Tool Tip: Strap Cutter
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Workshop Hazard

I’ve had my strap cutter hanging on my workshop pegboard in the same spot for years. Recently, as I was reaching for a pencil in the cup sitting under the the strap cutter, I cut my arm on the exposed part of the blade. (It was just a flesh wound.) Having broken my wife’s “Rule Number One” (Don’t hurt her husband!), it suddenly became obvious to me that I needed something to cover the blade and prevent that from happening again.

Swivel knife blades come with little caps, but none of those fit the strap cutter blade. I looked around the garage and found that I had some of those little caps that fit over the end of the coated wire shelves in the closets of our house. (Lots of them, in fact, because we’ve got those shelves in nearly every room.) And happily, these extra caps fit the blade perfectly. Problem solved. 

Disaster Averted

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The Webstore is Live!
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Visit the Webstore today! We’ve got nearly 200 products on site and available now, some of which the manufacturer has discontinued and are only available in limited quantities. More items will be added in the coming weeks, but please let us know if you’re looking for something specific. We’re always glad to help our friends and customers find what they need to complete that special project.

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Welcome to the NEW LeatherSkills.com!
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Hello friends and fans! We hope you like our new look and format. We will be posting about our leatherworking projects, giving tips and reviews, sharing information on other sites we like and use, and whatever else comes up.

As always, our first DVD is available on this site as well as through Amazon.com. Our second DVD is still in the planning stages, but we hope to be filming and releasing it this year. Watch for a special announcement on that front in the coming weeks.

We will also be relaunching our webstore soon, once again giving you the opportunity to purchase the books, tools and supplies we’re talking about right here.

Put your skills to work today!
Greg and Al Manning

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