my x-acto and cutting mat are some of my best friends. i have a shatterproof helix ruler i use, but soon enough i'm upgrading to a metal one. for years i had this flat 6" one that i loved. i remember i found it in the street about 12 years ago. then about 5 years ago i let someone in my opera class borrow it to open boxes or something and it was never to be heard from again. that same year i bought a 6" metal architect rule, and i love that thing. but 6" is really too small for most cutting i do. and the trusty helix? i've been having too many problems with my x-acto cutting into it. time for some gutwrenching metal!
My metal ruler definitely has some nicks out of it from my X-Acto stabbing it (I am not the most coordinated of people, I'm just glad it wasn't my arm I was stabbing), but it works great. I love it. :)
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I'm chuckling because I learned to use a metal ruler with an exacto knife when your parents probably had not even met yet :)
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That could be true; Jess is only a year or so older than I am, but my parents are pretty young to have a daughter my age. Hee. :)
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