Cutting Rabbit Hides

Does anybody here cut their own Crosscut Strips and regular strips
from whole hide? If so what is the best way to do that?
There are some colors that I haven't been able to find except on whole
hides.

Thanks in advance for the info.

Warren.

Does anybody here cut their own Crosscut Strips and regular strips
from whole hide? If so what is the best way to do that?
There are some colors that I haven't been able to find except on whole
hides.
If you want to get fancy, try this
http://www.tandyleather.com/prodinfo.asp?number=311000&variation=&aitem=17&mit em=39
I've seen 'em in action and they're great. Always been meaning to get
one, but have yet to fork out the dough. You can also use a "roller
cutter" that fabric folks use. You lay the hide, fur down, and use the
roller cutter to cut out strips (use a ruler to run the cutter
against). It looks like a pizza cutter. Quilters also have templates
that will help get your strips straight an even.
Frank Reid

Francis Reid wrote:

Does anybody here cut their own Crosscut Strips and regular strips
from whole hide? If so what is the best way to do that?
There are some colors that I haven't been able to find except on whole
hides.
If you want to get fancy, try this
http://www.tandyleather.com/prodinfo.asp?number=311000&variation=&aitem=17&mit em=39
I've seen 'em in action and they're great. Always been meaning to get
one, but have yet to fork out the dough. You can also use a "roller
cutter" that fabric folks use. You lay the hide, fur down, and use the
roller cutter to cut out strips (use a ruler to run the cutter
against). It looks like a pizza cutter. Quilters also have templates
that will help get your strips straight an even.
Frank Reid

The text says 'suede and leather', Im not sure it would work well on a hairy rabiit
pelt.

Svend Tang-Petersen wrote:

Francis Reid wrote:


Does anybody here cut their own Crosscut Strips and regular strips
from whole hide? If so what is the best way to do that?
There are some colors that I haven't been able to find except on whole
hides.

If you want to get fancy, try this
http://www.tandyleather.com/prodinfo.asp?number=311000&variation=&aitem=17&mit em=39
I've seen 'em in action and they're great. Always been meaning to get
one, but have yet to fork out the dough. You can also use a "roller
cutter" that fabric folks use. You lay the hide, fur down, and use the
roller cutter to cut out strips (use a ruler to run the cutter
against). It looks like a pizza cutter. Quilters also have templates
that will help get your strips straight an even.
Frank Reid


The text says 'suede and leather', Im not sure it would work well on a hairy rabiit
pelt.



I has one years ago when I was doing leatherwork. I works great making
rabbit strips.

Willi

Simple, cheap and effective. Use single edged razor blades. Use a deck of
playing cards. Put razor blades in deck of cards with sharp edge showing
along the long edge of the cards. Put the number of cards needed between
blades to adjust width strip you want. Use number of blades needed for
width of hide. Hold the whole mess together with large binder clips and use
one of the plastic spring-loaded wood clamps for a handle. Using three
binder clips holds the tool together nicely. Caution! this thing will
slice and dice anything it touches, including you.

no Warranty expressed or implied. Do not try this at home unless
accompanied by a trained professional.
--
Wayne
To Fish is Human...To Release Divine!

"Warren Witkowski" wrote in message
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Does anybody here cut their own Crosscut Strips and regular strips
from whole hide? If so what is the best way to do that?
There are some colors that I haven't been able to find except on whole
hides.

Thanks in advance for the info.

Warren.

"Warren Witkowski" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
...
Does anybody here cut their own Crosscut Strips and regular strips
from whole hide? If so what is the best way to do that?
There are some colors that I haven't been able to find except on whole
hides.

Thanks in advance for the info.

Warren.


Hold the skin taut, ( either two people, or nail one edge of the hide to a
board etc), and cut from the skin side. You can make a "multi"-cutter quite
easily. Glue strips of wood alternating with razor blades together, with a
handle in the middle.

If you use this method, it is better to draw the skin, ( skin side to
blades) over the cutter. Practice a bit with old cotton rags or similar,
before you do it on a hide.

Lastly, you can buy a cheap document shredder, and modify it somewhat. (
That is what I now use). I merely removed the blades I did not require, and
substituted washers. Comb or brush the hair before you start cutting. This
reduces damage to the hair on the strip sides.

TL
MC

"Mike Connor" wrote in
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Lastly, you can buy a cheap document shredder, and modify it somewhat.
( That is what I now use). I merely removed the blades I did not
require, and substituted washers. Comb or brush the hair before you
start cutting. This reduces damage to the hair on the strip sides.

Now, that's one I hadn't heard before!! And quite clever too!

Scott

many tools requires you to lay the skin down on a hard surface, fur side
down, and cut with downward pressure. I find that all of these cut off a
large amount of hair, and ruin most of the skin. A method recommended some
time ago on this board is to use a "stitch ripper". It is used to remove
stitches from cloth and is available for a few bucks in sewing shops. It is
like a very small two pronged fork. The upper prong is dull and keeps the
tool aligned with and above the skin or cloth. The lower prong is a very
sharp cutting edge. You have to devise a method to keep the skin taut, and
have to go slowly to keep the cut regular, but it removes very little hair
from the skin.

I am intrigued with some of the other methods listed here, but some a pretty
expensive for cutting a few skins.


"Warren Witkowski" wrote in message
...
Does anybody here cut their own Crosscut Strips and regular strips
from whole hide? If so what is the best way to do that?
There are some colors that I haven't been able to find except on whole
hides.

Thanks in advance for the info.

Warren.



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