Abstract: Manually operated tool, primarily a hand tool, for cutting strip elements, more especially, blind strips of Venetian blinds. The tool has cooperating blades. Associated with one of the blades is a feed guide particularly configurated to be adapted to the shape of the strip to be cut for accurate delivery to the blades. Associated with the blades also is a measuring gauge for accurately measuring the amount to be cut off. The blades are especially configurated to be adapted to cut strip material having transverse curvature and further to make a curved cut providing a finished end to the strip being cut.