sebH Report post Posted November 29, 2017 I am searching for a vegtan leather splitter. Did anybody ever use this copy of landis 30 : http://www.sieck.de/en/machines/splitting/details/5110/ I am hesitating between this splitter and the osborne 84. the main difference is the length of the blade : 8" for the osborne and 6" for the copy of the landis. I am french, the price is more expensive for the osborne splitter than in USA. The price of this two splitters is quite similar. Thank you for your answer. Sébastien https://www.flickr.com/photos/sellier-maroquinier Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikesc Report post Posted November 29, 2017 Salut Sébastien..that 6" ( 150mm ) splitter machine looks to be a "clone" of the Landis by Sieck, exactly the same as is sold by Hitex as the Cowboy 8116 ( search for "Cowboy 8116" or "Hitex 8116", and you'll see what I mean ;)..so , anyone with experience of that model should be able to tell you how they perform.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matt S Report post Posted November 29, 2017 Bonjour Sebastien! Ca va? In my experience a lap skiver and a crank skiver are somewhat different and each does well at a particular task. I have one of each now (both about 7"/175mm) but have used the lap skiver as a splitter in the past, taking a 100mm wide strip of 4mm bridle leather down to 1mm -- a case of "use what you got". It wasn't easy and I ruined a lot of leather. It needed a perfectly stropped blade, a pair of welder's locking pliers and my foot against the bench. The crank splitter I have now I can do that same job all day long turning the wheel with one finger, with very few oopsies. However I can't do lap skives for straps with the crank splitter. As with a lot of "which tool" questions I guess it boils down to "what do you intend to use it for"? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sebH Report post Posted November 29, 2017 Salut Mike et Matt, thank you very much for your answer. For Mike, I know that the sieck splitter is the same as the hightex, cowboysew 8116. I have send the link of the sieck splitter, because there was more pictures of this machine on this website. After reading your answer Matt, I think that the crank splitter will be more usefull for me, because I had a fortuna skiver which could have the same fonction of the lap splitter like the osborne 84. which crank splitter do you have , Matt? Merci sébastien https://www.flickr.com/photos/sellier-maroquinier Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
