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Originally Posted by natalieg

The larger quantity I buy, the better the deal. I can usually hold out and get them for under $2/blade. Just the inital investment but I don't mind that at all for the prices I get.

Natalie, what kind of prices have you won per blade? I have never done that before.

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Thank you Natalie. I will keep an eye on eBay. :D

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Originally Posted by lonestardreams

I love my 60mm cutters. I have two- Martinelli and Olfa. I use a sharpener to keep them sharp as long as possible. I have considered buying a 45mm cutter but I so love the 60mm.

What type of sharpener do you have? I have thought of doing that myself; hear different things about sharpeners, etc. :-D

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Originally Posted by Doreen

Have you checked with LP Sharp.com. I've been getting my blades from him and you can send in your old sed blades and he will send you new ones I haven't had to purchase any from him but check him out.

Doreen, thank you. I will check it out. :-D

Sounds like a good deal with free shipping!

Ann, I learn new stuff on this board everytime I open it up. Thanks.

Speaking of rotary blades, I have about (6)--- used 60 MM-- Olfa blades that are collecting here if anybody wants them, send me a PM on here and I'll mail them out to you.

They're good but I don't have the gadget for sharpening them.

I just got a two 5 pack from e-bay for $22.00 plus postage. in the 60 mm and they were olfa blades.

I love my 60mm cutter. I always get the best deals on blades thru Ebay. I don't wait till the last minute to start looking. That way I can watch for a great deal.

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Originally Posted by SewExtreme

I well remember my very first Olfa Rotary Blade Cutter that I bought at the Seattle area's Sewing Expo oh so many, many years ago. Throughout the years I have bought replacements blades and actually learned how to replace the blades without cutting myself up. I added an Olfa's 45mm cutter to my collection but didn't use it much... UNTIL the cost of the 60mm blades began to go up.

Today I noticed someplace (sorry, don't remember exactly where I was looking) that an Olfa 60mm replacement single blade was $7, I decided to do an online search for 5 pak blades of this brand. Here's what I found.

These are costs of a 5-pak of 60mm Olfa blade replacements:

Overstock.com: 28.49 + 2.95 shipping= $6.29/blade

Olfa.com: 50.99 + 9.90 shiping= $12.18

Amazon.com: 17.65 + 4.99 shipping= $4.53

Buy.com: 36.28 + free shipping= $7.26

I didn't check out JoAnn's nor factor in their 40% & 50% off coupons.

My solution: Harbor Freight's carpet cutter 45mm replacement blades and use them in my Olfa cutter. Sad to me because I have always enjoyed and appreciated Olfa's brand of products.

Just did some checking.......
Checked out JoAnn's "on-line"....today they have the 5 pack of Olfa 50mm rotary cutter blades for 23.99 reduced from $47.99 but, of course, then you have shipping to add to that! They had a single blade listed as $11.99!!! They, also, had their 60mm rotary cutters on sale for 1/2 price if anyone doesn't have access to their coupons.

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Originally Posted by lonestardreams

I love my 60mm cutters. I have two- Martinelli and Olfa. I use a sharpener to keep them sharp as long as possible. I have considered buying a 45mm cutter but I so love the 60mm.

I have both the Olfa 60mm and the 45mm. I much prefer the 60mm even though the blades are considerably higher. I would like to know where to get a sharpener for the 60mm.