seam rippers

Please tell us where we can a wooden handle one? I have my old one from 1970s!! I had to use mine many times with zippers. Pami

Hope the following link works, Pami. I found these seam rippers on Ebay and have emailed the 16 year old for more info. He makes them using a couple different types of wood.

These are beautiful and will make great gifts so am planning on getting a couple more for this Christmas. :) Nothing like planning ahead.

Donna

Oops, the link didn't work that I posted so try the following two. Hopefully, one of them will work. Oh, and these only cost $8. Don't know this kid so not trying to sell anything here.

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I bought a different kind of seam ripper that I really like. It has a small curved blade and it is so easy to just slice thru the stitches with it. Of course, I hardly ever have to un-sew anything. (fingers crossed and hoping I don't go to 'heck' for fibbing.....)

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

Okay, I want a seam ripper that has a nice turned wood handle like Donna's, with a nice little curved blade like Leslie's. John, are you listening?

Karen, Queen of Squishies birthday coming up

There's a bouquet of seam rippers in a drawer here but it has been years since they came out to play. When I remove stitches, I like to use very fine-tipped embroidery scissors to clip upper stitches and then pull away the bobbin thread. Polly

I bought a seam ripper and laying tool set on E-Bay several years ago. The seller's current auctions are listed here:

Mary

One of my quilty friends gave me one of those last week, but I'm ascared of it.

Cindy

I haven't done any turning for many years. I sold my lathe when we moved to Ohio as I wasn't using it and didn't want to ship something back that I wasn't going to use. So, you are out of luck from me. I don't think a square edged handle would be as wonderfully tactile feeling as a nicely turned one.

John

Hah! I just spent the better part of a day with one :-(

Rita L.

George wrote:

In a shameless plug for a commercially available seam ripper, I have to give 5 stars to the one that comes with a new Bernina sewing machine. I have owned a number of kinds of them over the years. I even own an antique sterling silver one. Well let me state right here and now that the ones from Bernina are the sharpest and most useful of all of them that currently reside in my notions drawer. I even went up to the Bernina store and bought a bunch of them thinking that I would need to have some if the one I got with my first machine gave out. I have been using it for over 3 years now and it has yet to give any indication of becoming dull or otherwise failing. Unless I step on it and break it, this thing will keep on working for years. They don't cost much, and they are built to last. There, now I have done it. A shameless Bernina Notions plug.

John

Don't feel bad, I'm ripping today too. Eight pcs. that I sewed on very nicely but totally bass ackwards. argh.

Karen, Queen of Squishies

When I un-sew I use my fingers to keep the 'naughty' seam exposed by spreading the fabric apart so I can get at the stitches. It's really easy to just stroke the blade against the stitches and they slide right out. It's great! Get brave on some scraps and try it out!

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

as long as your here.... how would ya get the metal seam ripper to stay inside the wooden handle? i could see making one from a small bit of dowling, drill hole down in middle etc, wittle the end so its rounded abit perhaps, not that it would be necessary, just thunk'n outloud. i've got a couple here with plastic handles that arent all that hot anymore. if i could knock the plastic off it, could i put a wooden handle on it? is there a special glue needed. i've not a clue how this would work. oh dear and what/how would ya cover the pointy end when not in use? eeeeeeek and ouch too no doubt!! just another silly question from me probly. j.

"John" wrote... I haven't done any turning for many years. I sold my lathe when we moved to Ohio as I wasn't using it and didn't want to ship something back that I wasn't going to use. So, you are out of luck from me. I don't think a square edged handle would be as wonderfully tactile feeling as a nicely turned one.

John

I use knitting needle point covers for my sharp-pointed little scissors; don't see why something like that wouldn't do okay on a seam ripper. They look and feel rather like a bullet shaped pencil eraser. (Not that I ever need a seam ripper or pencil eraser, right?) Polly

If the shaft of the metal ripper is just a round or oval rod, that would present a problem for securing into a piece of wood. If there is any protrusion of metal at the interior end you could cut the wood in half and then chisel out a spot for the protrusion to be housed in and epoxy glue it inside there and then glue the two halves of the handle back in place. Then sand the joint smooth and varnish the handle, and away you go. You would need to figure out how to anchor the metal ripper part, as that is done at the time of manufacturing of the plastic handle, probably all on one operation.

John

Jeanne-

You didn't say whether you couldn't picture how I hold it or what the seam ripper looks like. I took a picture of how I hold it right next to the seam ripper so I have you covered either way. Ever tried to take a pic of your own hand? Sheesh!!! ;-)