chammara

Aha! this is it then. I bought mine at HF too. I will have to think about fixing it. Thanks very much for your help. Hi Natalie, The blade I have looks nothing like it. It turns out that the blade is not ground correctly at all! Thanks for the video link. I can probably regrind this blade to what it looks like in the video.

Dave, Thanks for your helpful reply. I am quite sure there wasn't any nib to start with. The blade was just like a chisel, with a bevel and a hole. I attempted to sharpen and polish only after I failed to get the results expected. Does your blade end in a bevel? I guess I will look around for a replacement cutter. chammara

Thanks for the replies and sorry for my late response! There is no waxy stuff anywhere! I have polished everything up on a stone and stropped it to see if it helps. I have attached a photo (sorry for the awful image, don't have a real camera handy). There is a small hole indeed and I wondered what it was for. I am guessing this is just for creasing then. Do I need buy these "nibs" and insert them if I want to take off a small thread of leather? Or, is the blade with the nib an entirely different thingy? Thanks for your help, I really appreciate it. (edit: I am having some issues uploading the photo; trying again)

Hi All, I am a new member and new to leather working. I wanted to make something for my daughter that she would cherish and decided to make a small book case, basically two pieces of leather with a flexible spine. I bought some tooling leather and a stitching awl, edge beveller and a stitching groover. My question is regarding the groover. It has adjustable blade with a square cross section and a sharp beveled edge. I have seen some videos where people seem to take of a nice long string of leather with their groover. With the bevel down, all I can manage is badly scratch the surface. When the bevel is up, I can get a pretty clean depression if I press hard. My question is, do groovers work differently? What is the recommended way to use it? Is getting a channel by pressing down leather the right way? My blade is almost 1/8th inch in width. Is that too wide? Sorry for the stupid newbie question. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find the answer even after six hours of looking around. Thanks!, chaammara