NT Cutter was founded in 1948 by Yozo Ihata but then under the name Ihata Shoten to produce and sell offset printing transfer paper. In 1959 the company developed into NT Cutter, it was also this year they took out a patent and started sales for NT Cutter, for the first time in the world the "Sharp Knife" (which is currently called "Cutter Knife") the so-called break blade knife was introduced to the market . Of course, you will find the world-famous break blade knife and associated break blade in Tingstad's range.