Edge Bevelers

[Lagrange]

Can someone show me some close up pictures of the difference between a rounding beveler and an angle beveler?

I want to get a true rounded edge but I dont know how to tell the difference when shoping for them.

I currently have a couple of bevelers I got from Tandy and when I keep them sharpened they work fairly well. The problem is I wantt to be able to round the edges on my belts and straps and I dont know what to look for,

[Tree Reaper]

A belt edge will become rounded when it's burnished after using an edge beveler.

[Avgvstvs]

Like Tree Reaper said, if you sand and burnish your edges, you should be able to get by with the bevelers you have.

That being said, there are several types of bevelers.

Flat edge and hollow edge are two of those types (There are many other styles of bevelers but I'm not familiar with them). Flat bevelers won't cut as much leather as their hollow beveler counterparts (I hope that makes sense lol). Here are links to Dixon's website with pictures of the bottom of the bevelers.

http://www.josephdixon.co.uk/products/Edge_Shaves.html

http://www.josephdixon.co.uk/products/Hollow_Edge_Shaves.html

I believe Tandy sells both types but I'm not absolutely sure...

Osborne makes many bevelers but I'm not sure they make the hollow edge ones. Maybe someone can confirm if they do or don't.

Here's a link to the beveler section on Bruce Johnson's website. Lots of different styles here (and quite a bit of info on the site too).

http://brucejohnsonleather.com/leather-tools-sale/leather-edge-bevelers-sale/

[DANDTON]

Here is angle beveller(forget the word on the pictures, they are wrong), actually, I love angle one better than round ones... I think round ones can't run well when it meets corner.

http://www.lzpattern.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=62&product_id=190

Edited December 22, 2014 by DANDTON