Cutting leather

[life2short1971]

I wanted a piece of leather cut for a paddle strop I am putting together but seeing how I am not as good with my hands as someone like Tony Miller I needed a foolproof way to cut my leather straight,neat,and clean. So after a quick thought I decided my bandsaw should be perfect. The blade in it was dull as they get because i was cutting a small nagura with it last but it still cut like a champ. So if you need some leather cut break out the bandsaw. I could never have got the same results with a sharpest of knife blades. Just thought I would pass along a little something that works well for me.

 

[Mike H]

I would never have thought to do that, cool!

 

[Gamma]

Nice - now, about the Nagura, do tell pls..

 

[tomjr]

new one 4 me. thanks 4 sharing.

 

[life2short1971]

Nice - now, about the Nagura, do tell pls..

I was wanting to share a Koma with someone and it seemed to cut fairly easy with a hacksaw....

 

[harleyrkc]

I would've never thought to try that on leather but I can't say I'm surprised it worked so well after some of the things I've run through my saws.

FYI..... if your looking for nice straight, smooth cuts with a razor blade, place the object your cutting on a good cutting surface and clamp both ends of straight edge on the line you need cut. I like to use a 2" x 2' or 2" x 4' steel layout ruler, and then just run the razor blade down the edge.

 

[life2short1971]

I have done that. I have a nice 6' aluminum ruler/straight edge but there are still more flaws for me. Thank you though.

 

[harleyrkc]

What kind of blade were you using anyway? I wonder what a meat cutters blade would do to leather?

 

[dpetrzelka]

I've found rotary cutters (the circular razor blade ) and an Omnigrid ruler to be one of the best for balance of safety and precision when cutting leather.