To provide a sliding type cutter easily conveyed with the minimum number of fixing positions and diagonally cutting a workpiece by tilting a cutting edge portion.

This sliding type cutter 1 includes: a base 2 provided with a placement face 21 for placing a workpiece; a linear guiding device 3 mounted on the base 2; and linkage means 5 mounted on a cutting portion 4 having an edge 41a. The linear guiding device 3 and the linkage means 5 co-operate to form a Scott Russell mechanism, thereby enabling the sliding type cutter 1 to guide the linear movement of the cutter portion 4. The cutter portion 4 is installed with the edge portion 41 with an edge 41a and a retaining portion 42 for connecting the edge portion 41 with the linkage means 5. The retaining portion 42 is formed with a conveying handlebar 43.