Laminated cards cutting

[motormount]

Happy new year to all members!

I have a question on laminated business cards cutting.

The job was printed on munken polar 400gr stock - both sides -

It was laminated, and now we try to cut it, the cards on one or two sides, are cut like they were cut with an old knife - the other two or three sides are clear -

The ''cutter'' says that laminated cards are impossible to be cut with the knife we cut all our jobs, and we should die cut them for a clear result on all sides...

I cut as well from time to time, to help production flow, but it's not my job, and i can't quite judge whether he's right or wrong.

It's a polar knife, don't remember the model, it's one you see in many shops with an external monitor to enter values or cutting programs.

I know that a die cut will produce better results, but i also believe that you can produce a descent result on a regular knife.

What do you think?

Thanks in advance!

 

[bill kahny]

Are the cards butt cut (no gutter)? If so splitting that cut results in 1 edge looks clean but the stack on the front edge of the knife looks like a dull blade. Can't do anything about it but die cut or use a slit wheel type machine.

 

[Magnus59]

Always cut with the job behind the blade and the waste in front. If you cut with the job in front of the blade, it will result in a rough edge.