Scotch Gift Wrap Cutter, Assorted Colors (14-RC)

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 0.8 x 3.8 x 7.7 inches ; 0.8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B002DHC6FA
• Item model number: 14-RC
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (203 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,097 in Office Products (See Top 100 in Office Products)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 15, 2009

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Scotch™ Brand Cutters are safe, fast and precise. The Scotch™ Gift Wrap Cutter is a unique cutting tool that makes high volume gift wrapping easy. It cuts through wrapping paper faster and more safely than scissors. The protected stainless steel blade is designed for safety, and is ideal for making clean, straight cuts. And the built-in ribbon curler helps add a touch of flair to each gift.

The Scotch™ Gift Wrap Cutter is faster than scissors for clean, straight cuts. Makes gift wrapping quick and easy!

The Scotch™ Gift Wrap Cutter features a unique ribbon curler. Just place ribbon between thumb and ribbon curling edge, and pull at an angle while applying light pressure.

Gift Wrapping Made Simple
The Scotch™ Gift Wrap Cutter is great for cutting gift wrap and curling ribbon. Having two tools in one makes the Scotch™ Gift Wrap Cutter an excellent choice for wrapping gifts.

Directions for Use
To cut gift wrap, insert paper into cutter at desired cut location. Hold paper in place next to cutter and push forward to cut. To curl ribbon, place ribbon between thumb and ribbon curling edge. Pull ribbon across curling edge at an angle while applying light pressure with thumb.

Product Features

• Convenient, compact and portable.
• Precision-ground, stainless steel blade is protected and designed for safety.
• Comes with built-in ribbon curler, designed to curl up to ½” curling ribbon.
• Comfort grip handle.
• Ideal for wrapping gifts. Also good for cutting coupons, recipes and more. Not intended for intricate cutting applications or for use on heavier weight paper or films.

The Scotch™ Gift Wrap Cutter features a comfort grip handle and comes in two colors – purple and teal.

What’s in the Box
Package includes one Scotch™ Gift Wrap Cutter with built-in Ribbon Curler. Pearlized white with purple or teal accents.

Product Description

Scotch Gift Wrap Cutter is great for cutting gift wrap paper and curling ribbon. The product is faster than scissors for easy, clean, straight cuts. It also is designed for safety since there is no exposed blade. Product comes with a built in ribbon curler.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Does what it says! A decent tool for cutting out articles, etc., December 29, 2009

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Debra Hamel (North Haven, CT) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Scotch Gift Wrap Cutter, Assorted Colors (14-RC) (Office Product)

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The Scotch Gift Wrap Cutter does well what it claims to do. It offers a safe tool--safe because the blade is not exposed--for making straight cuts in wrapping paper. It's more convenient to use for that purpose than scissors and is probably safer as well. When I'm cutting wrapping paper with scissors I inevitably end up with jagged cuts. If you're using this for wrapping presents, though, it's possible that you'll still want to have scissors nearby in case you have to make cuts when you're working on the ends of a package: cutting off extra bulk to make square corners might be more easily achieved with scissors.

The Scotch Cutter works well with thin paper, but a bit better with the thicker, higher quality gift wrap. If the paper is very thin you have to take a bit more care in holding the paper firmly at the edge when you're beginning your cut. The curling ribbon feature is just a bit of plastic on the back of the device against which you can run ribbon to curl it. This works fine, but there's no magic involved in the process.

I've tried the Cutter also on newspapers and magazines. In both cases it works well for cutting out articles. It certainly excels at straight cuts. It can also make curved cuts to a limited degree, but for cutting out images or anything but the most basic curves you'll want to use scissors or an X-Acto knife.

-- Debra Hamel

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Handy Tool for Gift Givers and Crafters, January 5, 2010

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T. Adlam "professional consumer" (South Florida, USA) - See all my reviews
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Length:: 3:09 Mins

After playing with this tool for a couple of weeks, I'm pleasantly surprised. While it can be looked upon as nothing more than a glorified knife, it does come in handy. The plastic covering helps protect from the occasional nick and from scarring your cutting surface. It's worked near flawlessly on almost all of the paper I've tried it on: wrapping paper, tissue paper, magazines, printer paper, even card stock (though they advise you not to). For me, it does cut more quickly than a pair of scissors and requires less effort (i.e. no opening/closing motion).

Overall this is a great product, especially if you do quite a bit of clipping--whether coupons or arts/crafts--but I am concerned about the blade's lifespan. While I don't expect it to last a decade, it seems to me that with continued use, the blade will be worn out in a few months' time.

There is one other caveat; while it's relatively simple to use, it doesn't come with crystal clear instructions. For instance, the demonstration image on the back of the product showed the tool being held a specific way--unfortunately, that wouldn't work for me and I had to adjust accordingly. Basically, you might need to play around a little bit until you find your comfort angle.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Scissors, please., January 21, 2010

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Kat at Fantasy Literature - See all my reviews
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Great idea, but not really very practical. It cuts great after you get it lined up perfectly, but if you don't, it just snags the paper. It takes more time to get it into a position that will make it cut smoothly than it does to get up and find a pair of scissors. Anyway, you need the scissors for other parts of the gift-wrapping process (cutting the extra paper off the ends, cutting ribbons, etc). Why have two tools?