Abstract: A knife for drawing along a cutting channel in a template defining a puzzle piece outline, so as to cut an underlying workpiece along lines conforming to the shape of the puzzle piece outline to form a puzzle piece from the workpiece. The knife includes a handle portion, a hollow nose portion mounted on the handle portion, a blade mounting portion contained by the nose portion and rotatable therein and extending distally therefrom, and a cutting blade mounted on the blade mounting portion and extending distally therefrom. The cutting blade includes a leading edge, a longer trailing edge, and a cutting edge extending therebetween. In its preferred form the knife includes a shield that is disposed forwardly of the leading edge of the cutting blade and extends along at least a portion of the length of the leading edge of that blade.