Sharp Blades for Crisp Cuts on Vellum Paper
Cutting translucent vellum paper for your next card, invitation or papercraft creation? Don’t worry – getting a crisp, clean, professional cut on these lightweight sheets is easy so long as you use the right tool – a very sharp blade.
Whether a rotary, guillotine, or even an exact-o knife, so long as that blade is sharp, your cuts will be too.
Below we test our 29lb Clear Glama vellum with three different cutting tools. Check out the results!
Vellum Cut with Sharp Rotary Blade – Great!
Here we use a rotary trimmer with a nice, sharp blade and got a crisp, clean straight cut on vellum.
Vellum Cut with Dull Paper Trimmer – Gross.
Next, we cut the same vellum with an old paper trimmer with a dull blade. As you can see, results are not so hot. Look at those jagged and crooked edges!
Sharp Exact-o and Straight Edge – Sharp.
Finally, we test cut vellum using a brand new exact-o blade and metal ruler and got sharp, clean edges. The moral of the story, whatever tool you use, make sure it’s sharp!
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