Patent ID: 7624507

Claim:
A hand-held cutting device comprising: a handle attached to a cutting head; a cutting element attached to said cutting head; and a guiding and supporting element extending from said cutting head, said guiding and supporting element and said cutting head arranged to form a protecting periphery such that any part of a cutting edge of said cutting element does not protrude outside of said periphery, said guiding and supporting element including a distal portion arranged to form a feed channel together with a portion of said handle and a support device arranged on said guiding and supporting element, which support device is arranged to interact with said cutting edge to improve cut ability, wherein said cutting element is arranged to be non-rotatable and fixedly attached to said cutting head by means of a locking device that provides for at least three different positions and thereby renewing of said cutting edge, and wherein said support device is arranged with a portion made of a softer material than the material of said cutting edge to form a fixed recess interacting with said cutting edge.