Was so disappointed,went to Harbor Freight to buy a pack of blades.One person went in and bought them all.Who ever bought them all could of saved some for others :(
I did find something that had three blades in it,not telling that person might go in and buy all of those to.

I have been to Harbor Freight 3 times looking for blades. They have been out of them each time. I guess I am just destined to buy my blades at Wal-Mart. Though, I was told by someone in my guild that the blades are too thick to fit in the June Taylor ruler with all the slits in it...Shape and Cut, I think it is called. Maybe I am better off without them, as I use that ruler a lot. :)

I went to my local Harbor Freight and told the clerk I wanted them to special order ten packs of the blades for me, I had the part number with me, and they did. It took a month for them to come in but I did get them.

Really, that's interesting. I have been checking at my HF and they have been out for 6 months. This past week the clerk looked up online and said the warehouse had 3 sets. Maybe I should do as you did and eventually get them. A month's wait isn't bad. I am very thankful my blade has been holding up well. :-D

I had ordered mine online and the wait was about a month. They sent cards saying they were out and if I still wanted to wait. If you do it that way.. do not send the cards back. It will cancel your order

use my HB blades in the slotted ruler. the are the same size as any 45 rotary/ never had a problem.

Dina-the Harbor Freight rotary blades do just fine in my June Tailor Shape Cut. You can order the blades from Harbor Freight on the web though.

Not true!!! HF blades worked just as well as the expensive ones for me....

What good news. Now that I know they do fit in the June Taylor Shape Cut, I will add Harbor Freight back on my list. Sooner or later they have to have them!! Right??

Tell us how to find them online. I've been doing a search but can't seem to find them.

Good info! Thanks!

http://www.harborfreight.com/pack-of...des-97642.html

I ordered 20 and with the shipping, the blades end up costing only about 99¢ each. :)

Here is a direct link

http://www.harborfreight.com/pack-of...des-97642.html

Must have been the carpet cutter and 2 extra blades. 3.49???

I think you can buy them on-line from Harbor Freight.

They should fit in any place a regular rotary blade fits in , they are exactly the same size!!

10 packs of 2 blades costs 19.90 + 1.34 shipping for me.

this is great info!!! I will be checking our local HF!!!
Thank you!!!!

On my way to the airport on Thursday I happened to pass HF. Because I had a few extra minutes I turned around and stopped in - it was my first visit. They had 3 packages of blades so I bought them all because of all the messages on this site. l haven't had a chance to use them yet because all my quilting materials are in the room with a sign on the door that says "enter at your own risk". I plan to reorganize the sewing room after everyone leaves and the holidays are over.

I had my daughter & a friend of hers checking Harbor Freight in Watertown, NY. She sent me 10 sets of blades in my Christmas package. Guess I am set for awhile.

I learned that Harbor Freight does not order a large amount of the carpet cutter blades. I have gone there just after their delivery, and never saw more than 10 except one time, and that time there were 11 packages. I purchased ALL of them and offered them for sale here. Postage is minimal, but if you want 5 packages it is going to cost more in postage because of the weight.

June in Cincinnati

I ordered 2 packs online a while ago. That's all I could order. The shipping was way more than the cost of the blades. Not sure if it was a good deal or not?

Yes, thats what I bought. I got 3 packs plus the cutter with another blade. They work just fine.

I don't beleive that is true. I have them and if anything they are thinner that the regular blades that cost so much.

Order on line, perhaps you will have better results.

they are called replacement carpet cutter blades...Part number 97642. I bought mine in Indianaplis Indiana this summer. They work fine. The cost has gone up from 1.49 to 1.99 for two replacement blades. but compared to ordering from a notion supply house they are a goood buy.

I hope you weren't going to the airport to board a plane. If they found them, they wouldn't let you take them on the plane. Not a good way to start a trip by getting arrested. haha

My brother went to Harbor Frieght and picked up the one package they had for me. I may just order online. But he said he will check everytime he goes . I bought a bunch of blades from jhittle some time ago and still have quite a bit. so its ok if it takes a while to get here.

I bought some from HF and it kept skipping, left a huge mess of my fabric having to cut over it 2-3 times and then having a spot or two missed. Is there a right and wrong way to put them in the cutter? Was very disappointed.

Nope, I was just picking one of my kids up. If I was boarding who knows if they would have found them or not and of course us quilters look so dangerous!! :lol:Hope she can get out tomorrow - this storm coming in is going to raise havoc with the airlines.

That is what I had to do the first time I purchased. Came home threw the cutter away and kept the blades. Still cheaper than Olfa..

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Could you PLEASE share that number with us? Just last night in conversation with a neighbor I discovered I had a Harbor Freight less than 10 miles away, and here I'd been planning to go 40 or more miles away in a few days!!

We don't have a Harbor Freight up here in Maine so I ordered some of the blades online in AUGUST. I just received them earlier this month. They were backordered all that time.

The HF in my part of In.discontinued them,real bummer

What part of IN do you live. I live in Mishawaka and I was able to buy my blades from them.

Kay Mack

Question for those who have bought HF blades.

when you go to the store, how many pkgs of blades do you find? Have there been more than 10? I am curious as to how many they are ordering. If they are selling out so quickly one would think they would increase their order. And, those who come to buy blades will likely buy other items. IF they discontinue them, it might be because they cannot get them. It sounded strange to me that they add this carpet cutter to their line of products and offer so few replacement blades. If they knew quilters were buying them, they could increase their inventory and increase their sales. Then again, maybe the supplier is having trouble getting them. We need to talk to management and find out what is going on within the company that holds the blades to some minimum number. Just think what would happen if they got a big box of them with a GROSS of those packagers. WOW!

Let find out and spread the word. The word has spread here on QB pretty well. Keep up the good work.

June in Cincinnati

Southside of Indianapolis

I know what you mean I had went to Harbor Freight to get some blades last Tues. and they didn't have any single pkgs. of blades either. They had another thing with blades in it but I didn't need to get that.

If they are selling out so quickly one would think they would increase their order.
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Something about this reminded me of when I tried to get another marvelous carpet cutter. Months later I went back and they said they no longer carried the Blue Thunder carpet cutter, they had no way of ordering, they simply took what their suppliers furnished them. The first one, Blue Thunder, worked nicely with my 70 plus year old hands in taking up a room full of carpeting that I had hated for so long. It cut the carpet like it was denim. The new one I bought didn't work as well at all on another carpet, gave me blisters. And not one of them had a circular blade !!!
Sorry, this was at Home Depot, never heard of Harbor Freight at that time.

I agree!!! by the tme you pay postage/shipping you may as well buy them from lqs :cry: