Band knife or fixed blade splitter?

[HCLW]

My experience with the Cobra class 14 splitter... there were a few problems initially, but Steve immediately shipped out what I needed to correct the problem.  Great customer service. It doesn't like soft leather but I expected that.  I've only used it for veg so far and really haven't used it that much because I'm in the process of moving into another shop.  It won't split less than about 2 oz at a time but that shouldn't be a problem.  Going from 10 to 2 smaller pieces you can do in 2 passes. for 10 to 6-7 then down to 2.  For bigger pieces say about 10 in. wide go from 10 to 8 to 5 then 2.  I use mostly veg so my plan is to buy 9-10 only and split it down to whatever I need.  I have successfully split down to 1 oz, but that is very iffy. Some will do great and some will get chewed up. Also the harder the leather the more passes you need to make.  There's very little if any variance between one side of the piece and the other.  When going down to 2-3 oz the trailing edge will sometimes be a little thinner than the rest so you just need to allow an extra inch or so.  One of the best purchases I've made.  I highly recommend it.  I hope this helps.