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Old 11-26-2011, 02:45 PM
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Same here.
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I have used them. They do fit the 45mm. I do not like them. They are not sharp. I am sticking to the good ones. They seem to drag & fray the fabric.
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Old 11-26-2011, 02:55 PM
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I'll be trying them soon and will let you know what I think.
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Old 11-26-2011, 05:02 PM
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In my opinion, they do work but not as well as the Olfa blades.
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Old 11-26-2011, 07:11 PM
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I love them too no problems here
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Old 11-26-2011, 07:12 PM
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I have used them and have not had any problems with them - I use the Fiskars 45mm rotary cutter.
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Old 11-26-2011, 07:14 PM
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I bought them after hearing how wonderful they are. The one I put on was duller than the one I was replacing and throwing out. They were awful. Too bad, though....it would be nice to get sharp ones at that price.
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Old 11-26-2011, 07:23 PM
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Grann of 6, maybe some of us do get a bad batch. I just opened a package of two, last night, and had to throw the first one away. How about I send you the remaining one, untouched, in the pack and you can test it to see if it's any different than the ones you have? Send me your snail mail address privately and I will pop it in the mail to you.
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Old 11-26-2011, 07:24 PM
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This is information for those who have had bad luck with the Harbor Freight blades. One of my friends had complaints and when I examined her cutter it turned out that she had TWO BLADES installed, not one! I showed her and reinstalled
properly. Problem solved. That blade cut like a hot knife through butter. So do check to see if that may be what is going on before you trash them altogether.
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Old 11-26-2011, 07:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Paula Fullager View Post
I bought them after hearing how wonderful they are. The one I put on was duller than the one I was replacing and throwing out. They were awful. Too bad, though....it would be nice to get sharp ones at that price.
Just bought five pks. after using them since last year, they were great. 3pks. of this lot are re-sharpened blades & are awful. When you look closely you can see they are used blades. Oh well they used to be good.
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Old 11-26-2011, 07:45 PM
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I bought a cutter with blade in it, removed it and placed it in my rotary cutter. (the cutter has a guard to go under the carpet and isn't usable) the price was right and it worked great. I know the company does not manufacture these for our quilting uses, but anyone that doesn't want theirs, I would be glad to buy them! My HF store does not carry the blades seperatly, so I would have to pay high shipping costs to get them. Linda
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