Unpopular opinion: I think the old school way of cutting carpet with a knife is better than using a cutter

Honestly, for my first 5 years I used a hook blade knife for every cut, just like my trainer showed me. I switched to a power cutter about 2 years ago because everyone said it was faster and gave a cleaner edge. Ngl, I find I have less control on tricky angles, especially around a fireplace or a weird closet. I'm thinking of going back to the knife for detail work and just using the cutter for long, straight runs. Has anyone else tried both and stuck with the manual method for certain jobs?

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walker.julia6d ago

My buddy had a job with these crazy built-in bookshelves. He brought his fancy new cutter, spent an hour fighting the angles. Finally grabbed his old knife from the truck. Finished the whole section in like twenty minutes. Said the control was just different.

fiona_kim976d ago

Your buddy's story about the bookshelves, did he say which knife he went back to?

danielm806d ago

You're missing the point of the power cutter. The whole reason to switch is to build new muscle memory for those tricky spots. It takes more than two years to get truly good with it. Going back to the knife for details just stops you from ever learning the better tool inside and out. That initial struggle is how you get faster for good.