Abstract: A wick trimmer includes a pair of connected first and second trimmer arms; a first wick trimmer jaw carried by the first trimmer arm; a second wick trimmer jaw carried by the second trimmer arm, the first and second wick trimmer jaws selectively positional between an open position and a closed, wick cutting position; a first wick cutting blade having a first blade notch carried by the first wick trimmer jaw; and a second wick cutting blade having a second blade notch carried by the second wick trimmer jaw, the second blade notch generally symmetrical to the first blade notch and disposed in generally facing and offset relationship to the first blade notch in the open position of the first and second wick trimmer jaws. The second blade notch bypasses the first blade notch as the first wick trimmer jaw and the second wick trimmer jaw move from the open position to the closed, wick cutting position.