I do it too. When I get to the "sawing" point, I'll change them!

I am guilty of the same thing.

i had one and it does work really well. I stopped sewing for a year after we moved and lost it and I miss it :( I always feel like it's a waste to throw it away when I know it could be like new again with one of those. I used to get like 4 sharpenings out of each blade! I used to sew and sell alot of cloth diapers and each diaper had like 8 layers so it was alot of cutting :)

Hahaha... I do and feel the same thing!

I am often wondering abut the blade, and I admit, the sewing machine needle, I hate to change, it's just so small and in a small space...my hands get all tangeled up...

I use the sharpener. It's so much easier when the blade is sharp.

Change blades way oftener now that I found the Harbor Freight carpet cutter replacement blades. They are around $1 a blade instead of the $8-$9 of regular blades. I don't know if they work in all cutters, but they do in the Martelli cutter.

It's like changing sewing machine needles
It feels so good when you finally do

guilty guilty guilty

Saw a great sign in a quilt shop: "Replacing your blade is like buying a new bra- you hate to spend the money but are much happier once you do!"

...time and time again, I do this....and there's no good answer is there? :lol:

Thought the same thing Friday when I was cutting. And I have new blades here, just needed to do it!

I don't think I have ever changed a blade ------ the rotery cutter I use thinks it's the Energizer Bunny and just keeps going and going and going! I kid you not ....... occasionally a stray thread remains but only occasionally. It's a case of "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" so I'll continue to use this one for awhile longer.

I always fold a sheet of foil up and then roll the cutter through it. It sharpens it and I get longer use from one blade.

I do the same thing - I think it is because I am cheap and don't want to waste anything before I discard.

that's funny you said that. I was dealing with that just yesterday. So, instead of "changing" it, I tried sharpening it with that little blue gadget that helps a little. Well, I went back to cut again....NOT!! So, again, instead of actually changing the blade, I went and got my other cutter. But, I have new blades sitting by my sewing table and the cutter that needs changing. I'll do that today.

I guess I didn't want to take the time to do it right and tried to get every last bit of cutting ability out of that blade. Shame on me. LOL

I know why I don't change the blade as often as I should.
The blade will skip, and I think Oh, just a few more cuts, and I'll get a new blade. LOL I'm finished with the cuts, and I forget that I should change the blade.

I have a ticket on the same boat!

Same goes for needles.

I just have DH sharpen them.

I got one better on you....I can't find mine.

Me? Never. Not. I know what you mean though, I try to get all I can and I'm the same with needles, but I'm getting better. Have fun cutting butter.

Haven't tried it but saw a picture of a rotary blade sharpener. Have you seen it? Wonder how it works! Yes, I hold on to mine, too, mainly because they're so expensive and it's 26 miles round trip to get a new one and gas is out of sight!!!

I can relate. It's taken years, but I finally picked up a nice plastic box where I put my spare rotary cutters and blades (yes I found more when I thoroughly cleaned my sewing room). Then I actually marked the box so I knew what was in it. So, there's hope. Happy July 4th.

My reason for this is that I don't realize how bad it's getting....until I change blades and then I "get" how bad it was!

This is why I started with one and now have three.....if I couldn't find it for a couple of days, I'd go get another one...and then once I couldn't find either....so now I have three. Right now I know where two are.

I am the same way, guess trying to save on blades to buy more fabric, that I don't really need.

My problem is that when I change the blade in one of my several cutters, I always get the pieces of the cutter mixed up somehow and have a hard time getting them back together! I lay them out in what I think is the correct order but somehow get it messed up. So that's why I tend to use blades longer than I should.

nope, i do too. sad but true. you'd think i'd remember how wonderfully it cut with a new blade, but it seems to disappear from my memory.

Most of us do this, trying to stretch the dollar, because these blades are expensive. The last one I brought was titanium and it has lasted longer.
Guilty,
IdahoSandy

that's me in a nutshell!

I only think about changing the rotary blade when I am using it and do not want to stop and change it ... even if cutting would be easier if I did

Roatary blade sharpeners come in many shapes and sizes and costs so can't speak for all of them but the one I bought looked like a knife sharpener. After one try, it became part of the next garage sale

Well, I'm glad to know that I'm not the only one that keeps trying to use dull blades. We are a thrifty and sometime stubborn bunch but old dogs can learn new tricks.

If we don't take time to change a blade, we probably wouldn't take time to sharpen them either

If we don't take time to change a blade, we probably wouldn't take time to sharpen them either ... even if we found a great sharpener

Change them, I didn't know that haha
Have a Blessed day
Ellen

No you are not the only one. I am currently using a blade on the third quilt, it is getting bad, but I'm not going to change it until I start the next quilt. For me it is economics, either that or I am just cheap, Probably both. LOL!!

I bought a sharpener, it doesn't work.

I do the same thing. But, FYI ------ if you clean the blade and the cutter with mineral oil, you can get a lot of extra cuts from that old blade.