Abstract: A low-cost hand-portable light-weight tool ideally suited for seamstress or upholster in domestic or commercial work, employing an electrical/heating-element of substantially known type of construction, into at least one blade member; whereby three species of the invention are set forth including variants thereof: a.) a scissor like embodiment, whereby the essential cutting and searing function is achieved under normal scissoring action by virtue of the oppositely closing blade's vertical shearing action relative to the opposed planar surface of the substantially thermoplastic fabric material, a species performing particularly effectively upon such fabrics having a proponderance of natural fibers in the weave, as well as ultra-sheer synthetic fabrics; b.