Olfa Cutters, Rulers & Mats

Yoshio Okada invented the world's first rotary cutter in 1979. It revolutionized how people cut fabric by switching them from using scissors to rolling a circular blade over the material. OLFA's rotary cutters, rulers and mats are used around the world today by quilters. The name of “OLFA” comes from two Japanese words, which, when translated, mean “to break a blade” and links to the first Snap Off Blade Cutter invented in 1956.