A method of cutting laminated glass and film-covered glass including the steps of: - providing a hand-held cutting tool for cutting laminated glass and film-covered glass including a housing including a grip-able handle, a drive system contained within the housing and including a motor and transmission, a blade set attached to the housing and including a pair of static cutting blades (51,52) protruding outward from the housing, the opposed facing surfaces of the pair of static cutting blades (51, 52) being parallel and forming a gap distance between the opposed facing surfaces of the pair of static cutting blades (51, 52), a dynamic cutting and reciprocating blade positioned between and operatively coupled to the static blades (51,52) and coupled to the transmission so that the dynamic blade is pivoted to the pair of static cutting blades (51, 52), the dynamic blade including a pair of shearing cutting edges on opposed sides of the dynamic blade, each one shearing cutting edge of the dynamic blade cooperating with a shearing cutting edge (51a, 52a) of one of the static blades (51, 52); wherein operation of the motor will reciprocate the dynamic cutting blade between the static cutting blades (51, 52); - placing a laminated glass or film-covered glass work piece in between the static cutting blades (51, 52) and the reciprocating cutting blade of the blade set of the handheld laminated glass and film-covered glass cutting tool while lower surfaces of the static cutting blades are against an upper surface of the laminated glass and film-covered glass work piece; and - activating a laminated glass and film-covered glass cutting tool trigger switch which activates the reciprocating cutting blade of the laminated glass and film-covered glass cutting tool from the open to closed position consecutively against the under surface of the work piece causing work piece cutting progressively; characterized in that less than 20% of a distance from a tip of each blade to the intersection of the cutting edges of the static blades (51, 52) and the dynamic blade in the open position forms a cutting section for the tool which is progressively cutting the workpiece. - providing a hand-held cutting tool for cutting laminated glass and film-covered glass including a housing including a grip-able handle, a drive system contained within the housing and including a motor and transmission, a blade set attached to the housing and including a pair of static cutting blades (51,52) protruding outward from the housing, the opposed facing surfaces of the pair of static cutting blades (51, 52) being parallel and forming a gap distance between the opposed facing surfaces of the pair of static cutting blades (51, 52), a dynamic cutting and reciprocating blade positioned between and operatively coupled to the static blades (51,52) and coupled to the transmission so that the dynamic blade is pivoted to the pair of static cutting blades (51, 52), the dynamic blade including a pair of shearing cutting edges on opposed sides of the dynamic blade, each one shearing cutting edge of the dynamic blade cooperating with a shearing cutting edge (51a, 52a) of one of the static blades (51, 52); wherein operation of the motor will reciprocate the dynamic cutting blade between the static cutting blades (51, 52); - placing a laminated glass or film-covered glass work piece in between the static cutting blades (51, 52) and the reciprocating cutting blade of the blade set of the handheld laminated glass and film-covered glass cutting tool while lower surfaces of the static cutting blades are against an upper surface of the laminated glass and film-covered glass work piece; and - activating a laminated glass and film-covered glass cutting tool trigger switch which activates the reciprocating cutting blade of the laminated glass and film-covered glass cutting tool from the open to closed position consecutively against the under surface of the work piece causing work piece cutting progressively;