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Re: Off Topic: Trouble cutting Kevlar
By:Bruce
Date: 12/5/2003, 8:15 am
In Response To: Off Topic: Trouble cutting Kevlar (Tom Tieman)

If you look around on the internet you will find a site that tells you how to sharpen sizzors for kevlar.
If I remember the technique. You take a sharp sizzors (rigid like the cast office sizzors or a heavy fat blade type)) and roughen up the bevels with a disk saner or perhaps a rough sand paper (80 grit??).I did this with several sizzors with good luck. Do not use the sizzors for any other cuttin or you will destoy it. Commercial kevlar sizzors seem to use this same technique.
Good Luck.

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Off Topic: Trouble cutting Kevlar
Tom Tieman -- 12/4/2003, 12:10 pm
Re: Off Topic: Trouble cutting Kevlar
Tom Tieman -- 12/8/2003, 7:39 pm
Re: Cutting Kevlar - Use Tullen Shears *LINK* *Pic*
Ron Deane -- 12/11/2003, 5:50 am
Tullen Shears at bargain prices *LINK*
Brian Nystrom -- 12/11/2003, 12:18 pm
...or $7.50/pair in singles. *NM*
Brian Nystrom -- 12/11/2003, 1:13 pm
Re: Off Topic: Trouble cutting Kevlar
Bruce -- 12/5/2003, 8:15 am
Re: Off Topic: Trouble cutting Kevlar *LINK*
Jay Doorly -- 12/5/2003, 1:59 am
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Robert N Pruden -- 12/5/2003, 1:54 am
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Mike and Rikki -- 12/6/2003, 12:51 pm
Ah, but you bought 'em. *NM*
Robert N Pruden -- 12/6/2003, 1:23 pm
and sorry I did, too *NM*
Mike and Rikki -- 12/7/2003, 2:01 am
Re: Off Topic: Trouble cutting Kevlar
Randy Knauff -- 12/4/2003, 6:21 pm
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jimkozel -- 12/5/2003, 4:39 pm
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Randy Knauff -- 12/6/2003, 2:02 am
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Tom Tieman -- 12/6/2003, 11:57 am
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Mike and Rikki -- 12/6/2003, 12:48 pm
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C. Fronzek -- 12/4/2003, 6:03 pm
Re: Off Topic: Trouble cutting Kevlar *LINK*
Brian Nystrom -- 12/4/2003, 1:39 pm
Very Pricey! *NM*
Robert N Pruden -- 12/5/2003, 1:55 am
Re: Off Topic: Trouble cutting Kevlar
Tom Tieman -- 12/4/2003, 1:50 pm
Re: Off Topic: Trouble cutting Kevlar
Brian Nystrom -- 12/4/2003, 2:07 pm