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Those little spools of plastic covered garden wire all contain a simple sheet metal cutting gadget which permits the wire to be cut to an appropriate length. When I sew I always have to look around for a scissor to cut the thread as a torn thread leaves splayed fibers which make it difficult to get the thread through the eye of the needle. Wetting the thread to join the fibers always leaves a torn end with one or two disobedient filaments that frustrate threading the needle. A scissor solves that but if each spool had a small version of the garden wire cutter on one end,which would still permit a through hole on the spool for mounting on a sewing machine, it would be a convenience. A simpler cutter would be the one on a dispenser for dental floss which might work just as well.
sand, Apr 13 2009
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I would think that a simple blade cutter would fray the end of the thread a lot more than sharp scissors, but it would depend on the design. I don't know how the wire cutter you're talking about works, but the dental floss cutter would definitely fray the end. This might be a problem for sewing thread, but a cutter on a spool of all-purpose twine would be handy. For most uses, it wouldn't matter if the twine unraveled a bit on the end.
OTOH, it wouldn't matter if the thread frays if you have a needle threader. I have one exactly like the one in the link. It works great. I suppose the manufacturers could have a threader like that attached to each spool too, along with a cutter, but I doubt they would do it. I find it annoying that some spools don't even have a little slit cut into the edge to hold the end of thread after you're done with it.