Round knife cutting mat.

[jcuk]

No not at all,  its what we used when training with a master saddler - there no real drag all, i don't sharpen my knives much just a good strop before and after work.

Like you i also own a knipschield knife Texas Rosebud had it 2.5 years never seen a stone, also own a Osborne round knife not the greatest but once i got it sharp strop and go may have to sharpen every now again also have a unbranded single head knife which i got when i finished my first course 25 years ago same with that one to cost £13 quid great little knife. 

Hope this helps

JCUK  

Edited May 12, 2019 by jcuk

[bikermutt07]

Thanks, I'm moving over to MDF. 

[jcuk]

No worries as i said just remember only use it for a cutting board only it will scratch your work once worn.

 

Hope this helps

JCUK

 

[dikman]

Regarding those hobby cutting mats that you can buy - Aldi have some A4 mats at a good price so I bought four with the intention of gluing them to a board to create a large square mat. To do this I had to cut off one end of each mat to square it up. I figured a few passes with a sharp knife should do it. Nope. The knife was hard work and required sharpening as I went, a round blade craft knife was no better and I ended up using a fine tooth blade in a Dremel to cut through!!

The mat is not particularly thick and consists of the outer layers and a thicker inner layer between. I don't know what the inner layer is made of but it's tough!

[bikermutt07]

2 hours ago, dikman said:

Regarding those hobby cutting mats that you can buy - Aldi have some A4 mats at a good price so I bought four with the intention of gluing them to a board to create a large square mat. To do this I had to cut off one end of each mat to square it up. I figured a few passes with a sharp knife should do it. Nope. The knife was hard work and required sharpening as I went, a round blade craft knife was no better and I ended up using a fine tooth blade in a Dremel to cut through!!

The mat is not particularly thick and consists of the outer layers and a thicker inner layer between. I don't know what the inner layer is made of but it's tough!

I bet a big paper chopper would have come in handy.

[bermudahwin]

You can use a router to trim the edges.

[dikman]

Unfortunately my son-in-law has my router (along with a few other tools ).