Abstract: The invention relates to a cutter for strip or band-shaped materials of all kinds, having an electromotive drive for at least one blade (4, 5), which drives the at least one blade (4, 5) in a displaceable manner against a stationary knife (6), wherein the electromotive drive (motor 3) has parallel effect on the movement drive of at least two separately movable blades (4, 5), each of which are directed against the stationary knife (6), so that a material web (35) is cut having a longer first cut (36) and an opposite second cut (37) offset skewed to the first cut (36) and an uncut bridge (38) remains in the material web (35) between the two cuts.