The Original Strap Cutter

[DearBear]

Where can I find The Original Strap Cutter? I found one in Australia but they are not able to ship because of covid restrictions. Here in Finland, one company sells with a picture of The Original Strap Cutter, but in fact the product is Ivan's cheap copy  Hard to find anywhere...

Edited November 16, 2021 by DearBear

[fredk]

What do you call 'the original' ?

Le Prevo does the wood handle one. I've used mine for over 20 years. No problems with it

http://www.leprevo.co.uk/photos/strap-cutter.html

[chuck123wapati]

4 hours ago, fredk said:

What do you call 'the original' ?

Le Prevo does the wood handle one. I've used mine for over 20 years. No problems with it

http://www.leprevo.co.uk/photos/strap-cutter.html

it seems it was made by slc same as the tandy one looks like to me.  

 

[KMA]

I have been using the original "Strap Cutter" by The Leather Works since 1977. Recently, I tried to change the blade and I sort of gave up on it. I purchased the Tandy 
Leather version of it and am very happy with it.  It has all the features of the original plus centimeter markings on the ruler and a better reinforcement for the thumb screw to hold on to the ruler portion of the tool in place.  Other than those two features, the tool has not changed much, thankfully.

[DearBear]

I mean this one.

 

 

[DearBear]

10 hours ago, KMA said:

I have been using the original "Strap Cutter" by The Leather Works since 1977. Recently, I tried to change the blade and I sort of gave up on it. I purchased the Tandy 
Leather version of it and am very happy with it.  It has all the features of the original plus centimeter markings on the ruler and a better reinforcement for the thumb screw to hold on to the ruler portion of the tool in place.  Other than those two features, the tool has not changed much, thankfully.

Maybe I should consider this, because what I'm looking for can't be found anywhere.

[Constabulary]

https://www.rickert-werkzeug.de/de/Allgemein/Ledermesser-Schneiden/Ziehmesser/Riemenschneider.html?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIobvE-_ue9AIVGNN3Ch03TQmYEAQYASABEgIYt_D_BwE

https://schuhbedarf.de/werkzeug/scheren-und-messer/riemenschneider-eco-fuer-guertelriemen-bis-10cm-schnittbreite.html

or ~ 1/2 the price on ebay (seller ships from Germany)

https://www.ebay.de/itm/334167673969

Edited November 17, 2021 by Constabulary

[Klara]

I suppose I have Ivan's version, and it also cuts straps... Even straight ones, as long as I concentrate. It' not a particularly complicated tool that would be difficult to copy.

Patents only offer protection for a certain time - as the original patent was granted in 1974 I'd be surprised if it was still valid (anyone know how to find out for sure? I have found the patent https://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=3831279.PN.&OS=PN/3831279&RS=PN/3831279 but no expiration date.)

[Cumberland Highpower]

There is an outfit in Russia that makes this tool.  I'd say looking better than the original. (Certainly not "Ivan's Cheap Copy you reference?)

Romanov Tools.  Etsy I believe.  

When I first got into working leather I used a draw gauge.  Tried one of these but found it bulky and harder to use ironically.  Later discovered and bought a plow gauge.   I found that to be a far superior tool to a draw gauge.  

Edited November 17, 2021 by Cumberland Highpower

[Spyros]

Of all the leatherworking tools this is one of the few I don't have a spare, because it's so good at what it does and also so simple that if it ever breaks I think I can put one together in an hour with just standard hardware shop supplies. 

I have the Ivan version (which I ridiculously overpaid because I was new and I bought it from a "good" shop like an idiot) but they all look the same to me.  Except for the Romanov version who follows the true and tested formula "add brass and sell for triple the price".