esantoro Report post Posted December 17, 2008 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 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bree Report post Posted December 17, 2008 Come on Ed... dig down deep... you know that you want it!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
greg gomersall Report post Posted December 17, 2008 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 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
esantoro Report post Posted December 17, 2008 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 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
