Members wfwingit Posted May 7, 2023 Members Report Posted May 7, 2023 (edited) Can anyone tell me who the original manufacturer of the plastic push beveller that fits in your swivel knife was? Was there a part number? A similar reproduction is listed as the CraftMaster Push Beveller on Springfield Leather's site. https://www.springfieldleather.com/Craftmaster-Push-Beveller Edited May 7, 2023 by wfwingit Quote
Members TomE Posted May 7, 2023 Members Report Posted May 7, 2023 I bought the Springfield beveler did some smoothing to make it work better. This video shows the original nylon (?) push beveler at about 5:00 min on the timeline. You can see its shape but he doesn't say who manufactured it. He can be contacted as the Admin of the "Facebook Leathercrafters" group. Quote
Contributing Member fredk Posted May 7, 2023 Contributing Member Report Posted May 7, 2023 I can't help with the original maker info but the beveller is very easy to make I made two, with different profiles; The materials to make about 6 of these cost me less than $10 Quote
Members wfwingit Posted May 7, 2023 Author Members Report Posted May 7, 2023 I found my answer. Thanks everyone. ==> "Easy Bevel Blade" Craftool Co. Fort worth Texas USA #8124 Quote
Members dikman Posted May 7, 2023 Members Report Posted May 7, 2023 I made one out of nylon, pretty easy to make. Quote
Members wfwingit Posted May 7, 2023 Author Members Report Posted May 7, 2023 fredk, thanks for the close up pictures. I am going to give making one a try. Quote
Contributing Member fredk Posted May 7, 2023 Contributing Member Report Posted May 7, 2023 (edited) 35 minutes ago, dikman said: I made one out of nylon, pretty easy to make. Mine are made of nylon as well. I have no real power tools to make things. I bought a rod of nylon and a rod of delrin* (afair). The delrin is sized to fit into the hole on the swivel knife. A hole in a piece of the nylon rod takes the delrin. A small hole was drilled across and through the two rods and a small brass escutcheon nail was pressed in to lock the two together. Then the working end was drawn on for the shape of the bevel I wanted with a marker and was cut to shape with a very sharp craft knife. Its impossible to sand nylon smooth so it has to be cut smooth with a knife I suppose someone with a lathe type thingy could turn the beveller from one piece of nylon, but not having one I had to make it in two pieces * only got the delrin as that was the only material I could find I could get for the bit to go into the swivel knife And this reminds me; I want to make another with a different profile Here you can see the two part construction with the end of the brass nail showing Edited May 7, 2023 by fredk Quote
Members howie696 Posted May 8, 2023 Members Report Posted May 8, 2023 this works for me, just a drop of epoxy to glue it in Quote
Members dikman Posted May 8, 2023 Members Report Posted May 8, 2023 Fred, they look good and that's a simple and effective way to make them. I'm fortunate to have a couple of lathes so it's no big deal to turn the nylon to the right size. Howie, that's an interesting way to make one. Quote
Members Heartless Posted May 28, 2023 Members Report Posted May 28, 2023 somebody must have asked the right people... check this out https://www.springfieldleather.com/Craftmaster-Push-Beveller Quote
Members TomE Posted May 28, 2023 Members Report Posted May 28, 2023 24 minutes ago, Heartless said: somebody must have asked the right people... check this out https://www.springfieldleather.com/Craftmaster-Push-Beveller See my comment above. Quote
Members x546JP Posted May 5, 2024 Members Report Posted May 5, 2024 I do not know the history of these bevelers, but I know you can get them here: http://swivelknifebeveler.etsy.com I hope this helps. Quote
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