A cool tool of leathercraft
Sometime ago, I bought a splitter…someday i will address the Splitter, in all of its sharp bladed, bad tempered, hard to handle glory, but for now I will focus my attention on this strap cutter that i got as a freebie when i bought said Splitter.
So the strap cutter is a handy device that I use to slim down a strap that has already been cut and squared up.
You cant feed a piece of uncut leather into this unit,rather it is good for taking a 1/4 or 1/8 off an already “formatted strap”.
You want to meet a nasty little blade that would just LOVE to meet your hand? This tool requires you be both careful and fearless in drawing the leather through it – no hesitation, one fell swoop and a firm pressure both pulling the leather through as well as down on the blade, because, the leather would rather ride up the blade than through it…path of least resistance and all that, so you need to be forceful and diligent.
No wienies, no wimps, no half hearted tests…ya got to just go for the gusto in this instance…
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- that blade looks like a sharks fin for a reason
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- you must push down as well as through
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- practice is required before you dig in with the good stuff
Posted: October 13th, 2008 under leatherwork projects, Uncategorized.
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