Talk:Paper cutter

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This article could use some info beyond just that it was invented by Milton Bradley and listing another famous creation of said person.

Anyone have any dates? Even the evolution of the paper cutter/guillotine would be nice (e.g., whether the original had a finger guard, etc).

description

is so much description nessary now that we have 2 pictures (a pictures worth 1000 words we have 379)

description question

there is a difference between a guillotine (one blade which rests in a stop after cutting, cuts like a knife) and paper cutter (two blades, produces shear force like a scissors). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Briesas (talk • contribs) 22:41, 12 November 2012 (UTC)

British vs. US terminology

Paper guillotine redirects here. While in British English the terms may be equivalent, American speakers generally make a distinction between paper cutters which use two blades to cut, and paper guillotines, which use a single descending blade.

Ratbasket 15:08, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

Hmm... perhaps. To tell you the truth, though I wouldn't consider the term paper cutter to be specific enough to say that it's definitely different from a paper guillotine. I say this being a speaker of US English all my life, not that such a statement lets me bypass WP:NOR. I suppose a dictionary definition might do though? Mendaliv (talk) 02:39, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

legality under UK sword ban

a lot of these are basically a large curved sword attached to a block of wood, are these illegal to sell in the UK now? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.106.8.57 (talk) 21:53, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Are you talking about this? That's all I could find about a ban on swords in the UK, and it just appears to cover what they call "Samurai Swords". The definition isn't very clear, but I'm guessing it's your typical name-ban, reminiscent of how the Federal Assault Weapons Ban in the US "banned" the Intratec TEC-DC9, until Intratec re-released the same gun with the name AB-10. Expect to see a bunch of "Wushu Swords" appearing all over the UK over the next year. Mendaliv (talk) 02:49, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

invented by?

I noticed the article for Milton Bradley claims that HE invented it, but this article says different. Which is true (cites?) ... 199.214.27.252 (talk) —Preceding undated comment was added at 18:02, 29 September 2008 (UTC).

See article. I was able to find a source, but I am not completely sure that it is reliable. ContributingCarol (talk) 06:18, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

Question

I'm just an ignorant foreigner. I see here only hand tools for schools and offices. But how do you call the big machines used in printing (in French, massicot), and why, if it is paper cutter too, don't you say anything about ? Thanks. Morburre (talk) 07:24, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

I'm actually almost completely unfamiliar with the term "paper cutter" in English; I've only ever heard "paper guillotine", which does exclusively refer to the office device. It's possible that the more industrial apparatus you describe is called a "paper cutter" in English; honestly I'm unsure what they'd be called in English. It might also be that massicot is a broader term. —/Mendaliv/^2¢/_Δ's/ 20:13, 24 July 2010 (UTC)

I worked in the printing industry for a few years running a 'paper cutter' not guillotine. Large mechanical ones. There needs to be a larger mentioning of them without them well there is no print industry. Xiahou (talk) 23:07, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

Future section

I tried editing the future section, but I am having some difficulties with the flow. If someone has any recommendations, it would be greatly appreciated. Citations are welcome. ContributingCarol (talk) 06:20, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

I had to dump the entire section as it's a copyvio of the source, which was itself a commercial website trying to sell paper cutter stuff. The entire section was added in one go by 113.78.32.158 (talk). The first paragraph is verbatim, except for an "and" replacing a comma in the first sentence, and minus a sentence about "peripheral cutter direction". The second paragraph is verbatim except for the first sentence (partially reordered wording) and the clause about "intelligent paper cutter" (missing qualification). The last paragraph was lifted verbatim.

Sorry for having to trash your work, but any subsequent rewording would simply be a derivative work of a copyvio. Furthermore, the quality of the information itself was very questionable... that source is not reliable at all... and to be honest I'm not sure where you'd find reliable information on future developments in that industry. Maybe in paper industry or publishing industry journals... but even stuff in regular newspapers would probably be no more than glorified press releases. —/Mendaliv/^2¢/_Δ's/ 22:36, 19 February 2012 (UTC)