BeadSmith PL410/ Xuron 2175 Flush cutter

A great beginner's cutter. Being flush, it will cut right next to your crimp or wire wrap with out leaving a pointy end.

It is great for beading wire, though with a Rockwell hardness less than steel, SoftFlex wire will dull the cutters with extensive usage. It is a great cutter for the price, so if you use them so much that they get dull, upgrade to a better cutter. Then keep these as a second pair.

Cuts soft wire up to 14 gauge. Do not use these for memory wire or other hard wires because they will put little dents in your blades.

EuroTool ITR-5000-R
Beadsmith PL5000 Ultra-Flush Cutter

This Italian-made ultra-flush cutter makes an absolutely straight cut - with no "shelf edge" left over on the wire.

Perfect when making fused chain so that the two sides of the wire will be absolutely flush with each other. Also good for making a jump ring out of the cut pieces of chain. If you use this with SoftFlex or other steel wires, it will dull these cutters. Do not use these for memory wire or other hard wires because they will put little dents in your blades.

Cuts wire up to 14g.

These Lindstrom ultra-flush cutters are the best! With a Rockwell hardness harder than steel, they will cut SoftFlex like butter and won't dull over time. The ultraflush blade will make an absolutely straight cut, leaving nothing left over. Great for cutting the extra wire off of the wire wrap when using sterling silver, gold filled, Artistic Wire, or other soft wire.

Cuts wire up to 18g. I would not use these precious cutters on memory wire.

Hi Tech Memory Wire Cutter

This is a great economical cutter for the very hard metals, such as memory wire, snowflake forms, or some base metal chains.

The cut is not really flush, but they do cut extremely hard metals. I did not see a difference between these and the memory wire cutters that cost $17./ pair.