tonic studios Mini Rotary Perforator - 18mm Pinking Blade for Cutting Perforated Paper - Rolling Craft Tool for Cardstock and Scrapbooks - Small & Foldable, Black, 5 x 4 x 0.5

This was perfect for making little note pads to put in my journals. So glad I purchased it.

I occasionally create event tickets at work that require a perforated section. We used to just crease the tickets at the point we wanted them torn, but I saw this and thought for the price it was worth a try. I'm sure happy I did!It's much smaller than I thought it would be, about the size of a USB thumb drive (I've added some photos to show size), but not so small it's hard to control. It folds up like a pocket knife so the blade isn't exposed.The tool works smoothly and easily on a wide variety of materials from regular copy paper, vinyl decals, cardstock, thin laser gloss stock, medium density cardboard, foam board, pretty much everything I tried it on worked well with the exception of corrugated cardboard - simply because the cutting edge wasn't tall enough to go deep into the corrugated section.Other reviews mention it is difficult to get it to work on cardstock - simply put the work on top of a piece of thin cardboard (priority mail box works well) and it easily perforates even the heaviest cardstock.Also, others say they can't get it to work against a ruler - use a taller straight edge or level, or I use my mat cutting straight edge and run the plastic edge of the cutter against the straight edge for perfect accuracy. For regular cuts that can be off by a tiny bit, I put my ruler 1/8" away from the line I'm perforating as a visual guide, then draw the perforating tool towards you.Someone mentioned it worked better pulling towards you instead of away - of course it does, all cutting tools are designed to be pulled towards you.I've used it on 100 heavy cardstock tickets and the blade is still sharp as when I started. Controlling it and running a straight line is very easy.My only complaint would be the color - wish it was bright yellow or something, it's so tiny I'll have a hard time finding it in my tool drawer when I need it again in a few months.

I didn’t know I needed one of these until I printed out a bunch of pages on a laser printer that then needed to be cut into strips. Cutting the pages up with scissors created a bunch of disorganized strips that quickly fell out of order, were difficult to manage, and made finding the right one tedious. But then I found this tool, and I could quickly perforate the pages so the strips stayed organized in order until I needed them; then I could easily tear them off. Folding at the perf line makes for a cleaner separation.

Though it is much more difficult to freehand make a straight perforation than I anticipated. Too far away from the spine and the next pages don’t fold flat well. Too close to the spine and the notebook still falls apart.It works well and basically exactly as intended.

I occasionally have to ship packages overseas, and the self-printed customs forms from USPS work much better if you perforate them so the postal clerk can just rip them off. This tool makes it very, very easy to perforate forms like this. In addition, it's dirt cheap, and very compact, with a nice folding case to keep the blade safely tucked away. The quality seems to be very good too; I've had mine for many months now and have used it a fair amount, and haven't noticed any blade dulling or problems with the folding case after this much use.As others have said, it's not perfect for all uses. If you require an extremely accurate perforation along a line, you probably want something larger, with a much larger blade that you can run along a ruler. Expecting high accuracy from this tool which is the size of your thumb is like expecting a pocketknife to be a suitable replacement for a large kitchen knife. It's a very small, very inexpensive tool, and works great as such.

I needed something to occasionally perforate price tags. I only need certain ones perforated so this is exactly what I needed. 1 swipe on cardstock is all it took.

I Used this for perforating a tamper-free sticker label on the lid of a jar because I didn't want the whole label to come off when someone twisted/lifted the lid. As hoped, the brand stayed intact! Much cheaper than having the printer perforate each sticker (for now anyway). This little device was also super easy to use and I'm sure iIll end up storing it with my exacto–It takes up much room which is also a huge plus.As for technical details, I used a thin metal ruler to perforate a sticker and the peroration went through the sticker and backing.

I made tickets for a raffle, and even though they had a line and a dent to easily tear the stub, I wanted microperforations to make them look more authentic. I bought this tool after a recommendation from a YouTube crafter. I could not be more pleased!The perforations are straight lines, not a continuous dotted line. I used matte photographic paper, and the indentations are visible on the back, but not in the printed front. The tool did not perforate the paper completely so it would break by itself; I found it very easy to fold and tear afterwards. Just perfect!For the prize it is a very nice additional touch for any tear-off project. Very happy with purchase!!