Logan 701-1 Straight Cutter Elite Straight Matboard and Foamboard Cutter For Framing and Matting

I've tried multiple things to try to make straight cuts for pieces of mat backing boards to mount artwork, but always had trouble getting all the way through the mat for the full cut, accidentally cutting at an angle, or coming off the guide at some point.This cutter holds the blade securely, is easy to hold, has settings for cutting foam or mat board, and rides on the edge and the top of the straightedge being used. Since you use your whole hand to hold and pull this to cut, it is much easier to work with than the less expensive cutters that are sized to use with just your fingers.It comes with some additional blades, and I like that it uses the same blades as Logan's other mat cutters. It is quite sturdy and feels like it will last a long time.

Great cutter for light weight material.

This unit is pricey for what it is and does not work well for left handers. It did still help with long straight cuts I had to make, I made it work. Blades are nothing special same as my scraper uses. Just take a standard single edge razor blade and pry off by metal edge.

Great to get several of these set at different cut depths to use with the Logan 450-1 Artist Elite mat board cutting system for building foam board RC aircraft. Just adjust each cutter for the correct cut depth and then label the cutter. This eliminates having to reset the cut depth on a single cutter for each series of cuts. A typical foam board RC aircraft like the Experimental Airlines series will require three of these cutters. One cutter set to completely cut through a sheet of foam board, one set to only cut through the top paper layer and a third cutter set to cut through the top paper layer and the center layer of foam.

I tried cutting a single layer mat board using this with a steel ruler as guide and a cutting mat underneath. The blade didn't cut through the mat board smoothly. I thought it might be the pressure I was exerting, but I tried the same set up with a utility knife and that worked fine. I was hoping the Logan would work because it's easy to skid off a straight line with a utility knife. If there's another Logan product that I needed to work with this cutter it wasn't made clear in the description.

The product is a great product, but the seller does not know how to write a listing... There are far too few details about this product. More information needs to be listed in both the bullet points and description section. It comes with blades, but it does not tell how many blades are included. For all I know it could have been none or just one,I create vinyl decals and always had trouble cutting them apart for packaging. Have even had to cut boxes down for packaging and this cutter does the job very easily, you do have to put it in the track, but once that is done.. it is easy to use. Handle is a little large, whereas I suppose i need to get used to using it.

First cutter I ordered went back. Opened package, missing blades, missing instructions. Totally unsatisfied. Order was replaced with #2, again, opened package but included the blades but instructions were MIA....again. Kept this one because I needed it. Instructions were not a necessity as I have used these before and you can view vid on line if you need to. Because of the repeated receipt of opened packages, I would recommend looking elsewhere to buy this item. This particular Logan cutter as well as other equipment is available from many suppliers. And then there was the five day wait for delivery. Prime?The cutter itself needed some cosmetic adjustments. The slots that ride the rail of the Logan Adapt-A-Rule were filled with flashing and needed to be cleared before this could be used. Not the vendor's fault, but the manufacturer. Once cleared, the cutter works fine, as it should.Overall, this has not been a satisfying experience. The wait, condition and incompleteness of the initial shipment, the less-than-perfect second shipment (three days) and resulting inconvenience of having to make a return all makes this, at best, a generous three star item.

This is an attachment that fits into full sized mat cutters. I have not tried matting without the full sized mat cutter so I do not really know how it will go with using only a T-Square and ruler. But what can I say, this straight cutter cuts very straight and smooth lines. It came with a small package of blades to replace in case they get dull and the blades are super easy to change. Don't think I can say anything bad about something that does it's job so well. The only complaint would be the small package of blades it comes with. It could be easy to lose or misplace.