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seam rippers
By: Rho Date: December 5, 2020, 9:16 pm
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The other day I was using mine and thinking that I must have
bought that sucker in 1984.
Do seam rippers ever wear out?
It rips thread O.K. but I have no idea if a new one would be
better.
How often do YOU replace yours?
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Re: seam rippers
By: Dazi Date: December 5, 2020, 9:42 pm
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I have one that was my Nana's that is probably a good 60 years
old and also a fairly new one. Thet work exactly the same. The
only difference is the newer one has a plastic grip??? 🤷
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Re: seam rippers
By: HenrysMom Date: December 6, 2020, 3:31 am
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I actually broke one once, I was trying to undo a seam of
several layers of denim and snap!
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Re: seam rippers
By: Aleko Date: December 6, 2020, 3:47 am
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I do tend to break the storage cap, usually by treading on it by
accident, but the tool itself, never.
BTW, if you’re ever this side of the Pond and need to buy one,
it’s called a ‘stitch ripper’ over here.
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Re: seam rippers
By: vintagegal Date: December 6, 2020, 7:03 am
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I learned the hard way, do not use them to pry up the metal
plate on the sewing machine to get to the bobbin.
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Re: seam rippers
By: bridalviolet Date: December 6, 2020, 7:26 am
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I used to work at an alterations shop and we did a lot of
ripping, hence we went through seam rippers fairly quickly. They
do dull in time. Every few months the boss would get a new batch
for us, and we would come in to find notes taped to our sewing
machines: "Caution! New seam rippers. They are SHARP!"
It does make a difference, because I have been ripping merrily
down a seam with a new one and veered over into the fabric
before I knew it. Disaster!
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Re: seam rippers
By: VorFemme Date: December 6, 2020, 9:22 am
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The sharp curve between the points can and will dull...and one
or both points may break off (catching in fabric, falling, or
some such thing). I have probably five of them around the
sewing room (some sewing machines come with a small one in the
"kit") and one wooden one with a ripper at one end and an awl at
the other...I hate having to LOOK for a tool when I need it & I
have several machines...serger, cover stitch, vintage sewing
machine, quilt machine (wider work area), and an embroidery
machine...or two...or three. I can't get rid of the present
from DH! Even if the newer ones are the ones that I use the
most (has to do with the stitches & the size of the hoops).
It's our 45th anniversary today - so keeping the embroidery
machine that was a present five or six years ago is still
important to me. Now, if I have to downsize because we move in
a few years, I will admit that it is probably going to be the
first one on the "sell or donate" table. Depending on how much
downsizing has to be done...it won't be the last...but after a
couple of machines, it gets harder to pick on NOT to keep.
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Re: seam rippers
By: TootsNYC Date: December 6, 2020, 2:00 pm
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I did have one that I thought got dull. (Happened to my favorite
carrot peeler too, though that made more sense because it had
been years.) I don't think I really ripped out all that many
seams; I think it was just never that sharp.
But generally I lose them long before that happens.
My problem with seam ripper is finding one that lets you put the
cap on the other end while you're working, so you don't lose it.
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Re: seam rippers
By: TootsNYC Date: December 6, 2020, 2:03 pm
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[quote author=HenrysMom link=topic=1934.msg61076#msg61076
date=1607247118]
I actually broke one once, I was trying to undo a seam of
several layers of denim and snap!
[/quote]
I broke one once a long time ago--denim as well.
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Re: seam rippers
By: TootsNYC Date: December 6, 2020, 2:05 pm
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[quote] (some sewing machines come with a small one in the
"kit") [/quote]
The one that came in my kit looks like a seam ripper, but it's
not.
It's a buttonhole cutter. Both points are VERY sharp, as is the
curve, and it doesn't have the little ball on one point.
Speaking of that little ball, I realized that sometimes you can
use the ball to open up the seam ahead of the cutting curve, and
just zip down the seam. I don't like to do it, though, because
there's just too much risk.
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