I'm getting ready to replace my old seam ripper for the same reason -- I change blades on my rotary cutter and WOW what a difference! I didn't always notice that things aren't as sharp as they were before--I just kept using them. Now I regularly change out the rotary cutter blades, needle on my sewing machine, sharpen my steel dressmaker shears and now want to invest in a nice seam ripper I can keep for a while. I'm leaning towards the Gingher with the replaceable blades for this reason. Having quality tools makes a big difference to me in enjoying the process of quilting/sewing.

For more years than I care to confess, I used an old seam ripper that came in a sewing kit, thinking "How much difference can there be?" Finally a friend bought me a new Clover and I found out. A lot!! It makes a tedious job so much easier when you have good tools.

I love my clover when doing the frog stitching ribit ribit ribit :)

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I buy very skinny very cheap rippers from jhittle.com. they are very sharp and slide nicely under the threads I am cutting. Because they are so skinny on the business end, I have broken a few, but at very low cost, I just chuck out the damaged ones. I have tied 'ergonomic' rippers and they are much more work to use.

This is the one I have, too, & I really love it. They are so sharp. There were 2 blades that came with it & I just recently put the second one on. Now I need to know where to buy replacement blades for the future. Prob. is, I can't remember where I got it.

Me too, didn't realise men could be so useful :)


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I always keep a few of these in, besides my Clover seam ripper. I was given this tip a few years back, if you have seam to rip out use the sharp thread snips to cut every 4th stitch on the side, pull and it's done. If it's just a couple of stitches I use my Clover.

BTW the thread snips are made of "Blue steel" which can rust, they use this as they open and close they self sharpen. To keep the rust at bay put a drop of sewing oil on a tissue and wipe the blades with it, carefully as they are sharp, if they are not dispose them, safely.

How do I know this? I am a retired Chef and I always used Blue steel knives as they are the sharpest IMO!