Abstract: A tool for facilitating the cutting of carpet which has been installed on a floor surface by glueing, or the lie, the tool comprising a pair of substantially identical plates secured in planar abutting relation, each plate being provided with an angularly orientated recess on the inwardly directed surface thereof, each recess for slidably receiving a cutting blade therein, fastening members are provided for removably securing the blades within the respective recess and for facilitating longitudinal adjustment of each blade within its respective recess for exposing a selected cutting edge of a blade for accomplishing the cutting operation, and an elongated handle member pivotally secured to the plates whereby the cutting tool may be moved across the surface of the carpet during the cutting operation while the operator of the tool remains in a substantially upright position.