hobby knives

Precision cutting tools

Hobby knives are small, precise cutting tools with replaceable blades, used for detailed work in crafts, model-making, and graphic design.

The most common type has a thin, triangular blade set in a pen-like handle: She used a hobby knife to cut the mat board.

Also called craft knives or by the brand name X-Acto.

Related

trimming · etching · scores · X-Acto · sharp blade · scale models · model kit · plastic model · dioramas · carving · utility · miniature figures · balsa wood · cosplay · styrene · model building · control · detail work

Opposites
tool purpose/scale

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Motor-driven cutting tool

machete · axe · cleaver · hatchet · meat cleaver

user context

hobby knivesfactory machinery

Machines in manufacturing facilities

cutting action type

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Heavy log-cleaving tool

meat cleaver · machete · billhook · kukri

Family

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Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G