Contributing Member JLSleather Posted October 12, 2015 Contributing Member Report Posted October 12, 2015 IS THERE such a thing as a splitter / skiver that WORKS for under $1,000? I swear if I have to sharpen one more thing that was supposedly NEW .... "Observation is 9/10 of the law." IF what you do is something that ANYBODY can do, then don't be surprised when ANYBODY does.
Members sos Posted October 16, 2015 Members Report Posted October 16, 2015 I've had this discussion with anyone buying in the past 5 years ... minus a few single man operations, all of the big businesses ship them unsharpened to save money. -M
Members sos Posted October 30, 2015 Members Report Posted October 30, 2015 On 10/12/2015 at 4:49 PM, JLSleather said: IS THERE such a thing as a splitter / skiver that WORKS for under $1,000? I swear if I have to sharpen one more thing that was supposedly NEW .... Most the custom metal works I talk to from renfest etc charge ~$100 per inch of the blade...that's high enough grade metal that you pretty much won't ever have to sharpen for personal use. If you're burning through hundreds of belts per year though, I don't think there's such a thing. Even the professionals with the presses for cutting belts have to replace/sharpen their gear. Maybe it's just that it's easier to replace a mediocre blade every so often than to fork out for an extremely high carbon steel blade? -M
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