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Best rotary cutter for fabric: Olfa vs Fiskars vs Driffy compared

Olfa, Fiskars and Driffy all make perfectly good 45mm rotary cutters, and if you've spent any time on a quilting forum you've probably seen all three recommended in the same thread. That's not much help when you're actually trying to buy one. Here's how the three compare on price, blade steel, safety mechanism and UK stock, checked at the time of writing,...

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Which Driffy rotary cutter bundle should you buy?

Three Driffy rotary cutters, three near-identical product photos, three prices within thirty pence of each other. If you've had all three tabs open trying to work out what actually separates them, the short answer is: the cutter itself doesn't change at all. What changes is which spare blade (or blades) come in the box, and that's the whole decision. (If you already...

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Are cheap rotary cutter blades worth it?

Scroll through any marketplace and you'll find packs of 45mm rotary blades going for a couple of pounds, sometimes less than a pound each if you buy in bulk. Meanwhile a branded 10-pack costs closer to nine pounds. That's a big enough gap to make anyone stop and ask whether the expensive option is worth it, or whether you're just paying for...

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