I had a fireman send me 5 yards of turnout gear fabric to make him a kilt and wow... I am having some terrible problems cutting it. (I know that this is to be expected since it is safety gear and stronger than all get out). I cannot use my rotary cutter, my normal scissors, my leather shears or even the serrated blade. I have managed some crude cuts with a box cutter and my husband tried paper cutters, air snips and finally his metal shears.... and nothing works very productively. The largest cut we can get at a time is with the metal shears and it about 1" each cut (and this isn't really practical for cutting and shaping 5 yards!)

Any ideas?