his cutter uses a hand cranked flywheel instead of the customary lever. The hand wheel is put into motion and a clutch is engaged in activating the blade which, after effecting one cut, is stopped by an automatic braking mechanism.This style of cutter represents a cross between a lever cutter and the full power cutter, both of which survived. Probably this cutter and others of its type expired because of their hybrid nature.The Cutter was named after Guillaume Massicot of France who invented the machine to cut paper. This machine is a handy tool for printers, bookbinders, etc. It goes that the machine was modified several times since. Thanks to new technologies.This Miller and Richard Paper Cutter came in the line of the Royal Columbian hand press printer widely produced in Edinburgh and London and was last seen in one ‘Guardian Press’ established in 1850 which did the publishing of “Ramayana” in Tamil.
It was owned then by G.C. Logaanandham Mudaliar and G.C. Nataraja Mudaliar who carried out businesses from second line beach in Madras. The press can be forgotten, not the “Guardian diary”. Thanks to the decorative logo the cutter has survived this long. It was identified in the stock yard of Avanna Gardens in 2004 and restored to its present condition. This Cutter has been added to The STEVE BORGIA INDIAN HERITAGE MUSEUM in 2006 at INDeco Hotels Mahabalipuram.
