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Not sure if it is kosher, but I lay out my pattern with a spacer and drill my holes first. Have to use a small bit, maybe a 3/32.

A trim knife small enough to not get in your way with 1/4" more edge than a utility knife. Lot of performance built into a compact design. Knife overall is 4.75", with a 1.25" Wharncliffe style blade. The blade has a very low flat grind for easy resharpening and has jimping down the back of the blade. K110 steel (an improved D2 from Bohler Uddeholm) at 62Rc, professionally heat treated and hand sharpened to a razor edge. Handle is black canvas Micarta with a red liner. Micarta is tough, stable, and pinned to the handle with two 1/8" 304 SS pins. Don't let the size fool ya, I put in just as much time and effort to make this tool last generations. Handy size and top of the line material. $125 Shipped USPS insured. Thanks for looking, PM me any questions.

Bump for tax refund time of year. Old post, but I haven't tried to sell this skiver, so it's still in my inventory, scalpel sharp and ready to work. If you are serious about quality in tools, than this is the skiver for you.

Should add that I will be away from my computer after Friday morning for a week. Here's a link to some info on Elmax steel. http://www.uddeholm.com/stainless_knife_steel.htm

I finally got some time to work on my knives. This one is the same pattern as the last one (6.5" x 1.5" steel stock) but is slightly thinner steel with a finished thickness of 0.95". The steel is Elmax produced by Bohler Uddeholm, professionally heat treated to 62Rc by Peter's Heat Treat of PA. Elmax is a 3rd generation powder metallurgy stainless steel. It is one of the "super steels" that's starting to make it's way into the knife world. This is my favorite stainless steel, gets incredibly sharp and holds an edge a very long time, plus it is more corrosion resistant that 440c. The handle is a stabilized spalted Hackberry, professionally stabilized by Moore's Stabilizing Service of TX. Pins and throng are 304ss, and the back of the handle has an alignment spacer just like my first. Price is $200 Shipped, and that is USPS priority with insurance. If you want to upgrade you pay the difference. Paypal. Thanks for looking.

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Maybe seller's remorse, but I miss my skiver and decided it was a fun pattern to make. I think I might make a few more. If you would like one let me know. Also if you would like to see more of my work before committing I have quite a few pics on my facebook page. Thanks.

Sounds good. Item is SOLD.

Okay, I know it's bad policy to join a forum and have your first post an item for sale, but I've read this forum numerous times as a guest so hopefully that counts for something. Short background about me: I've been a knifemaker all my life, and even though I pushed myself into a professional career, it's always been a means to support my knifemaking...and all the other living expenses. I was forced into leatherwork by the need to build a sheaths for knives, and I was never impressed by the few I had made by others. After a brief hiatus in my knifemaking career I returned and began focusing more on my leatherwork than before. I immediately found a shortage in quality cutting tools such as head knives and skivers. Rather than support a Chinese labor camp I decided it would be best just to build my own. I am now in a unique situation of having made myself a leather skiving knife and deciding I can get by with just my head knife as I could use some funds more than my skiver. This isn't quite as dramatic as it sounds since whenever times are good again I will just make myself another. Anyway to complicate the matter I know very few leatherworkers so I thought this forum to be a good place to find someone that can use a high quality skiver. The skiver is 6.5" total length to tip with the blade being 1.5" wide x 0.115" K110 (an improved D2 produced by Bohler Uddeholm of Austria). It has been professionally heat treated, including cryo treatment, by Peters Heat Treat to a tested hardness of 61Rc. The handle is rosewood with the back half of the spine consisting of a G10 alignment spacer. It is double through pinned with 1/8" 304ss. I built this knife for myself so the rosewood is not exhibition grade, but the construction is completely solid, built for unfailing use. The design is my own, after experimenting and research for something a little different than the generic pattern. The last pic includes my headknife for size reference. The headknife is not for sale. $175