A hand-held cutting device including an elongated member graspable along a portion thereof by an operator, a trimmer head disposed at one end of the elongated member, and a power unit operably coupled to the trimmer head to selectively cause rotation of the trimmer head, wherein the trimmer head comprises a line holding assembly to hold and selectively release the trimmer line and a housing to house the line holding assembly, wherein the line holding assembly includes a core having a first portion and a second portion, and a spool configured to hold trimmer line that is operably coupled to the core, and wherein the second portion of the core is non-rotatably fixed to the first portion of the core when the trimmer head is in an at-rest state, and is rotatable with respect to the first position of the core when the trimmer head is in an in-use state and rotating.
