Locking hemostat for gripping small parts
Excel Blades
Cutting & Prep Tools
There is a stable brand ladder here — budget clippers, then Tamiya, then the Japanese single-bevel nippers — with roughly a fivefold price spread across it and one real difference at the top: a single-bevel blade leaves a flat, almost invisible cut face instead of a crushed nub you then have to scrape. Mould-line removers and needle files are the unglamorous half of the same job, and the half most beginners skip.
The Honest Verdict
The expensive nippers are genuinely better and genuinely not necessary. If you clip a hundred parts a week the flat cut saves real cleanup time; if you build a kit a month, a cheap pair plus a sharp blade and a mould-line scraper gets the same finish for a fraction of the outlay.
On This Shelf
910 products read and admitted so far - 28 brands, filterable below. More are mined and waiting to be judged.
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Light-duty hobby knife blades for the K1-style #11 handle · 5 blades (#10, #16, #17, 2x #11)
Excel Blades
Hobby pliers for bending wire and holding parts
Excel Blades
Hobby pliers for bending wire and holding parts
Excel Blades
Hobby pliers for bending wire and holding parts
Excel Blades
Chisel blade for scraping and removing detail · 5 blades
Excel Blades
Locking hemostat for gripping small parts
Excel Blades
Hobby tweezers for placing small parts
Excel Blades
Hobby pliers for bending wire and holding parts
Excel Blades
Light-duty hobby knife blades for the K1-style #11 handle · 100 blades
Excel Blades
Light-duty hobby knife blades for the K1-style #11 handle · 5 blades
Excel Blades
Ruler for measuring and cutting straight lines
Excel Blades
Locking hemostat for gripping small parts
Excel Blades
Locking hemostat for gripping small parts
Excel Blades
Self-healing cutting mat · 8.5 x 12in · Clear
Excel Blades
Self-healing cutting mat · 8.5 x 12in · Green
Excel Blades
Single-edge razor blades for scraping and fine trimming · 100 blades
Excel Blades
Single-edge razor blades for scraping and fine trimming · 100 blades
Excel Blades
Single-edge razor blades for scraping and fine trimming · 10 blades
Excel Blades
Scribe/awl for marking and panel lines
Excel Blades
Aluminium ruler with a K18 hobby knife · Green · imperial
Excel Blades
Aluminium ruler with a K18 hobby knife · Blue · imperial
Excel Blades
Aluminium ruler with a K18 hobby knife · Purple · imperial
Excel Blades
Aluminium ruler with a K18 hobby knife · Blue · metric
Excel Blades
Aluminium ruler with a K18 hobby knife · Green · metric
Excel Blades
Aluminium ruler with a K18 hobby knife · Black · metric
Excel Blades
Aluminium ruler with a K18 hobby knife · Silver · metric
Excel Blades
Aluminium ruler with a K18 hobby knife · Purple · metric
Excel Blades
Sanding stick or belts for smoothing parts · 5 belts (#80, #120, #240, #320, #600)
Excel Blades
Scribe/awl for marking and panel lines
Excel Blades
Hobby knife set
Excel Blades
Medium/heavy-duty craft blades for the K2, K5 and K6 handles · 5 blades
Excel Blades
Medium/heavy-duty craft blades for the K2, K5 and K6 handles · 100 blades
Excel Blades
Hobby knife set · K1 and K5 knives, pin vise, saw blade, mitre box, sanding tools, awl, clamps, 6in ruler, drills, blades
Excel Blades
Chisel blade for scraping and removing detail · 5 blades
Excel Blades
Chisel blade for scraping and removing detail · 15 blades in a dispenser
Excel Blades
Chisel blade for scraping and removing detail · 100 blades
Excel Blades
Replacement saw blade for hobby cutting · 4 blades (2x #1, 1x #2, 1x #3)
Excel Blades
Hobby saw
Excel Blades
Hobby knife set
Excel Blades
Hobby knife set
Excel Blades
Hobby knife set
Excel Blades
Scissors for clear plastic and polycarbonate
Excel Blades
Cutting mat with a hobby knife
Excel Blades
Hobby knife set
Excel Blades
Hobby knife set
Excel Blades
Hobby knife set · wood case, 3 knives, saw, pliers, 16 assorted blades
Excel Blades
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