Gyro-Cut

[Lighter]

Originally Posted by Burning Beard

There is a product out there that is called a Swivel knife that is quite similar to this, and probably easier to work with. It has the advantage of having the blade at the end of the handle, not off set like this one, it is also a lot cheaper and you can buy replacement blades. They are available at Widget Supply. I used to use these for hand cutting silk screen stencils.

It reminds me very much of the late but great Cutawl which was a mainstay of the display and stencil industry for most of the twentieth century. The off set does not take long to master. The ball bearings are much better in operation than the friction bearing of a basic swivel knife. As is the vertical orientation of the whole mechanism. Of course this knife doesn't have the belt drive of the Cutawl!

That said, the new fangled swivel knives available in scrap booking isles of craft stores work very well. And cost less.

[Burning Beard]

I have a Cutawl at my shop, have cut many stencils with it. My father bought it used in 1935. I use cut up motorcycle inner-tubes for the drive belt.

Beard

[airdave]

I did a review of this product, here:
Crafty Products and the Gyro-Cut Swivel Cutting Tool