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Guest Craig
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Hi Everyone
I've just come across this website looking for leather workers in the UK. I now have a really odd question! 

I have a piece of leather 3mm thick, which I want to turn into a watch strap. 3mm is too thick, so I need to split it down to a max 1.6mm, but ideally 1.2mm. 

Therefore:
1. Do any of you in UK have a leather splitter that could do this? If so, could I pay you to split it for me please?
2. Does anyone on here make watch straps to sell please? 

Thanks all. I look forward to hearing from you.

Best
Craig

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On 1/25/2025 at 9:52 PM, Guest Craig said:

. . . looking for leather workers in the UK. 

 

Its not an odd question.  But where in the UK are you located?

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If no-one close to you in England comes forward you could try asking Le Prevo in Newcastle

How much leather do you want reduced?

 

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I've bought a cheap leather splitter from AliExpress which works surpisingly well. Splitting down 3.5mm veg tan is super easy and it even works on 1.5mm chrome tan. It's basically just a holder for cutter blades, so a dulled blade can be easily replaced (or sharpened if you like). The width of the leather that can be split is limited to the length of the blade, so +/- 9cm.

This is the one I got: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005967041306.html

There's plenty of similars and the price constantly varies, but I think it bottoms out at around 35-40 euros.

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