Walnut Hollow Professional Hot Knife for Cutting & Carving Foam Making Stencils and Cutting Vinyl & Plastic

Easy to use. Works very well on craft pumpkins.

Great hot cutter

The item seems well built. I was able to attach the blade and heat it up without issue. It takes about 5 minutes to reach temperature. I checked the blade with a pair of pliers once hot, and it was still tight. I first tested with standard paracord. I had to go very slowly and apply heavy pressure but it was eventually able to cut through. It took probably 10 seconds. The cut was clean and the ends of the cord were properly melted.I next tested the main reason for me getting this. PET Expandable Braided Sleeving. This thing wouldn't even touch it. Laying the blade on top with heavy pressure didn't do anything. I tried slowly cutting with it like I would a regular knife. It was able to cut a few strands but they frayed everywhere. The heat played no part. I was eventually able to cut the sleeving after over a minute. The sleeving was completely frayed and not usable.Overall it was ok for paracord and NOT recommended for PET Expandable Braided Sleeving. This is most likely not a fault of the product. It is only 25w and I suspect I will need something much hotter to tackle the sleeving.

The plastic nut and bolt set which anchors the toilet seat somehow got fused together. I tried wd-40 specialist solution but because it was fused, didn’t loosen up. I tried sawing chunks off with my steak knife. It worked somewhat, but id be there till Christmas. I needed a faster solution. The awkward angle under the side of toilet made it impossible to get a hacksaw or anything bulky in that space. So I figured why not use a hot knife. It worked! Instructions say let the knife do the work and don’t force. I admittedly didn’t follow that rule to a tee. I did do a cutting motion on the pieces. It took about an hour or so, with cramping and pain in my knees. But I powered through and the bolt broke free. I was able to remove those pesky pieces and replace them. The con is that the knife gets so hot it smells like fire and whatever it burns through will leave dark burn marks on the blade. The cord is only 2.5 ft short the most. All in all, it did the job and I’m at this price point, I’ll keep it in my tool arsenal. The pics show what the nut and bolt should look like, versus it fused onto the toilet, and the end result.

I am so OBSESSED!!! This made cutting the signs for my wedding on foamboard so incredibly easy! I plan to use it for other foamboard stands and props!!

It worked for my purpose but as one review pointed out only the back end of the knife gets hot enough to do anything and that makes it more difficult to use. I used this to cut large holes in plastic lids and with some patience and going slow I was able to make my holes. The were rough and I'll have to sand them to smooth them out but I still got my hole made. This would be loads better if the whole knife heated. ALSO BE CAREFUL because the handle gets pretty warm too and that really makes it more dangerous. I'll use it for the next two holes I gotta make and be done with it so for the price it's good. But if you want something for the long run look elsewhere

Works exactly how it is supposed to.

Knife works and cuts PLA as I needed, but it gets very hot and there is no insulator on the handle and will burn your hand if you use it for more than three or four minutes continuously. You will have to cut what you need to cut quickly or provide your own insulator on the handle as I did so you can use it for extended periods of time. The design is just like old solderings irons I've had in the past, but the soldering irons have had a protective rubber coating or cork coating to keep your hand from being burned. This looks to be a design where they neglected to put the insulator around there to save money and make it a cheap item. I recommend finding something for a few more dollars that has something to protect your hand from being burned.