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Selling my Nippy Skimini, a compact skiving machine made in Japan, purchased in February 2025 and still under warranty until 2026. The machine is in excellent condition and comes with the full official set, including: ✔️ Skimini Sharpener ✔️ Sharpening stone ✔️ 5 replacement blades The machine is in excellent working condition. However, I’ve realized I rarely use it, so I’ve decided to sell it while it’s still under warranty. I tend to need a finer skiving edge, so I often reach for my skiving knife instead. That said, I’ve used the Skimini a few times and can share some insights based on my experience: Who This Machine Is Best Suited For: Crafters working with leather thicknesses of 1.3mm or above. In my experience, the Skimini performs better with thicker leather. It skives cleanly when starting from around 0.4mm and up. Vegtanned leather users. It skives vegtan beautifully. I’ve tested it with Badalassi Carlo leather, and the results were smooth and consistent. It can even skive down to 0.3mm thin. (I personally don’t use much vegtan in my products.) Those who work with quality chrome-tanned leathers. It handles some chrome leathers well—Alran Chevre, for instance, skives nicely. Anyone with limited workspace or who need to rearrange their setup often. At just 10kg and roughly A4 paper-sized, the Skimini is very compact and easy to move around. Additional Notes: Skiving thinner leather (under 1mm) requires more precise adjustments—especially of the presser foot and knife-to-roller distance. There are YouTube tutorials showing how to dial in the settings. The guy demonstrates skiving from 0.8mm down to 0.6mm. That’s a summary of my experience with the Skimini. If you’d like more details or specific photos/videos, feel free to contact me here or better to message me on Instagram: @adithpr The official price is at ¥245,300 exclude shipping. I’m selling it at $1200, exclude shipping. This will be worth considering for you who’d like to try this Japan technology 😃 Thanks for reading!

Maybe has 6 hours of use, purchased in 2020 Skives light and medium leather up to 8oz Up to 2" skiving width Adjustable skiving width Integrated blade sharpener Space saving table - only 33.5" wide Includes assembled table and adjustable speed servo motor The Techsew SK-4 Leather Skiver is precision designed for edge skiving and whole surface skiving of leather for wallets, leather bags, shoes, boots, chaps, straps and more. It is used to skive and thin out the edges of leather to create clean and consistent ends. Features: Precision designed for simple and smooth operation Built in blade sharpener Adjustable skiving width Adjustable skiving speed Space saving table - only 33.5" wide Equipped with power stand and variable speed 550W Servo motor 1200 RPM Rotating Speed Skives light to medium leather up to 8oz Up to 2" skiving width 1000.00 Location is in Northern Illinois

I'm moving out of state and downsizing my workshop space. The machine is located in Chicago, IL and is NOT available for shipping. It has been a great machine to use and quite frankly did not get used enough. This machine ALONE costs $2,395 new from Techsew, EXCLUDING shipping. I have a video that I can share of me skiving with it. Includes stand and vacuum suction device with sealed scrap bin for easy waste removal. BONUS - I installed a rubber roller instead of the more coarse standard roller and am including an extra rubber roller. I am also including an extra roller presser foot for softer leathers. Features: Precision designed for simple and smooth operation Built in blade sharpener, adjustable skiving width, adjustable skiving speed, equipped with power stand and variable speed 550W Servo motor, 1200 RPM Rotating Speed, skives light to medium leather up to 8oz, and up to 2" skiving width.

Hello! I'm having a really hard time finding the best tool for skiving soft, stretchy leather. I had my finger on the trigger for a $400 skiver at Tandy, but I don't think it's going to work for soft and stretchy leather. I need to be able to shave down my seams, and I use a LOT of soft stretchy leather. I have 2 skiving knives, but honestly my hands cramp up instantly trying to skive the stretchy leather. I have used leather hardener as well before the skiving. Does anyone know of a machine that will work with soft leather? I'm at my wit's end! Any advice is appreciated, thank you!

This is just another tool I've made to help make skiving easier. I have another order for the ring boxes I make and I needed to do a large number of skives on the circular leather parts of the job and this is what I came up with. The end result is I can now do the job about 5 times quicker and a whole lot less painfully. For any of you interested to see more of how these ring boxes are made (if you have not already) you can see that from this earlier post I've done here - I hope to load some videos showing many of the steps involved in making these ring boxes sometime soon.

Scarfing machine used to edge leather for joining in continuos length. Ideal for making trim for welting and bindings. This one is a work horse not to be overlooked. Asking $1250 Shipping not included. approx weight 45lb. approx dimensions 44" x 16" x 12" Currently located in Manhattan.