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That's it, I'm gonna have to buy me a few more leather knives. I will do some review when the slow boat from China arrives.

Awesome job.

Gene, Kevin will make you a left handed knife. I know he doesn't currently list one on eBay, but he has said it many times on his Facebook page. I am also a Lefty, but in a world of rightys this knife would not be a bad fit in the left hand. I'm sure the heat treat is fine. The small pattern knife I have from him is excellent. The more you deal with quality Chinese products the more you will like them. You will find their pricing in-between classic Chinese junk and American pricing. The only two I have really dealt with is Wuta and Kevin in leather tools. My pattern knife from Kevin is used but it is a great knife. I have another tiny hawkbilled knife from him on the way. I never pulled the trigger on a Wuta knife because I haven't really needed any that he offered. As a matter of fact Wuta only started offering a knife in the last year or so and I was already tooled up so to speak. Most of my Chinese knife experience has been with Kizer pocket knives. They are rivaling people like Benchmade and others at a 3rd of the cost. I have owned 4 of their knives in VG-10 and sv35. They are well designed and executed work horses. They hold an edge and some of them sport nice titanium frames with really smooth action. I have been really happy with these pocket knives. Who knew China could produce such products if given the chance?

Keep it up.

Shoot anybody can stamp a pebbled border behind a live mountain......wait a minute?!?!

Mine is an rb-1 and was made about 1980-1. Mine is a darker grey than that.

@hwinbermuda, I'm guessing you got lucky on that one. Now I haven't actually sharpened any irons. They may be an exception to the rule, but awl blades, corner and end chisels, knives, edgers, just about anything I can think of has needed finishing.

I tell folks, unless the tool comes from a custom maker, expect to be expected to true it up. Nothing mass produced comes sharp enough for leather. At least that's my humble opinion.

That's too bad, I was kind of talking about that as well as fixing their quality issues.

Let me comment again. Monday I received my 1" skiving knife from Lisa Sorrell. I got to say (after working up the edge) I bet a fella could do a lot worse than this 40 dollar knife. It's a scandi grind double bevel angled skiving knife, but I bet it would do in a pinch for an all around leather knife.

Well I hope they do something about it.

I was a big'un.

Thanks

Not sure about kilos.... I'm down 102 pounds in 8 months.

If I was buying my first set all over again? I would try the ones from Crimson Hide. Watch this. I don't have these, but love the concept. They also have a wide range of sizes.

Buying used is buying used. When it comes to a knife I avoid used. You never will be able to tell from photos how badly someone wrecked the edge. And the newer Osborne's and Tandy knives just don't hold an edge. And, are usually more than 40 dollars. I have owned 2 Stohlman knives and have given both of them away. You might as well keep using a box cutter than to spend money on a blade with Tandy.

Right now I only have his small pattern knife and 2 more items on the way. I have not bought one of his round knives, yet. I emphasize YET. The pattern knife is great. @GeneH, make sure and check out his other knives. He has a few different head/round knives available. Kevin Lee ( his name) has a big following on Instagram and Facebook, but he sells on eBay. He gets great reviews.

Check out this guys stuff https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F153109324797 This is as close to 40 bucks with some quality you're going to find. Be patient he is out of China. But he makes quality stuff.

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Now that's a great idea.

That's an awfully big sander for sharpening. And 60 grit is really aggressive. If you only used the 60 grit, you are going to spend hours and hours hand sharpening to bring it up to sharp. One miss swipe with 60 could take the edge right off and at 6 inches you will find it difficult to control. Unless it has a great table. I wouldn't try it on that sander with that grit. I know lots of people have had good results using the harbor freight 1x32 sander. I went with the Kalamazoo because 1 I'm a buy once cry once guy, and 2 I figured it would have a better table. The truth is, I don't even use the table. I sharpen higher up on the belt and give everything a convex edge. It takes a little trial and error, but once you get it down, it's not hard to use.

What kind of sander is it?

Sorry for ya.

That is cool. Post some pictures sometime, I'm sure we can help you identify those tools.

Great job Sanch.