Basic tools for paper art - utility knife

For friends who like to make paper crafts or other handmade DIY, the utility knife can be said to be a very familiar tool. Even in daily office work, a utility knife is also an indispensable tool.

Utility knives have not become safety knives or box knives. This is mainly because the blade of the utility knife itself is well protected by the knife body, so it is very safe to use. Of course, as a prop, safety always refers to relative safety. Safety.

Utility knives are usually designed to be lightweight because they must not cause too much pressure when people hold them. At the same time, the design of the utility knife blade also takes full consideration of peoples hand-held comfort.

There are different types of utility knives. Some utility knives are fixed, while others are flexible and retractable. At the same time, some utility knife blades can be broken and replaced, and some require the entire blade to be replaced.

In paper art hand-making, especially paper quilling, paper quilling strips need to be prepared, so the utility knife is used more frequently (see: Basic paper quilling tutorial for details). Since the utility knife is more suitable for hand-holding, it is used When cutting paper, you can easily perform cutting operations according to the guide of the ruler without worrying about deviation.

Not only paper making, but also other paper crafts that may involve cutting will use a utility knife (for details, see: Tutorial on hand-making toilet paper tube paper flowers).

There is another type of knife also called a utility knife, which is the knife shown in the picture below. Its style is very similar to a scalpel. The blade itself can be disassembled at will and is very convenient to use. It is often used in the production of paper sculptures or paper molds. The basic element modules need to be cut with this type of utility knife.