NT Professional Mat Cutter, 45 Degree Bevel Mat Board Cutter, 1 Cutter (MAT-45P), Aluminum Die-Cast Grip, Red/Grey

Works well. Easy to use if you comprehend the concepts. It cuts at an angle with an angled blade. If you carefully follow the instructions you will end up with a perfectly cut mat the first time. Adjustable in many ways, great value.

This gets the job done but if you are planning on doing a large matte, it is a challenge. I used it to matte a jersey frame and it took a lot of patience and an extra hand to cut the large square. The final product turned out nice though. See picture (I cut the large mattes). If you are planning to cut small mattes, this is perfect. This is definitely not for someone wanting to cut a lot of mattes or large mattes though!

Needed to modify a purchased framed mat to fit my daughter’s 30cmx40cm diamond painting. Didn’t want to pay a fortune to have it matted and figured I won’t need a mat cutter many times in my life so I went with this option over professionally framing or an expensive tool. I drew the necessary cut lines on back of mat with pencil. Laid down a cutting mat, my purchased mat, and then a heavy metal ruler. After determining where the ruler needed to be placed, I clamped the ruler down to my kitchen island so that my pencil lines were between the visible area of the tool. Pressed down on tool to confirm the blade hit the mat on the line. Used screw adjustment to adjust the blade to the necessary depth and pressed down and toward mat as I cut. I didn’t practice and it did wander a bit (more when I tried to push down with two hands than when I used one to steady the myself and one to do the cut) but it isn’t noticeable from my finished work. Worked as I expected and am happy to be able to frame the non-US standard 30cmx40cm diamond paintings my daughter has taken a liking to.

Wow, this tool is not intuitive. I imagine it works great if you know how to use a mat cutter, but as someone who's never done it before I really struggled. It's well constructed and sturdy, but I wasn't able to cut any mats with it. Only giving three stars because it's probably user error.

This cutter was a waste of money. I read in the reviews that some users felt there was a learning curve, so I was prepared to have to practice for it to look right. I have cut many mats for frames using a knife, but this cutter never worked well. Yes, it cuts on a 45 degree angle, but having to cut each line multiple times ended with every line being somewhat jagged. It's not sharp, smooth or easy to control. Lining up for each cut and hitting the starting spot and the ending spot was not very accurate. If you're hoping for DIY professional looking mats, I do not recommend this.

I haven't learned how to use it. Not enough instruction

Love this mat cutter. Needed a couple mats for some pictures around the house. Local craft store was fairly pricey on them cutting them. Was able to purchase the matting boards and cut them myself. Very easy and simple to use. Highly recommend.

I'm no pro, just learning more about cutting and matting my own photos. I got this thinking it would be a good tool. It is, overall. User error is probably the only issue - I can't seem to get straight cuts and need to apply enough pressure to cut all the way.