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Skiving - handle vs no handle.

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Regarding a Japanese leather knife.

Which do you prefer or do you use both? Handles can restrict the angle of the skive,  where as no-handle won't be as comfortable in the hand. 

I was going to buy an Osborne skiving knife but have seen i can get 2 from blanchard for almost less than the osbourne. Overall they aren't thst prices for a lifetime tool.

 

Tia.

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i like handles on my tools. and i prefer to buy good used vintage or antique tools for lifetime use, they are for the most part better made than the Chinese copies. Japanese knives made in Japan being the exception, they make excellent steel. IMO. 

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I prefer handles on my tools except for one; a paring / skiving knife. Like this one;

english-paring-knife-right.jpg

 

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I purchased one made here in USA by a couple of guys that do it in their spare time, I found their advertisement on Instagram 

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