Check out Architect for the full interview and a timeline of X-Acto products. After that? It seems like the next logical step will be some sort of mini light-saber. What's next for X-Acto? An experimental LED-equipped blade. About the size of a pencil so its comfortable to hold. If we’re creating a new craft tool, for example, we’ll look at a demographic that’s skewed more toward women that use the product on a daily or weekly basis. The blades are extremely sharp and the edge seem to last for a while, makes fine precise cuts with ease. We'll also poll a general audience, randomly bringing in focus groups of a certain demographic or certain area. We have groups of power users that we have been in contact with over the years who use the knives on a regular basis, including design and architecture firms. The second stage is working with a CAD design or model to develop a starting point of what we think an ergonomic grip would be and then testing a plastic model with various consumer groups to see how it looks and feels.Īnd to refine their designs, X-Acto uses a select focus group. Stage one is understanding that there is a consumer need for more ergonomic grips. One item that comes up often is ergonomic grips. X-acto Life art blade is for cutting light weight materials. Every two years we poll our audience for feedback on what they like and don’t like. Innovation in the last decade has been around ergonomics and color. Though the simple design hasn’t ostensibly changed much from that first model, it’s constantly refined and perfected in search of perfect ergonomics and the ideal blade - one that balances a sharp edge with the ability to maintain that sharp edge.Īrchitect has an interview with one of X-Acto’s project managers who describe how the company rethinks the design of their product line every two years. Then on one fateful day in 1930, an in-house designer needed to crop some advertisements, and Doniger quickly produced a knife that was up to the task. For 15 years, the company exclusively produced medical syringes and scalpels with removable blades. With those characteristics, it isn’t that surprising to learn that the X-Acto started out as a surgical blade.Īrchitect magazine recently published a short history of the X-Acto company, from its inception in 1917 by Polish immigrant Sundel Doniger. They're easy to control, affordable, and sharp as hell - I have the terrible scar to prove it (pro-tip: don't wrestle in an architecture studio at 4am). They're the ubiquitous gold standard in precision cutting, the Kleenex of utility knives. Keep plenty of replacement blades on hand, a sharp knife makes better cuts.The X-Acto knife can be found on the desks of architects, artists, designers, photographers, model makers, and ransom note writers everywhere. What I Wish I Knew When I Started – X-Acto Knife As Craft knives are offered in a wide variety of shapes and sizes, shop for the right tool for the job at hand.
An X-ACTO knife makes a nice clean cut and are very cost effective.An X-ACTO knife can be used with rulers and self healing cutting mats for precision cutting.The blades can also be easily replaced as needed. The blades and respective handles come in all sizes and configurations with a very sharp point. This tool used by crafters and quilters for precision cutting making it the perfect tool when cutting plastic or heavy paper for templates. 23Īnd also the scalpel size 11 with a straight blade for superior straight cutting X-Acto KnifeĪn X-ACTO knife is also known as an exacto, utitily or craft knife. MAS100 W 01MAS097 W 01MAS096 W 01XACTOKNF. A wide selection of Knife shapes, sizes and colors. Or if your really into precision cutting try our scalpel blades and handles n0. X-ACTO Blades, Knives and Tools have offered unsurpassed quality, reliability and craftsmanship to. you should also havea look at our small pocket knife a great tools It is easy to sharpen to a supreme cutting edge with a sharpening steel or other honing tools. It is nearly indestructible, even when used to cut and chop food on metal or natural stone surfaces. Without question, high carbon steel is the best knife blade material. Pack includes blades only (no knife handle).Exacto X-Acto #11 Blades Carbon Steel (10 pcs)
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