#5 edge beveler/rounder

[Danotriglide]

Good morning everybody!

Just getting back into leather working and trying to get my tools. Usually I just go to Tandy’s but I’ve moved and the nearest store is over 80 some miles away so I’ve turned to Amazon. But…..twice now I’ve ordered a #5 edge tool to round the edges of my project and twice now I get a tool that doesn’t have a radius cut it’s square and it skives. Hobby lobby has some but only small ones like #2&#3. Online at Tandy they show no #5’s. Anybody know where I can get a #5 edge tool that has a radius? 
 

Thanks!

 

Edited November 27, 2022 by Danotriglide
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[TomE]

https://www.springfieldleather.com/SLC-Pro-Beveler_3

 

[chuck123wapati]

cant you just take one you bought and make one? mine have all converted to round through routine sharpening.

[jcuk]

Think this might be what you are looking for, they will give you a more rounded edge rumour has it these are made by former Dixon employees

https://www.abbeyengland.com/economy-hollow-edge-shave-fs072

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/232937597891?hash=item363c29abc3:g:U2UAAOSwnRZbpopW&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAoGdi5FZuHreiLcgcjkaSHdcL%2BXlogU0%2BOtElBAyA2wDVcEj3E2tQs4RjUikod9W3ePE9l7WZ18PuNMaIDoav9%2FuTvivv2KF%2B0o76GExiRsn7qBUH31XM42rf03MFduqgVQjKrodGzqSBNAz2HiZj73we%2BKDCRkmTFX9zOQCoBMLSvZKZIGjdvB%2FRKYW3f3RP74pFoKiiTS5qr92CmyepMyY%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR5yh7Z6XYQ

 

Hope this helps

JCUK

 

[Dwight]

OR . . . you can take the thing from Tandy . . . a small chainsaw file . . . and make a rounded one.

May God bless,

Dwight

[Danotriglide]

Thanks everybody!

Actually I found one at Wally World, just have to wait and see if it’s round. If not I’ll file it round I guess.

 

Dano

[mike02130]

For a good one there's Barry King and Ron's Tools.  Both in USA.

[Dwight]

5 hours ago, Danotriglide said:

Thanks everybody!

Actually I found one at Wally World, just have to wait and see if it’s round. If not I’ll file it round I guess.

 

Dano

And I forgot . . . when you do that . . . take a piece of 9/10 oz and squeeze it up about 1/8 of an inch above two pieces of a board . . . like a hamburger slipping out the side of a bun.

Take the corners off both sides of that piece of leather first . . . make the piece about a foot or so long.

Then take your jeweler's rouge . . . and get a really good coat on the leather . . . start stroking your beveler backwards from the way you normally use it.

That will both polish the heck out of the rounded tool you just made . . . and will sharpen it right good and sharp.

I sharpen all of mine on such a rig.

May God bless,

Dwight

[Grumpymann]

I thought there were 2 different tools an edge bevler. and a keen edge bevler.

[paloma]

It's really easy to transform a straight beveler into a rounded beveler, I did it the other day and it took me 10 minutes.

 

 

[TomE]

12 minutes ago, paloma said:

It's really easy to transform a straight beveler into a rounded beveler, I did it the other day and it took me 10 minutes.

Nice tip on using twine coated with rouge.  Will give that a try for stropping inside the curve.

[Danotriglide]

On 12/2/2022 at 7:29 AM, paloma said:

It's really easy to transform a straight beveler into a rounded beveler, I did it the other day and it took me 10 minutes.

 

 

So you did this with just a twine and rouge or file it first and clean it up with cord/rouge? My last ordered said it “rounded edges” but it too was square. I’m about to give up and go crazy…….

Thanks,

Dano

[Danotriglide]

Also….which side did you work? Left or right in my picture?

Thanks,

Dano

[tsunkasapa]

4 hours ago, Danotriglide said:

So you did this with just a twine and rouge or file it first and clean it up with cord/rouge? My last ordered said it “rounded edges” but it too was square. I’m about to give up and go crazy…….

Thanks,

Dano

The square ones will still give you a round edge after you burnish it.

[paloma]

On 12/4/2022 at 12:08 AM, Danotriglide said:

So you did this with just a twine and rouge or file it first and clean it up with cord/rouge? My last ordered said it “rounded edges” but it too was square. I’m about to give up and go crazy…….

Thanks,

Dano

hey hey, no no I didn't do it with just the string and green clay, I did most of the work with the file and only then finished with sandpaper and string.

On 12/4/2022 at 12:14 AM, Danotriglide said:

Also….which side did you work? Left or right in my picture?

Thanks,

Dano

in the back of the tool: L

[paloma]

 

Edited December 7, 2022 by paloma

[paloma]

[paloma]

On 12/4/2022 at 4:41 AM, tsunkasapa said:

The square ones will still give you a round edge after you burnish it.

Yes, but depending on the use it can take years.

[Danotriglide]

Thank you Paloma for the pics, I figured this is how you did it. I’ve tried but for some reason I can’t get the angle just right and can’t get it sharp enough to cut clean. I’ll keep picking at it I guess. 
 

Thanks again!

Dano

[paloma]

yes you have to persevere and with a good round soft file it should happen.

[tsunkasapa]

4 hours ago, paloma said:

Yes, but depending on the use it can take years.

No, if you moisten the edge and use a round profile burnisher, you will get a round edge.

[Tugadude]

I found this video helpful.  Also, there are the stropping "boards" from Wuta and others.

[paloma]

17 hours ago, tsunkasapa said:

No, if you moisten the edge and use a round profile burnisher, you will get a round edge.

yes, also but the subject of the thread is :#5 edge beveler/rounder

[tsunkasapa]

6 hours ago, paloma said:

yes, also but the subject of the thread is :#5 edge beveler/rounder

The POINT is you don't need a round beveler to get a round edge.

[paloma]

44 minutes ago, tsunkasapa said:

The POINT is you don't need a round beveler to get a round edge.

Yes, maybe, but I was just answering the question about the thread by giving a tip.