Best Practices for Cutting Leather

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@Geared_FS 6 ай бұрын

For the past several years I have been using a Husky folding utility knife to cut my pieces. It's durable, easy to control, and blades are cheap. The replacement blades I get also come with a dispenser that safely stores the old blades.

@Freeman-Dl70 6 ай бұрын

I save all of my used , worn out blades to forge a knife out of. After i get some free time, I'll be assembling my forge.

@WeaverLeatherSupply 6 ай бұрын

That's a cool idea!

@chainreaction8977 6 ай бұрын

Blade bottle, brilliant.

@RedCoyote 6 ай бұрын

Not a blade tip, but the blade bottle trick made me want to share a trick I use with thread bits: I use old medicine bottles to store thread bits after sewing. This way, there's not little bits of thread everywhere. Once it's full, I toss them, but they last a good while (and easy to find around the shop since they're orange)

@fatbikejamie 6 ай бұрын

Blade disposal - where I live we can get free "sharps containers" at pharmacies. Their intent is for needles etc and they work perfectly for used blades. Fill it up, drop it off at the pharmacu, get a new one. simple and awesome

@Lorddanielrushton371 6 ай бұрын

I like the blade bottle idea, I'm using a soda can with tape to cover the whole.

@pauljuhl7937 6 ай бұрын

Thank you Daniel. Informative video.

@user-jo5fz8iw3b 6 ай бұрын

Great info, Thanks Dan !!👍

@MartinPaulsen87 6 ай бұрын

Lots of great tips, thanks for that! I really liked the blade bottle in particular. I thought about cutting a small opening in it kinda like a piggy bank would have. That way you don't have to unscrew it everytime and it's still a small enough opening that lots of blades wont fall out if it tips over.

@elspark101 6 ай бұрын

Damn fine tips, sir. Thank you.

@davidmcguinness9187 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video

@brianhigdon8535 6 ай бұрын

I have a coffee can with a slit in the top for my used blades

@knight4today 6 ай бұрын

I use a butter tub.

@JohnTBlock 6 ай бұрын

And STROP EVERY BLADE YOU USE, BEFORE USE. A keen, polished blade will always cut cleaner, easier, and better!

@th.burggraf7814 6 ай бұрын

Just a comment to keep the algorithm going. 👍🏻

@WeaverLeatherSupply 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for that!

@anthony-fi 6 ай бұрын

Nice video. I bought an American style head knife. Any good tips for using that. A regular kitchen plastic chopping board. I have noticed sticks or catches on it a bit like driving in tar. Is there a better surface to use?

@Freeman-Dl70 6 ай бұрын

Chuck said a pounder board doesn't hold the blade as much.

@maddawgnoll 6 ай бұрын

Those self healing cutting boards with gridlines from the hobby store work best. They're usually green but come in other colors too. The cutting boards sold at weaver are a lot harder than the cutting boards in the kitchen to. I have several different cutting surfaces and I think those two are the best overall

@th.burggraf7814 6 ай бұрын

@@maddawgnoll agree 💯👍🏻

@garycrawford4700 6 ай бұрын

When I started learning to build saddles , the custom maker I apprenticed with had a 2× 12x 36 inch pine plank on top of his bench . No knots and pretty straight grain. Periodically he'd have to turn it over or take a wood plane to the surface . That's what I still use today , 64yrs later.

@anthony-fi 6 ай бұрын

Amazing advice thank you everyone!

@EvilDaveCanada 6 ай бұрын

For used blades... see how much a 'Sharpes' yellow box costs at your neighbourhood pharmacy. These are the boxes that are used for needles and/or lancets after their use. Lancets are little needles people use to get a small bead of blood for sugar level(diabetes) and other types of home blood testing. In Canada, you may have to pay for the first one, but then all you do is return the full container, and they will give you an empty one for free. This allows for safe disposal of items that could be dangerous for being sharp or biologically dangerous. I'm a Type 2 Diabetic so I have to poke myself about three(3) times a day. People who have to take insulin will have to do that as well as use a needle for the insulin.

@ryanprime1991 6 ай бұрын

what kind of griptape do you use? cause the stuff i can find around here is like sandpaper and it will damege the leather

@WeaverLeatherSupply 5 ай бұрын

We will link it here for you! www.weaverleathersupply.com/products/non-slip-tape-1-x-4?_pos=1&_psq=non+slip&_ss=e&_v=1.0

@ryanprime1991 5 ай бұрын

@@WeaverLeatherSupply thanks ill look into it

@knight4today 6 ай бұрын

Wait wait wait. We aren’t supposed to hurt ourselves? I knew I was doing something wrong.

@josephlawrence685 6 ай бұрын

I suck so much at cutting leather and it really makes me mad I work hard at trying to get into leather working when I have the money but like all I want is to not suck at a craft for once lol

@jakeyjakey4018 6 ай бұрын

itll be expensive to learn. even cheap leather is expensive

@Martin-pb7ts 6 ай бұрын

I haven't started yet, so you're way ahead of me.

@garycrawford4700 6 ай бұрын

I guess people who can't sharpen blades should use knives that take disposable blades. Those of us who don't want to be as wasteful use round knives . I started apprenticing with a custom saddlemaker when I was 11yrs old . He didn't allow me to use his knives , so I bought my own . I'm 75yrs old now , using the same round , head and skiving knives. Can't imagine building a saddle with a box cutter . Sad state of craftsmanship.

@F0XD1E 6 ай бұрын

People who maintain their own round knives aren't watching a KZbin video about beginner leather cutting tips either. Telling people they need a $100 round knife to cut leather are less likely to get into the craft. Either way, a sharp knife is a sharp knife. If you're cutting a straight line, nobody would ever be able to tell a difference.

@garycrawford4700 6 ай бұрын

@F0XD1E I didn't realize this was a beginner only channel. I never assume I can't learn something new, so I'll probably keep watching. Maybe Weaver would like someone to buy their round knives, if they would teach them how to use them.

@anthony-fi 6 ай бұрын

I think you should make some saddle repair videos. Or even how to make tack. If the skills are not shared they get lost. Even advice on what oz leather to use in certain locations would help. Unfortunately I do not see many horses here in Finland. But to have knowledge for some basic repairs would be great.