’s probably good for people who do this stuff a lot. Protects the hand muscles, ya know? Very neat stuff.
I honestly never really thought there were this many types of craft knives out there. While I never really thought about it, I guess it makes sense. I always thought about there being different brands, but not styles. The most in interesting one to me is the finger loop craft knife. This seems like the craft knife version of the weird sideways type mouse that is supposedly better ergonomically for your hand. At the same time, it seems like you would get way less pressure on the tip of the knife than a normal one. The other cool one is the one with the wheel that almost looks like a small pizza cutter. I have always just used a very simple and basic exacto type knife. Seems to always do the trick for me. As Sammy said, it is also very durable and seems pretty dummy proof. This was definitely not an article I thought I would ever see.
As a big ol' nerd for cool tools out there. it's nice to know there's a market for people who want to know about the best and most budget friendly kind of craft knives of 2021. Like, who doesn't love a good ol' exacto knife that cuts with zero curf and easily storable and small! a nice and neat compact list that shows different knives out there that we wouldn't even think about like the one with a loop in it for your fingers is very cool. I mean like honestly, someone probably found the knife for them that gets the job done and that's totally valid. Have a knife day!
Ugh… craft knives. I hate them. With a burning passion. No matter what I do, or how I put it in, the blade always falls out, or wobbles, or bends, or gets dull. It literally never does what I want it to. Mostly they're just never sharp enough to cut through even one sheet of cardstock in one go, or I can’t cut in a straight line even when I’m pressing up against a ruler. People will say “oh you're doing it wrong,” but then they watch what I’m doing and they are like “oh wait well I mean that's the way I do it and I don’t have any issues.” The first craft knives on they’re list, exacto knives, are what I currently use. They’re the tried and true. But they're so small and light you can't get a good grip, they always go dull, and the grip at the end always makes my hand hurt from gripping so hard after ten minutes. The fiskars look interesting as I love they're scissors. I think I'll have to try that as I also like the idea of it being heavier too.
Craft knives are really nifty, especially in the arts and crafts world. Their durability and simplicity make them very favorable tools to use in a variety of different situations. Unfortunately, I have not been a heavy user of these types of blades (and in the instances that I have, I will admit that I was not very precise or meticulous as one should be with them), so reading about all these different brands and features of one was really interesting and educational. I would say that the Fiskars Heavy Duty Die Cast craft knife looks the most appealing to me; the various types of material with the grips, the rounded design of the blade holder, and the high quality structure all make for a really attractive tool. The unique design of the Fiskars Finger Loop knife is really cool as well, as it provides maximum precision and mobility.
Gotta be honest, I’m kind of weird in that I almost always prefer scissors to exacto knives for cutting out things. I think they’re easier for me to control, and exacto blades just seem to full so fast! I didn’t know there were so many different kinds of craft knives out there, but some of these seem pretty useful. I have a rotary cutting knife for fabric that’s really handy, though now the blade has gotten pretty dull so it’s usefulness is null until I get a replacement or sharpen it. I’ve seen the finger loop craft knife around before and I’ve been tempted to try it out for a while now. It seems really nice and I like the intricacy of it. I also like the Fancii precision craft knife set, since I think that all of the different interchangeable sizes and shapes of blades could some in handy for a lot of projects.
Much like DJ said, I never really knew there were so many different kinds of craft knives to choose from. Thinking back to my time as a freshman in college, so many of my projects demanded some incredibly fine knife work to achieve the look I was going for, and now I am wondering how those projects might have turned out if I had chosen a different craft knife. One thing that I found to be really important when using a craft knife was control. So much of the time, I would cut past my line or would not be able to achieve the tight curve that I was going for. The handle of the knife is also something that was of upmost importance to me when I selected a craft knife. Generally speaking, I would spend hours cutting out little shapes and that time and precision really took a toll on my grip and fingers trying to maintain smooth and crisp cutting lines. Overall it does not surprise me that there are so many options, I just wish I knew the differences years ago when these knives were a much larger part of my life.
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