20" splitter for the NYC area

[esantoro]

I'm not sure if this is a great idea but I thought I'd throw it out there as a possibility. Might anyone be willing to go in on some kind of share for a 20" splitter from Artisan for the New York City area? Being able to split down bridle leather would save about $60 a side.

I'm even thinking of contacting Etsy.com, whose headquarters and workshops are in Brooklyn, to see if they might be interested in housing the splitter for me and even charging a small fee for anyone who wants to use it.

I just can't quell the itch.

Thinking out loud again,

Ed

[Bree]

Come on Ed... dig down deep... you know that you want it!!

[greg gomersall]

Ed please keep in mind a fixed blade splitter is not always capable of splitting wide pieces of firm leather consistantly. They work excellant when a person wants to level pieces but to think you can buy one side of 9/10 oz. and be able to consistantly be able to take it down in large pieces to 6/7 , 4/5, or 2/3 might be a reach. The Artisan splitter is based on a Randall design, while a good design the weak point of the Randall was the feed setup, other large fixed blade splitters such as International and Comman-Sense had a better feed system. Not trying to disparage the Artisan splitter as I have been hearing good reports on it, just for the application you are hoping for you will need a band knife splitter and one of any size will cost you a sizable chunk of coin. Greg

[esantoro]

Ed please keep in mind a fixed blade splitter is not always capable of splitting wide pieces of firm leather consistantly. They work excellant when a person wants to level pieces but to think you can buy one side of 9/10 oz. and be able to consistantly be able to take it down in large pieces to 6/7 , 4/5, or 2/3 might be a reach. The Artisan splitter is based on a Randall design, while a good design the weak point of the Randall was the feed setup, other large fixed blade splitters such as International and Comman-Sense had a better feed system. Not trying to disparage the Artisan splitter as I have been hearing good reports on it, just for the application you are hoping for you will need a band knife splitter and one of any size will cost you a sizable chunk of coin. Greg

Hi Greg,

Thanks for the info. The widest I need to split is 18".

Ed