Finishing Edges

[hidepounder]

Hello everybody,

I receive quite a few PM's and emails requesting information on edges, finger cutting, tooling patterns and various other topics. Questions regarding some of these topics come up on a fairly regular basis, so I thought I would put something together that members could easily refer to. This article describes the way I finish edges and Johanna has posted it in the "Tips & Tricks" section on the main page. I hope that some of you will find it helpful.

Finishing Edges

Bob

Edited May 8, 2020 by Northmount
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[King's X]

Finally, your own testament. The word according to Bob "Hidepounder" Parks! Bow to the master!

Bring on the rest of the chapters!

[azrider]

All in one nice neat place. Now I only need to go to one thread to steal your methods...

Thanks for putting this together.

[CowboyDon]

Thank so much for sharing sir.

[Vinkimus]

Thank you for the valuable guide, a craftsman sharing his knowledge is what keeps a craft moving forward!!!

[McJeep]

Wow - as a newbie t the whole deal I would've never guessed so many steps but it's obviously worth it as your work is absolutely flawless.

Thanks much for sharing - you've just saved guys like me years of trials and definitely errors ;0)

[crissy]

Hello everybody,

I receive quite a few PM's and emails requesting information on edges, finger cutting, tooling patterns and various other topics. Questions regarding some of these topics come up on a fairly regular basis, so I thought I would put something together that members could easily refer to. This article describes the way I finish edges and Johanna has posted it in the "Tips & Tricks" section on the main page. I hope that some of you will find it helpful.

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Bob

wow thank you for catapulting my edge finishing skills forward! I have followed your method with outstanding results, but I substitute seal oil soap for the glycerin soap and I used bees wax which leads me to this question.... what type of paraffin do you use to polish the edges? is it a wax or oil as I would like to try it and see the final outcome with this product.

thank you again for sharing your secrets.

cheers

[hidepounder]

wow thank you for catapulting my edge finishing skills forward! I have followed your method with outstanding results, but I substitute seal oil soap for the glycerin soap and I used bees wax which leads me to this question.... what type of paraffin do you use to polish the edges? is it a wax or oil as I would like to try it and see the final outcome with this product.

thank you again for sharing your secrets.

cheers

Butchkitty,

I'm really glad you found my article helpful! I use parafin which comes in a brick. I think I bought it at the grocery store. The parafin is good over the bees was and adds a little polish. Bees wax doesn't polish that well. I have been experimenting with using bees wax after I dye the edges, and then using parafin on top of that, just like you're talking about, but to be honest I haven't seen where the addition of bees wax has added anything. It certainly can't hurt, that's for sure! I don't know anything about seal oil soap...what can you tell me about it?

Bob

[TimKleffner]

Thanks Bob for the tutorial. It is great to see Craftsmen of your caliber sharing your knowledge with the next generation.

Thank you for walking me thru your process setting the silver centers.

Great to have you on board.

Tim

[crissy]

well I did not have glycerin soap on hand but I did have soap made from seal oil so I tried it out figuring that the leather would respond well to the animal fat content and it dose! so thats how that came about for me. my edging had improved by ten fold with this combination I just need to try out the paraffin for that special glow your work embodies.