Originally Posted by Cuilteanna
I have the stainless steel Havel and love it. I usually use it to "skim" when I've made a mistake paper piecing something because the stitches are small and take too long to remove any other way.
I did try it on a quilt once... and cut through the quilt.
I did the same thing, but I cut through the backing rather than the quilt. In my case that was fine because the backing had been ruined by a burr on the needle and that was the reason I was skinning it. It's a great tool, but you have to be really careful!