What tools to cut leather?
First of all, don't forget to protect your workbench, or work surface, with a self-healing cutting mat! And discover our special pattern cardboard (320 g/m2) to back your paper patterns before cutting (to be held on the leather with a weight or masking tape).
Classic Utility Knife
The utility knife is one of the essential tools for cutting leather.
For a clean and precise cut, you need to choose a quality utility knife and regularly change the blade so that it is always perfectly sharp. Don't hesitate to pass the blade several times to cut the leather (make several passes without pressing too hard).
We recommend the Deco Cuir 9 mm utility knife (ref. TB249). The pointed stainless steel blade angled at 30° allows for clean cuts.
Rotary Cutter
The rotary cutter also allows for precise leather cutting, and is particularly useful for curved cuts and long straight lines.
Round Knife - The Essential
This valuable leather cutting tool is used by professionals. Its high-resistance steel blade must be sharpened regularly.
A Good Pair of Scissors
Soft and thin leathers can be cut with a pair of scissors (if they are sharp). We recommend Kai Professional brand scissors, which are of exceptional quality!
Straight Incising Knives - OKA
With a single mallet strike, they allow for a straight, clean, and precise cut to create a collar button slot, connect 2 round holes to create a strap hole... 5 cutting widths available.
How to punch a hole in leather?
Leather punching is particularly necessary for attaching accessories such as rivets, snap fasteners, collar buttons, Chicago screws, or eyelets. We advise you to have at least several diameters, especially Ø 3, 4 and 5 mm, to adapt to different accessories.
Punching can also be used to make sewing holes, usually around Ø 1 mm, especially for simplified leather sewing.
Punching Tool
Round punches allow for easy leather piercing before attaching accessories, sewing, or lacing. They should be used on an Ertalon plate and struck with a mallet. There is a multitude of punches, of all shapes and sizes, to create the shape of your choice in leather (pattern, slots, corners, belt tip...).
Revolving Punch Pliers
The punch pliers allow you to pierce leather effortlessly (to pierce your creations with 70% less effort) and silently. Several piercing diameters: from 1.5 to 6 mm.
Screw Punch Nonaka (the genuine)
The rotary perforator is a high-quality product, handmade in Japan. It allows you to punch holes (Ø 1 to 5 mm) in thick leather effortlessly and silently.
Circular Cutter
Discover the circular compass to precisely and simply cut leather circles from 1.8 to 17 cm in diameter! Made in Japan - 100% quality.
HOW TO NEATLY CUT A ROUNDED CORNER?
USING A STRAIGHT SKIVING KNIFE OR UTILITY KNIFE - WITHOUT A PUNCH
Making a beautiful rounded corner has never been easier than with a skiving knife and the "quarter-cut" technique. We do not recommend cutting a rounded corner in a single pass, as you risk not getting a clean cut.
| Rotate the leather piece to continue quarter-cutting. | Using a straight skiving knife or utility knife: start quarter-cutting. |
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| Using a template and a round awl: trace the curve on your leather. | Sand the curve with an abrasive sponge or sandpaper. |
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HOW TO MANUALLY CUT LEATHER WITH A DIE-CUTTING BLADE?
Do you want to cut leather with a die-cutting blade or a custom-made punch? Discover our manual bench presses! Die-cutting blades can also be manually struck with a plate and striking handle.
Guides that might interest you:
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Video - How to use a leather strap cutter?
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Video - How to use a leather lace cutter?
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Video - How to skive leather and make a turn-up?
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Video - Use and sharpening of the edge beveler
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Guide - How to easily cut leather with a Cricut machine?
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2 comments
Deco Cuir
Bonjour,
Si vous souhaitez couper vos propres lacets en cuir nous vous conseillons de sélectionner un cuir tannage végétal d’1 mm d’épaisseur : https://www.decocuir.com/products/demi-collet-vegetal-naturel-classic-22-105 et ensuite de couper directement votre lacet dans la peau à l’aide d’un coupe lacets : https://www.decocuir.com/products/coupe-lacets-economique-strap-cutter-cuir-maroquinerie-chaussure-lacage
N’hésitez pas à aller voir notre guide sur l’utilisation d’un coupe lacets : https://www.decocuir.com/blogs/blog-tutoriel-patron-cuir/video-coupe-lacets-cuir
Bonne journée,
L’équipe Deco Cuir
DUPUY FABIOLA
BONJOUR
je voudrais couper des lacet de cuir de 1mm épaisseur et 2mm de largeur et les teindre sur les cotés
quel outillage pouvez vous me proposer?
MERCI
ETS CREATIONS FABIOLA