![]() A true graduate from the School of Hard Knocks. To be honest, I'm super lucky to have all my fingers and both my eyes from many such occasions. Just make sure you have a fresh blade in it. You can pick up scraps and cut-off from your other projects and make lace from that, or you can find a coordinating color that pleases you. I'm a little hand shy from too many errant bit a metal flying about after thinking I could just wing something. You can be making lace from nearly any leather you like, provided it doesn't fall apart when lacing with it. The blades are a bit on the small side and can present a serious finger hazard when trying to sharpen and strop them unless you are able to hold them in some sort of fixture. That doesn't mean that you can't resharpen them, though. Unless getting a package of new blades is an issue where you are at, they tend to be cheap enough to just replace rather than spending time to resharpen. Nothing worse than shredding up your leather trying to get it started and then finding out that was the problem from the very beginning. However, It is common enough to merit pulling the blade out for inspection first, just to be on the safe side. It's common, but does not mean it's a guarantee that yours will be that way. ![]() Yes, on a new tool, the blade has a good chance of being all nicked up and dull due to the "mass production" nature of its assembly. ![]() For the blade, it's a new cutter, so will the blade need shaping and then running through with some jewellers rough ? ![]()
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