Is this the right tool for your job?
✕CHOOSE A DIFFERENT TOOL WHEN
- Not straight-run cutting.
- If the station’s cuts are straight slits and trims with the occasional corner, the bevel-point extension blade is the right tool and the curve point only gets in the way — its swept edge wants a line that turns.
- Not heavy or dense stock under high pressure — at 20 gauge it is a follower, not a commander; dense material that pushes back wants a stiffer 18-gauge blade.
- Not a heat blade — for high-friction synthetics that round carbon edges, the HSS blades are the answer, not a light carbon curve point.
- Not a handled personal knife — the riveted Paris Curve (55300, sibling guide) is the one-owner version of this geometry; the 57320 is its station-fed counterpart.
Jobs this tool does
EXACT JOB METHODS FOR HYDE №57320✓ Job guideHow to Contour-Trim at a Cutting StationOPEN JOB GUIDE →✓ Job guideStandardize a Cutting Room’s Blade PatternOPEN JOB GUIDE →✓ Job guideHow to Trim to a Curved Pattern LineOPEN JOB GUIDE →
For these jobs—use this instead
THE JOB, THE REASON, AND THE BETTER TOOL✕ Handheld one-owner useThe riveted Paris Curve (55300, sibling guide) is the one-owner version of this geometry; the 57320 is its station-fed counterpart. BETTER TOOL Paris Curve, 3-1/4″ x 9/16″ 55300 →
