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Re: How do you cut Kevlar ?
By:Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks
Date: 1/21/2000, 9:23 am
In Response To: How do you cut Kevlar ? (Marty H)

You can try buying a brand new pair of high quality scissors which have NEVER CUT ANYTHING ELSE. These will usually work fairly well for a while. You should also be able to buy a pair of Kevlar scissors from your Kevlar supplier. These are sharpened at a different angle from regular scissors. DO NOT CUT ANYTHING ELSE with them. A brand new pizza style cutter used on one of those plastic "self-sealing" cutting boards might work as well.

> I bought some kevlar to do some reinforcing but have not been able to
> cleanly cut the stuff. It is 5 oz. woven fabric. I have tried a few pair
> of sharp scissors,a new razor knife [utility knife] , and the fiberglass
> pizza cutter. The results were poor with frayed edges and pulls in the
> fabric. The pizza style cutter didn't even begin to cut it.

> What is the best method to do this,I'm trying to cut strips.

Messages In This Thread

How do you cut Kevlar ?
Marty H -- 1/21/2000, 8:25 am
Re: How do you cut Kevlar ?
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 1/21/2000, 9:23 am