Ever wondered what is the role of the Cricut blade in crafting done through the brilliant Cricut cutting machine? Cricut blades are made to make our crafting easier for us. No one will deny what wonders they can do for us if used correctly. They give us precise, intricate, professional-looking cuts every time we use them. Also, every Cricut blade is unique and is compatible with different machines and to a certain blade housing only. This interesting blog is written keeping in mind that you get informed about the Cricut blade, its uses, and its compatibility. So, keep reading to find out more about types of Cricut blade and what they can do for you.
Cricut Joy Blade
You can use this Cricut blade for all the popular DIY and Cricut Joy materials, which include Infusible ink transfer sheets, smart materials, vinyl, iron-on, insert cards, cardstock, paper, poster board, and much more. This blade is only compatible with the Cricut Joy Blade Housing and Cricut Joy machine.
Premium Fine-Point Cricut Blade
The premium fine-point Cricut blade is compatible with all the Cricut Maker, and Cricut Explore series machines. It is made from premium German carbide steel. The blade is designed in such a way that it provides the most intricate cuts to a wide variety of medium-weighed materials. It is recommended to be used with cardstock, paper, vinyl, iron-on, poster board, and other thin or medium-weighted materials. You can use this blade with a silver or gold premium fine-point housing.
Deep Point Cricut Blade
The deep-point blade comes under the series of fine-point Cricut blade. This blade makes it super easy to perform intricate cuts on many materials. Mostly it is recommended for deep, intricate cuts on thick materials like chipboard, stamp material, stiffened felt, thick cardstock, cardboard, magnet, and some types of fabrics. It is compatible with all the Cricut Maker series machines, Cricut Explore series machines, and the Deep-Point blade housing.
Bonded-Fabric Cricut Blade
This Cricut blade gives all the functionalities similar to the premium fine-point blade, but the pink color of its body matches the color of the Fabric Grip mat. This distinctive color change will help you immediately recognize that it is made for bonded fabrics. It is recommended to be used for giving more intricate cuts on fabrics along with an iron-on backer. It is compatible with the premium fine-point blade housing, bonded-fabric blade housing, and all the Cricut Maker and Cricut Explore machines.
Rotary Cricut Blade
This rotary blade brings innumerable customizable, precision fabric cutting to the world of home sewing crafts. This unique Cricut blade provides a gliding and rolling action to cut through any fabric accurately and quickly virtually. The best part is that it works without the need for a backer material. You can use it with various soft fabrics and other delicate, soft, or less-dense materials such as cork and tissue paper. Make sure you use it with the rotary blade drive housing and the Fabric Grip mat, which is made up of strong and dense material. This blade is compatible with the Cricut Maker machines only.
Knife Cricut Blade
This is an extra-deep knife Cricut blade that slices through dense materials having a thickness up to 2.4 millimeters. It is ideal for giving moderately detailed cuts in thicker materials. Ensure that you always use it with knife blade drive housing. In order to avoid leaving any track marks on your thick materials, move the star wheels bar to the side. This blade is compatible only with Cricut Maker machines.
Perforation Cricut Blade
You can use this Cricut blade for a wide variety of projects to get perfect tears quickly and effortlessly with precise perforation. They create perforation lines in even spaces allowing clean and even tearing. This is a perfect blade if you want to make journals, raffle tickets, tear-out booklet pages, or any other project requiring clear-tear. It is compatible only with the Cricut Maker machines.
Wavy Cricut Blade
Compatible only with the Cricut maker cutting machines, this is a fun little Cricut blade that will add a decorative edge to any design of yours. It works faster than the drag blade and gives you a wavy design in halftime. You can use this uniquely sculpted stainless-steel blade for making envelops, greeting cards, gift tags, original decals, or any other project that needs stylish design accents. This blade uses the Cricut Quickswap Housing.
Cake Cricut Blade
As the name suggests, this Cricut blade works for the Cricut Cake and Cricut Cake Mini cutting machines. The blade and the blade housing are manufactured to be safe for use with edible items. It is compatible with the food-safe Cricut Cake Blade Housing.
Standard Cricut Blade
This older Cricut Machines blade is compatible with a plethora of Cricut cutting machines, including the Cricut Personal machine, Cricut Create, Cricut Expression, Cricut Expression 2, Cricut Imagine, and Cricut Mini.
Deep-Cut Cricut Blade
The deep-cut Cricut blade is popularly known as the blades for older Cricut machines. It is compatible with all the Cricut machines that I mentioned earlier in the previous section of the standard blade.
