{"id":263,"date":"2020-12-03T14:31:05","date_gmt":"2020-12-03T05:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.olfa.co.jp\/en\/what-sparked-the-first-olfa-cutter.html"},"modified":"2024-10-01T10:08:37","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T01:08:37","slug":"birth_of_olfa_cutter","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.olfa.co.jp\/en\/birth_of_olfa_cutter.html","title":{"rendered":"Birth of OLFA cutter"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"ttl03 mB50 sp_mB15\"><span>A REVOLUTIONERY way to cut materials<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"birth-story mB80 sp_mB40 en\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"inner1000\">\n<div class=\"main-wrapper\">\n<p class=\"title\">Birth of OLFA cutter<\/p>\n<div class=\"sub-wrapper sp_mB15\">\n<div class=\"text-box\">\n<p>In 1956 Mr.Y.Okada, the founder of OLFA CORPORATION, invented the world&#8217;s first SNAP-OFF BLADE CUTTER.<br \/>\nThe inspiration for this incredible idea came from breaking off segments of chocolate bars and analyzing the snap edges of broken glass. This unique invention has since become a worldwide best seller and is commonly referred to as an OLFA CUTTER.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-box2 sp_mT0\" style=\"margin-top: -20px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.olfa.co.jp\/en\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/founder_en.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sub-wrapper mB20\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.olfa.co.jp\/en\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/birth_of_ofla_cutter-img01_en.jpg\" class=\"wMax\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sub-wrapper2\">\n<div class=\"cutter-box2 mB50\">\n<div class=\"clearfix mB10\">\n<div class=\"rightBox\"><span class=\"year\">1956<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"leftBox\">\n<p class=\"title\">WORLD\u2019S FIRST SNAP-OFF BLADE CUTTER<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"centerText\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.olfa.co.jp\/en\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/birth_of_ofla_cutter-img02_en.jpg\" width=\"507\" class=\"mw100\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"bold f20px sp_f16px mB15 f-black\">Circular blade rotary cutter for fabric<\/p>\n<p class=\"mB40 f16px sp_f14px\">Yoshio Okada also invented the world&#8217;s first rotary cutter. <br \/>\nIt revolutionized how people cut fabric by switching them from using scissors to rolling a circular blade over the material. OLFA&#8217;s rotary cutters are used around the world today by quilters.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cutter-box2\">\n<div class=\"clearfix mB10\">\n<div class=\"rightBox\"><span class=\"year\">1979<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"leftBox\">\n<p class=\"title\">WORLD\u2019S FIRST ROTARY CUTTER<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"centerText\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.olfa.co.jp\/en\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/birth_of_ofla_cutter-img03_en.jpg\" width=\"509\" class=\"mw100\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"inner1000\">\n<div class=\"main-wrapper\">\n<p class=\"title\">The OLFA Logo<\/p>\n<div class=\"sub-wrapper mB15\">\n<p class=\"f16px sp_f14px\">The name of \u201cOLFA\u201d comes from two Japanese words, which, when translated, mean \u201cto break a blade\u201d.<br \/>\nThe OLFA parallelogram logo is taken from the shape of a snap-off blade.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sub-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rightText wMax\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.olfa.co.jp\/en\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/birth_of_ofla_cutter-img04_en.jpg\" style=\"width: 841px;\" class=\"mw100\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"btn-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"centerText\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.olfa.co.jp\/en\/features.html\" class=\"edge_button wMax\"><span>Characteristics of OLFA products<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"centerText\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.olfa.co.jp\/en\/process.html\" class=\"edge_button wMax\"><span>How OLFA cutters are made<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"sp_mB20 centerText\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.olfa.co.jp\/en\/howto.html\" class=\"edge_button wMax\"><span>How to use a cutter knife properly<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A REVOLUTIONERY way to cut materials Birth of OLFA cutter In 1956 Mr.Y.Okada, the founder of OLFA CORPORATION, invented the world&#8217;s first SNAP-OFF BLADE CUTTER. 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