strap cutter

[shug]

hi,i have a wooden strap cutter but find it difficult to source replacement blades so would appreciate recommendations for a new cutter with readily obtainable blades.thanks.

[billybopp]

https://tandyleather.com/collections/tools/products/replacement-blades-5-pack

Injector razor blades should work as well.

 

Edited April 17, 2023 by billybopp

[fredk]

11 minutes ago, billybopp said:

Injector razor blades should work as well.

They are too thick for the holding slot on the strap cutter

http://www.leprevo.co.uk/cutting.htm

but I bought mine by 10 from China via ebay. I built up a stock of them

[TomE]

https://www.abbeyengland.com/strap-cutter-blade-fe0097

 

[purplefox66]

springfield leather also sells replacement blades

https://www.springfieldleather.com/Blade-Strap-Cutter-5-pk

[bruce johnson]

I use the single edge razor blades. They fit my wooden strap cutters and I break off the excess length with pliers. 

[Handstitched]

I have also used skiver blades, and like with all blades, they can be lethal , take care 

HS

[shug]

hi,i have a wooden strap cutter that has given me good service but i am finding the spare blades hard to find and expensive so i would appreciate suggestions for a replacement with readily available and reasonably priced blades.even better ,one that can utilise a number of different blades.also ,preferably available in the uk .thanks.

[TomE]

I replied to your previous post about this.  Abbey England sells blades for the common wooden strap cutter.  I sharpen and strop these blades, so I rarely replace them.

[Northmount]

@shug Merged your 2 posts on strap cutter blades.

[fredk]

A lot of you say you are using the skiver blade which seems to be the sam blade for the automatic razor. My skiver blades are too thick to go into the blade slot on my strap cutter

btw another answer for the OP is the  pistol shaped cutter, or the plough gauge

here; https://www.amazon.co.uk/OwnMy-Leather-Cutter-Aluminium-Cutting/dp/B0868B1N9S

and; https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/958106152/leather-cutting-tool-leather-strap

T.169 here; http://www.leprevo.co.uk/cutting.htm

Edited April 18, 2023 by fredk

[LePrevo]

We've fitted a new type of blade to our wooden strap cutters in the workshop and they're the best we've ever had - not unusual to cut a hundred straps a week with them and still holding their edge after months of use at that level. Would usually be replacing standard blades after a couple of hundred straps

http://www.leprevo.co.uk/cutting.htm - code T40 for a pack of 5 or T40 A for a single blade - given how well these last a single blade might be all you need and then don't have to look for a new cutting tool.  

You also don't get that lethal blade overhang with them - much safer than using skiver blades in them.