Just about every leatherworker at some point has wished they had the ability to split their own leather. Many of us have spent a lot of time and money chasing down splitting tools/machines, only to find that they fell short of our expectations. I know this all too well because I've owned that little Chinese razor blade clamp splitter, a 32" wide Italian band knife splitter, and just about everything else in between. That 6-inch vintage hand crank splitter? Yeah - turns out it was designed specifically for splitting 10 ounce shoe insole leather 80 years ago. Trust me, please don't spend $800-$1200 on one only so you can find out first-hand that it won't split your chèvre sully down to 1.5 ounces.
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