Recommended Bevels for Paper Cutting Knives

RECOMMENDED BEVELS FOR PAPER CUTTING KNIVES

For the European market all knives are supplied with a standard bevel of 22°. Listed below are various materials and suggested bevels to assist you in obtaining maximum benefit from your knives.

MATERIALS

1 = 17°

rubber tubes

crude rubber

soft rubber

1 = 19°

aluminum foils
lead foil
copy paper
felt
carbon paper

cork
blotting paper
NCR paper
absorbent
silk paper
plywood(max. 3mm)

textile fabric
velour paper
wood pulp
zinc foils
tin foils

1 = 22°

bible paper
jointing paper
normal printing paper
felt paper
felt board
glass paper
greyboard

hand board
hard rubber
wood board, soft
index cardboard
caseboard
lino

postcard board
PVC soft
emery cloth
writing paper
strawboard
security paper
celluloid

1 = 23°

leather

1 = 24°

Astralon clear vision
foil
cellulose foils
duplex board

duplex cardboard
photo paper
Manila board
pergamyne

pressboard
transformer pressboard
transparent paper

1 = 25°

acetate foils
cellulose acetate foils

hardboard
polyethylene foils

1 = 26°

synthetic fiber paper

transparent sheet

2 = 22°,

1 = 19° (secondary bevel)

laminate aluminum foil
asbestos

veneers

PVC floor slab

2 = 24°,

1 = 22° (secondary bevel)

cellophane
double wax paper
duplex paper
label paper

rubber paper
art paper
leather board
metal paper

parchment paper
PVC hard
triplex board