Love mine. Use it all the time. Hated snipping all of those little threads. Mine wasn’t very expensive as quilting supplies go.

Thanks for all your replies. We do all have our own methods--but I am going to give this gadget a try. Like all of you, I've got a few things that I purchased and never did fine helpful. But for under $15--I'm going to go for it!

I still use mine from a garment industry job too. I worked at “Jantzen Knitting Mills”. They are no longer in business, but my little spring loaded black snips live on. Mine looks like a short fat pen with a cap that comes off for use. I have been using them to cut thread for 42 years. Geez, I AM old. Lol.

I have the letter opener, newspaper clipper which was a common giveaway by everyone from insurance companies to the United States Postal Service. The razor sharp cutter is perfect for cutting apart chain-pieced units. My favorite letter opener came with a space large enough to insert the man's business card. I removed the card and inserted a lovely picture of my daughter when she became a Brownie. With her picture enclosed, I have something precious to look at each time I use the cutter! <3 <3 This is also flat, portable, and free of charge, ;-)

Nancy's notions has it for $9.99...plus shipping.
If you are an annual member of craftsy, with free shipping, their cost is $11.60 today.

Snips are for a snip not repetitive snips. I can feel my hands hurt just thinking about it.

I just use my small scissors and cut in between the blocks. Fast and easy. I have arthritis in almost every joint in my body. By using my body I keep my joints moving and they keep working. Different strokes for different folks.

brilliant hack, I have a couple of these, thanks

I purchased one from "Stitchin Heaven" while on my first quilt cruise which was wonderful BTW) and made sure to purchase another one on my 2nd cruise because I loved the 1st one so much and worried about what I would do if I lost the first one. It's a wooden block (like kids played with in the past) and it has the cutter screwed into it. It sits on the table and you just separate, separate, separate. Love this cute little gadget. Go to their website and I'm sure you will be able to find them.