Landis leather splitter with hand crank

[bruce johnson]

Noah,

It all kind of depends on where you buy these. If you buy from Ron, Keith Pommer, Pilgrim, or guys like that, you are probably getting something that has been gone through and is ready to go to work. I have an old friend who trades in these kind of bench machines too. It takes a box of parts on some to go through to get another working. A guy who is pretty handy can strip them, fix them, machine any parts needed, and sharpen the blade. They do show up on ebay fairly often. I sold a pretty good American last winter there for just under $600, if that will give you kind of a benchmark for price. A good Landis ought to bring more.

There are several styles of splitters out there, and the reason I sold mine was that I found I liked the Chase patterns better. On the hand cranks, softer leather can wad up against the blade and not feed very well. On any of the pull-throughs it is not a problem. Where the handcranks shine is splitting heavy hard leather. They are sure not any faster for me, in fact slower than a pullthrough for most splitting. Someday I'll probably replace one of my Chases when I find the right Krebs at the right price.

[Noah]

Thanks bruce but I know there are working ones for less. I won't be needing it for anything that will wad up, just thicker stuff to split like bridle leather. Thankyou again, hearing everyone's advise helps.

[JRedding]

Noah, I have a splitter like you're looking for and never thought it was that great, due to shop space, prices of good splitting equipment and the time it can take to do it we've found it's simpler and cheaper to buy some leathers already split. Pre-split to exact thickness is available from the tannerys, and many dealers offer splitting services at a pretty reasonable cost per side. I don't know what you're building but before you turn down a job over finding a splitter that may or may not suit I thought buying it already ready may be an option no one had mentioned.

[Noah]

redding how about selling it to me then?? I don't need it JUST to split. I know I can just buy the thinned down leather but have alot of thicker bridle leather already. I want to split the leather, attach some small metal studs {2 pronged type} and glue it back together for horse tack, etc. I have other projects I need this for too. Thanks for the reply redding.

[JustWakinUp]

There is currently an auction on eBay for exactly what you're looking for.

eBay Auction Click Here

Auction ends July 30th 6:30 PDT 2008

[secondcrk]

Try posting what you want on the Proleptic message board! I always get good response. www.proleptic.net

[snigglefrig]

I have a landis P30 splitter i want to sell.  If anyone is interested please let me know.I will try to attach a picure for you.

[OLDNSLOW]

how much you want for that?  from the photo it looks aged what kind of condition is it in? How sharp is the blade will it need sharpening?

[snigglefrig]

It has been sitting in my mothers house for a few years.  she probably used it once and then put it in the closet.  I do not know about the blade or anything else about it.  I am asking $500 OBO

[ConradPark]

Hi is this sold? If not, would you consider to ship to London, UK. I know it's going to be VERY expensive, due to the weight but obviously I would be the one to absorb the costs. I could pay with PayPal, and I bought other stuff from this forum over the years. Would be very happy if you would consider this and look up how much the shipping would be with USPS or similar.

 

Thanks beforehand.