Embedded blade cutters and blades for same

A hand-held cutting tool comprising:

• a handle;
• and
• a cutting head with an embedded blade including a cutting edge, the cutting head being connected to the handle, the cutting head including a channel sized to receive a workpiece therein, the embedded blade being molded or otherwise secured within the cutting head such that a portion of the cutting edge extends from the cutting head and is located and exposed within the channel for cutting the workpiece that is advanced into the channel and brought into contact with the cutting edge;
• wherein the cutting head includes a hook portion at an opposite side of the channel from the handle, the hook portion including a visually distinct narrow surface section coaligned with the cutting edge;
• wherein the handle includes a gripping structure including ridges extending across the handle adjacent to the cutting head;
• and
• wherein the handle further includes a cut line/guide structure parallel with the cutting edge, the cut line/guide structure being visible through openings between the ridges.

A hand-held cutting tool comprising:

• a handle;
• and
• a cutting head with an embedded blade including a cutting edge, the cutting head being connected to the handle, the cutting head including a channel sized to receive a workpiece therein, the embedded blade being molded or otherwise secured within the cutting head such that a portion of the cutting edge extends from the cutting head and is located and exposed within the channel for cutting the workpiece that is advanced into the channel and brought into contact with the cutting edge;
• wherein the handle includes a gripping structure including ridges extending across the handle adjacent to the cutting head;
• and
• wherein the handle further includes a cut line/guide structure parallel with the cutting edge, the cut line/guide structure being visible through openings between the ridges.

A hand-held cutting tool comprising:

• a handle;
• and
• a cutting head with an embedded blade having multiple operative surface portions, the cutting head being connected to the handle, the embedded blade consisting of a single unitary metal piece, the multiple operative surface portions thereof including a cutting edge and a tape splitter portion, which is at an opposite side of the metal piece from the cutting edge, the cutting head including a distal opening and a channel sized to receive a workpiece therein, the embedded blade being molded or otherwise secured within the cutting head such that the tape splitter portion extends from the distal opening and a portion of the cutting edge extends from the cutting head and is located and exposed within the channel for cutting the workpiece that is advanced into the channel and brought into contact with the cutting edge;
• wherein the embedded blade has a periphery boundary extending from opposite ends of the cutting edge, the periphery boundary including a curved surface section and a top flat surface section which is at the opposite side of the metal piece from the cutting edge, the curved surface section being located along the periphery boundary between the top flat surface section and the tape splitter portion;
• and
• wherein the tape splitter portion is distalmost of the multiple operative surface portions relative to the cutting edge.

A hand-held cutting tool comprising:

• a handle;
• and
• a cutting head with an embedded blade having multiple operative surface portions, the cutting head being connected to the handle, the embedded blade consisting of a single unitary metal piece, the multiple operative surface portions thereof including a cutting edge and a tape splitter portion, which is at an opposite side of the metal piece from the cutting edge, the cutting head including a distal opening and a channel sized to receive a workpiece therein, the embedded blade being molded or otherwise secured within the cutting head such that the tape splitter portion extends from the distal opening and a portion of the cutting edge extends from the cutting head and is located and exposed within the channel for cutting the workpiece that is advanced into the channel and brought into contact with the cutting edge;
• wherein the embedded blade has a periphery boundary extending from opposite ends of the cutting edge, the periphery boundary including a top flat surface section which is part of and defined by an uppermost structural reinforcing portion of the single unitary metal piece adjacent to the tape splitter portion at the opposite side of the metal piece from the cutting edge;
• wherein the periphery boundary includes a flat surface section adjacent to and contiguous with the top flat surface section at an opposite end of the embedded blade from the tape splitter portion, and wherein the tape splitter portion is recessed in relation to the uppermost structural reinforcing portion relative to the cutting edge.