Greetings.
I make tools, and have been making tools for over 40 years. I spent many months this year learning the skills of refurbishing, sharpening and tuning, tin-snips, shears and scissors. Along that path I discovered WISS #8 Belt Shears for cutting leather and fabric belting.
They are very nice, but a bit small for my taste. The largest commonly available WISS Shears are #22W, at over 12 inches long
They can be purchased new but the old ones are better. I ended up with several pairs of 22W's and decided to super-size the #8 Belt Shears.
The WISS Belt Shears are interesting because the lower blade is serrated to hold the leather and the upper blade is knife-edged.
My new shears cut 1/4" sole leather like paper. Kind of amazing. As a knife-maker these aren't too hard to make, but I'm curious if there is a market for them.
I've been using these for the last few weeks on various knife sheath projects and really love them, but there are lots of ways to cut leather.
I am curious what others think of these.
