Upgrade to a new machine

Upgrade centre

Welcome to the Upgrade Centre!

Are you ready to take your cutting experience to the next level? Whether your trusty older Keencut cutter has served you well or you simply want to explore modern capabilities, you’ve come to the right place! Our dedicated upgrade page will help you seamlessly transition to newer, more efficient models that will elevate your precision and creativity.

Please take a moment to browse through our selection and find your current machine listed below. You will see an arrow to the latest equivalent machine and if available a suggestion of a more advanced cutter offering even more functionality. The choice is yours! Let’s embark on this journey to upgrade your cutting tools and enhance your workflow today!

These machines are no longer made:

Tabletop cutters

Bench mounted Evolution or Evolution E2

Evolution3™ SmartFold

The ultimate cutting tool for the busiest production environment. Offering safe, fast, accurate cutting of a wide variety of materials, with the top-of-the-range features to improve your productivity and print finishing quality.

Bench mounted Javelin (Original, Integra or S2), Practik or Max

Evolution3™ BenchTop

Designed for a busy facility and is a permanently mounted cutter equipped to cut a wide variety of materials. It offers perfect, fast, accurate, and safe cutting

The Advanced Choice

Consider upgrading to the Evolution3™ SmartFold for even more features and benefits.

Portable Javelin or Javelin S2

Evolution3™ FreeHand

Evolution3 accuracy in a portable cutter for those who want the high precision accuracy and superior cutting quality of the Evolution3 range but in a more flexible format

The Advanced Choice

With advancements in clamp technology consider upgrading to an Evolution3™ BenchTop for greater efficiency and versatility.

Sabre 1

Sabre Series 2

The versatile, general purpose cutter designed for safety and a solution for medium-volume cutting

The Advanced Choice

With advancements in cutting head and clamp technology consider upgrading to an Evolution3™ cutter for greater accuracy, efficiency and versatility.

Max or Practik

Simplex

The most lightweight, portable cutter in the Keencut family

The Advanced Choice

Check out the Evolution3™ FreeHand: it’s still portable but has greater cutting accuracy and advanced Evolution3 features.

Picture framing cutters

Arrow, Laser, Dart, Ultimat, Ace, Artist, Artist plus, Ultimat Gold

Ultimat Futura

Fast precision cutting for every type and thickness of mountboard

System 3000 & 4000, Excalibur 1000 & 3000

Excalibur 6000

Perfect precision cutting for all framing sheet materials combining all the excellent cutting power of previous Keencut models with anti-scratch protection for coated glass, a convenient Easy Measuring Scale and durable steel bearings