Abstract: A simple, durable, safe and effective hand-tool attachment is provided for making relief cuts in lay-down materials such as asphalt shingles, carpet, linoleum, and tile. The hand-tool attachment has an attachment-box with two thumb set-screws and a free-floating clamping-plate for securing various pre-existing, flat-shaped hand-tools such as roofing shovels, potato forks and floor scrapers; and, attached thereto is an angled knife-blade, supported by a skid plate, extending from the attachment-box. The relief cuts create smaller, workable portions of the lay-down material for easier removal and clean-up using common techniques. The hand-tool attachment may be made of any material that may provides the strength and cutting ability for attaching to a hand-tool and making relief cuts.