Originally Posted by barbrdunn
Originally Posted by brendadawg
I love my Olfa ergonomic cutter. Have to squeeze the handle when you cut and then when you stop, the blade retracts automatically. Plus it's much easier on my old wrists by the end of the day.
I started using this cutter after cutting my thumb to the bone requiring 13 stitches! And I love it...would not use anything else. I even lock it when not in use, just to be sure!
Oh gosh, yours was much worse than mine. No matter how careful I try to be, I still messed up one time when I was holding the ruler & ran the rotary cutter up the fabric right across the end of my L index finger. That thing bled for 3 days in spite of putting pressure on it. It was also numb for months since I obviously had hit a nerve. It's all better now but I sure learned a good lesson. Keep my fingers out of the way.
I'm now fussy about teaching my friends how to place their hands & to "crawl" their hand up the ruler as they cut instead of doing one long swipe. I'll never do that again. Something might stop me from quilting & I couldn't stand that. LOL